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United States Army Materiel Command

The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the primary provider of materiel to the United States Army. The Command's mission includes the management of installations, as well as maintenance and parts distribution. It was established on 8 May 1962 and was activated on 1 August of that year as a major field command of the U.S. Army. Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr., who directed the implementation of the Department of Army study that recommended creation of a "materiel development and logistics command", served as its first commander.

AMC operates depots; arsenals; ammunition plants; and other facilities, and maintains the Army's prepositioned stocks, both on land and afloat.[4]

The command is also the Department of Defense Executive Agent for the chemical weapons stockpile and for conventional ammunition.

AMC is responsible within the United States Department of Defense for the business of selling Army equipment and services to allies of the United States and negotiates and implements agreements for co-production of U.S. weapons systems by foreign nations.

Locations

AMC is currently headquartered at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, and has operations in approximately 149 locations worldwide including more than 49 American States and 50 countries. AMC employs upwards of 70,000 military and civilian employees. AMC was located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia between 2003 and 2005 before being relocated to Alabama by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. From 1973 to 2003, AMC was headquartered in a building at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia, and prior to 1973, it was headquartered at what is now Reagan National Airport.[5] Between January 1976 and August 1984, AMC was officially designated the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (commonly referred to as DARCOM).[6]

Commanders

General Charles R. Hamilton assumes command of AMC from General Edward M. Daly on 16 March 2023.

Major subordinate commands

Formerly subordinate commands

Other commands

See also

Comparable organizationsU.S. Armed Forces systems commands

Notes

  1. ^ "U.S. Army Materiel Command". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. ^ "U.S. Army Materiel Command Band". U.S. Army Materiel Command. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  3. ^ Severi, Misty (23 March 2024). "Four-star Army general suspended after pressuring panel over unfit officer - Washington Examiner". Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ Megan Cotton (June 6, 2019) Ensuring Readiness for Strategic Support: Strategic Power Projection
  5. ^ "AMC in the Seventies: a decade of celebration, change". army.mil. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Records of the United States Army Materiel Command". archives.gov. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ^ Army.mil – AMC Former Commanders
  8. ^ Note: Sammet's was listed as commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command despite his retirement 89 days later.
  9. ^ Alexandria Soller, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) (February 26, 2019) Staying ahead of modernization requirements, ensuring readiness
  10. ^ Tony Lopez (AMC) (September 21, 2018) JMC Commander promoted to Brigadier General
  11. ^ Elizabeth Behring (AMC) (May 10, 2019) Ensuring Readiness for the Strategic Support Area: Munitions Readiness
  12. ^ TACOM Public Affairs (May 31, 2019) Gen. Perna gets update on Soldier and ground systems readiness efforts
  13. ^ Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner, U.S. Army Financial Management Command (Oct. 31, 2019) Bennett takes command of realigned USAFMCOM
    • Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner, U.S. Army Financial Management Command (Oct. 23, 2019) Bennett to command USAFMCOM
  14. ^ Army News Service (11 Feb 2019) Installation Management Command to realign under Army Materiel Command
  15. ^ Wendy Brown, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs (March 11, 2019) U.S. Army Garrison Japan Soldiers don Army Materiel Command patch

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