Miesau POV storage facility to close soon

Until recently, Kaiserslautern-based Soldiers were able to store their privately owned vehicles at a three-building facility on Miesau Army Depot while deployed.

The storage area was able to accommodate more than 500 vehicles and has been available since operations Desert Storm and Shield in the early 1990s.

“People have gotten accustomed to having that,” said Norbert Zimmerman, plans and operations officer for the U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern Directorate of Logistics.

The last group of vehicles currently fills the buildings. When the last owner returns and claims his or her vehicle, the storage area will close, Mr. Zimmerman said.
“It’s always been a (rear detachment) commander’s program,” he said, referring to the responsibility of caring for deployed Soldiers’ vehicles.

“Each individual unit commander has responsibility to provide a centralized storage facility to process and store POVs for deploying Soldiers and DOD civilians assigned to that unit,” according to the DOL Memorandum of Instruction for the storage of POV’s during deployment. “The Rear Detachment commander has the responsibility for the accountability, control and security of storage POVs stored in their (areas of responsibility).”

For questions about the rules and procedures governing POV storage, Soldiers and commanders should call 483-8259 or 0631-411-8259.