POMCUS wurde im Herbst 1961 durch die USA ins Leben gerufen und steht für “Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured to Unit Sets”
Die POMCUS waren Teil der CEG (Combat Equipment Group). In Europa hieß diese CEG-E (Combat Equipment Group Europe), lag in Mannheim (Funari Barracks) und unterstand der USAREUR. CEG-E wurde im April 1964 aktiviert.
In der Zeit des kalten Krieges wurde regelmäßig Material aus den POMCUS-Depot’s für die REFORGER-Übungen zur Verfügung gestellt. Für nachfolgende Einheiten wurde Gerät und Ausrüstung gelagert:
Reforger-Einheiten (CONUS)
III US Corps (Fort Hood, TX)
– 1st Cavalry Division (Fort Hood, TX)
– 2nd Armored Division (Fort Hood, TX)
– 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (Fort Polk, LA)
– 212th Field Artillery Brigade (Fort Sill, OK)
– 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Fort Bliss, TX)V Corps, Frankfurt
– 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) (Fort Carson, CO)
– 194th Armored Brigade (Fort Knox, KY)
– 197th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) (Fort Benning, GA)VII Corps, Stuttgart
– 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) (Fort Riley, KS)
– (1st Canadian Division (Mechanized Infantry) (CFB Kingston)
Für die einzelnen Divisionen aus den USA (CONUS, Continental US Based) war je ein CEB (Combat Equipment Battalion) vorgesehen. Die Bezeichnung “North, Northwest, West, East, etc.) bezog sich auf die jeweilige Rheinseite.
POMCUS-Set’s:
POMCUS-Set 4 (South Park, ab 1978)
– 2nd (US) Armored Division (Fort Hood, Texas)
– 3rd (US) Armored Cavalry Regiment (Fort Bliss, Texas)
– 212th (US) Field Artillery Brigade (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)POMCUS-Set 5 (III US-Corps)
– 1st (US) Cavalry Division (Fort Hood, Texas)POMCUS-Set 6 (III US-Corps)
– 5th (US) Infantry Division (Mech) (Fort Polk, Louisiana)
Deutschland
Karlsruhe-Knielingen (Gerszewski Barracks), (CEB-E, Combat Equipment Battalion East)
– 1st CEC – Mannheim (Funari Barracks) (1st ID (mech.), Fort Riley, KS)
– 2nd CEC – Karlsruhe-Neureut (gehörte ab 1975 zur 3 CEC – Site Two)
– 3rd CEC – Karlsruhe (Gerszewski Barracks) (Site One)
– 4th CEC – Germersheim Army Depot
Landstuhl (CEB-W, Combat Equipment Battalion West)
– 5th CEC – Pirmasens (Husterhoeh Kaserne) (194th Armored & 197th Inf. Brigade)
– 6th CEC – Miesau Army Depot
– 7th CEC – Nahbollenbach Army Depot
– 8th CEC – Kaiserslautern (Rhein Ordnance Barracks) (4th ID (mech.), Fort Carson, CO)
Mönchengladbach-Grefrath (CEB-N, Combat Equipment Battalion North)
– 14th CEC – Mönchengladbach (Churchill Kaserne), (POMCUS-Set 4)
– 15th CEC – Herongen (POMCUS-Set 4)
– Twisteden (POMCUS-Set 4),(Munition)
Niederlande
Coevorden (CEB-NW, Combat Equipment Battalion Northwest)
– 18th CEC – Brunssum (CEB-BR) (POMCUS-Set 5)
– 19th CEC – Vriezenveen (CEB-VR) (POMCUS-Set 6), (1985–2004)
– 20th CEC – Coevorden (CEB-NW) (POMCUS-Set 6), (1986–1999)
– UBL-Area (Unit Basic Load-Area, Munition) (1986–2000)
– 21st CEC – Ter Apel (POMCUS-Set 6), (1985–1995)
– 22nd CEC – Eygelshoven (POMCUS-Set 5)
Belgien
- 16th CEC – Zutendaal (POMCUS-Set 5)
- 17th CEC – Grobbendonk (POMCUS-Set 5)
Luxemburg
- 23rd CEC – Bettembourg (CEB-LU, Combat Equipment Battalion Luxembourg)
Großbritannien
- Hythe (CEB-NA, Combat Equipment Base North Atlantic)
Italien
- Pisa-Livorno (Camp Darby), (CEB-S, Combat Equipment Battalion South, ab Oktober 1995)