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Regional Support Elements
V Corps, VII Corps and 21st Support Commands
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V Corps RSE

VII Corps RSE
CMC Augsburg
CMC Nürnberg
CMC Stuttgart
CMC Würzurg

21st SUPCOM RSE
CMC Bremerhaven
CMC Kaiserslautern
CMC Mannheim
7th ATC
CMC Grafenwoehr

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VII Corps Regional Support Element
1976
(Source: USAREUR Station List, 1 June 1976)
RSE ACTIVITIES
  RSE ACTIVITIES STATION UNIT ID CODE  
  USA RSE VII Corps Kelley Bks, Moehringen W32QAA  
  USA RSE VII Corps  Augsburg W32Q01 (a detachment of the Moehringen RSE? )  
  DFA-M Augsburg Augsburg W32Q02 - who has information on this activity?  
  DFA-M Nuernberg Nuernberg W32Q03 - who has information on this activity?  
  CMC Augsburg Wallace Barracks, Bad Cannstatt W32U01  
  CMC Nuernberg WODK, Fuerth W32304  
  CMC Stuttgart Valdez Ksn, Stuttgart    
CMC Wuerzburg Leighton Bks, Wuerzburg W33N01  
  Laundry & Dry Cean Plant Reese Bks, Augsburg W32U06  
  Laundry & Dry Cean Plant WODK, Fuerth W32304  
  Laundry & Dry Cean Plant Patch Bks, Vaihingen W33L05  
  Laundry & Dry Cean Plant Leighton Bks, Wuerzburg W33N02  
         
(incomplete)      
1991
(Source: The CHAMPION, May 8 1991)

Two articles on the VII Corps Regional Support Element
CMC Augsburg

Bldg 116, former location of CMC Augsburg (Bing)
1983
(Source: AUGSBURG SCENE, February 17, 1983)

CMC Augsburg
  
Article provides information on the Consolidated Maintenance Center at Augsburg in early 1983. CMCA was located in Bldg 116,Sheridan Kaserne.
 
1984
(Source: AUGSBURG SCENE, Sept. 13, 1984)

CMC Augsburg
  
Article provides information on the Consolidated Maintenance Center at Augsburg in 1984.
(Source: AUGSBURG SCENE, December 5, 1985)
The Augsburg CMC falls under the VII Corps DIO (directorate of industrial operations).

The CMC provides maintenance support for non-tactical vehicles and also supports 14 local tactical units who do not have their own maintenance capabilities. They also support maintenance for government-owned funiture, both wood and upholstery, commercial-type communication and electronic equipment. In addition, they have a safe cracking section, a carpet laying team, a rug cleaning section, an electrical section, a textile section and a mattress renovation section.
1986
(Source: AUGSBURG SCENE, February 27, 1986)

Hans Reifgerste
  
CMC employee celebrates 40th anniversary

Mr. Hans Reifgerste, a supervisor at the Communication and Electronic Branch of the Consolidated Maintenance Center, will celebrate his 40th anniversary of working for the U. S. Military next month.

In his section Mr. Reifgerste supervises 13 local nationals who service about 8,000 electronic items which are signed out on hand receipt here in Augsburg, in Berchtesgaden, Bad Tölz, Bad Aibling, Garmisch, Ulm, Munich and Memmingen.

"He is technically very proficient in the electronic field," said CMC Chief Capt. Ronald Kerns about his section leader, "Mr. Reifgerste is a dedicated worker and it will be difficult to replace a man of his caliber after he retires."
Mr. Reifgerste served in his present duty station since 1972. He came to Augsburg from his previous employment at a depot in Dachau.

He originally comes from Brandenburg, but lost his home during the war. After being released from an American prisoner of war camp in Bavaria he decided to settle in Munich where he still lives today.

The 61-year-old man is an avid sports enthusiast. "I have coached youth soccer teams for the past 25 years," he said.

Aside from soccer Mr. Reifgerste enjoys ice skating, curling and working in his large garden.

Mr. Reifgerste is married and has a daughter and a son and, since recently, a grandchild.
1987
(Source: STARS & STRIPES, April 9, 1987)
CMC Augsburg is one of four CMC's in VII Corps. The center has a staff of approx. 200 civilians. OIC is Capt Ron Kerns.

The Augsburg center handles about 2,500 work orders a month from 350 customers. The center's area of responsibility covers about 21,000 square miles in southern Bavaria.

On a typical day, workers at CMC are straightening frames of wrecked vehicles; making new pillows; re-upholstering sofas; or trouble-shooting television sets.

In addition to the inhouse staff, the center has a mobile repair team with seven repair and inspection vehicles that can travel to other communities and remote sites. They average more than 100,000 miles annually in their travel to remote customers.

If the center cannot fix an item they will contract it out to a German repair company. The center contracts out about $1 million of maintenance and repair work in this manner every year.

The forerunner of CMC Augsburg was established at Camp Dachau (later redesignated Eastman Barracks) outside of Munich. The operation was known as the Equipment Maintenance Center and had a staff almost double of today's work force. In 1971 the activity move to its present facilities in Augsburg.

After the move to Augsburg, the facility underwent a modernization program (known as the Quick Return Investment Program) that introduced industrial equipment (about 20 separate pieces) to automate and simplify the manual work performed in many of its shops. The introduction of the QRIP equipment saves the US government about $300,000 each year.

CMC Augsburg has excelled in recent years in USAREUR and Army Maintenance Excellence competitions:
Best in VII Corps for the past three years
Best in USAREUR past two years
Runner-up at Dept of the Army in 1985
Best in Dept of the Army in 1986

Currently, the CMC is in competition for best maintenance unit in DoD.
1988
(Source: AUGSBURG SCENE, January 28, 1988)

CMC Augsburg
  
Article provides information on the organization and mission of the Consolidated Maintenance Center at Augsburg in late 1987.
CMC Stuttgart
1987
(Source: STUTTGART CITIZEN, March 23, 1987)

CMC Stuttgart
  
Article provides information on the organization and mission of the Consolidated Maintenance Center at Stuttgart in 1987.
 
Seventh Army Training Command
CMC Grafenwoehr
1983
(Source: TRAINING TIMES, March 1983)

CMC Grafenwoehr
  
Article provides information on the organization and mission of the Consolidated Maintenance Center at Grafenwoehr in 1983.
 
 
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