United States Army Materiel Command
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| U.S. Army Materiel Command | |
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| File:AMC shoulder insignia.gif United States Army Materiel Command shoulder sleeve insignia | |
| Active | 1962 - present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | U.S. Army |
| Type | Army Command |
| Role | materiel |
| Size | more than 60,000 military and civilians |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Belvoir |
| Motto(s) | If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, communicates with it, or eats it - AMC provides it. |
| March | Arsenal for the Brave (http://www.amc.army.mil/pa/AMCBand.asp#music) |
| Website | www.amc.army.mil |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | General Ann E. Dunwoody |
| Notable commanders | Frank S. Besson, Jr. Ferdinand J. Chesarek |
The [1]U.S. Army Materiel Command(AMC) is the Army’s premier provider of materiel readiness – technology, acquisition support, materiel development, logistics power projection, and sustainment – to the total force, across the spectrum of joint military operations.
The command’s complex missions range from development of sophisticated weapon systems and cutting-edge research, to maintenance and distribution of spare parts.
AMC operates the research, development and engineering centers; Army Research Laboratory; depots;arsenals; ammunition plants; and other facilities, and maintains the Army’s prepositioned stocks, both on land and afloat.
The command is also the Department of Defense (DoD) Executive Agent for the chemical weapons stockpile and for conventional ammunition.
To develop, buy and maintain materiel for the Army, AMC works closely with Program Executive Officers,the Army Acquisition Executive, industry and academia, the other services, and other government agencies.
The command’s main effort is to achieve the development, support, and sustainment of the future force in this decade. At the same time, AMC is key to supporting, sustaining and resetting the current force. Its maintenance depots restore weapon systems needed as the Army makes its way to full transformation.
The command’s overhaul and modernization efforts are enhancing and upgrading major weapon systems – not just making them like new, but inserting technology to make them better and more reliable.
AMC handles diverse missions that reach far beyond the Army. For example, AMC manages the multibillion dollar business of selling Army equipment and services to friends and allies of the United States and negotiates and implements agreements for co-production of U.S. weapons systems by foreign nations.
AMC also provides numerous acquisition and logistics services to the other components of the DOD and to many other government agencies.
AMC is currently headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., and is located in about 149 locations worldwide, including more than 40 states and 50 countries. Manning these organizations is a work force of more than 60,000 military and civilian employees, many with highly developed specialties in weapons development and logistics.
As the place in the Army where superior technology, acquisition support, and logistics are integrated to assure readiness for today and tomorrow, AMC is heavily involved in making the Army more responsive,deployable, agile, versatile, lethal, survivable, and sustainable. From beans to bullets, helmets to helicopters,spare parts to spare ribs, AMC touches every Soldier in the Army every day.
The U.S. Army Materiel Command was established on May 8, 1962 and was activated on August 1 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.
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision relocated AMC to Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Personnel began relocating to Redstone in 2006 and the command will be completely relocated by July 2011.
Past Commanders
| Commander | Date assumed command |
|---|---|
| Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr. | April 2, 1962 |
| General Ferdinand J. Chesarek | March 10, 1969 |
| General Henry A. Miley, Jr. | November 1, 1970 |
| General John R. Deane, Jr. | February 12, 1975 |
| Lieutenant General George Sammet, Jr. | February 1, 1977 |
| General John R. Guthrie | May 1977 |
| General Donald R. Keith | August 1981 |
| General Richard H. Thompson | June 29, 1984 |
| General Louis C. Wagner, Jr. | April 13, 1987 |
| General William G.T. Tuttle, Jr. | September 27, 1989 |
| General Jimmy D. Ross | January 31, 1992 |
| General Leon E. Salomon | February 11, 1994 |
| General Johnnie E. Wilson | March 27, 1996 |
| General John G. Coburn | May 14, 1999 |
| General Paul J. Kern | October 30, 2001 |
| General Benjamin S. Griffin | November 5, 2004 |
| General Ann E. Dunwoody | November 14, 2008 |
- information compiled from [2]
Major Subordinate Commands
- United States Army Contracting Command
- United States Army Sustainment Command
- United States Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command
- United States Army Chemical Materials Agency
- United States Army Joint Munitions Command
- United States Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command
- United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
- United States Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command
- United States Army Security Assistance Command
External links
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: [3]
