PFC Purvis was instrumental in serving as a member of an escort team charged with providing armed security for the transportation of critical Class V, classified equipment, and sensitive items, transported over rail throughout the EUCOM area of operations. His efforts directly impacted the movement of over 800 twenty-foot equivalent units of Class V from two ammunition vessels in Nordenham, DEU to forward transfer sites in Poland as part of Presidential Drawdown Authority directives and U.S. contributions to strategic planning efforts in theater