Army Contracting Command Explained

Unit Name:	Army Contracting Command
Country:	United States
Allegiance:	United States Army
Type:	Contracting Command
Specialization:	Arranging Contracts
Command Structure:	U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison:	Redstone Arsenal, AL
Motto:	"COMPARATOR, ARMATI, CUSTOS" (Soldier, Emptor, Guardian)^[1]
Current Commander:	MG Douglas S. Lowrey

The Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a contracting services command of the United States Army."On October 1, 2008, the Army recognized the formal establishment of the Army Contracting Command as a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. This new Army organization performs the majority of contracting work for the U.S. Army, and consists of two subordinate commands responsible for installation and expeditionary contracting, and other Army contracting elements."^[2]

There are three parts to the Army Contracting Command: Expeditionary Contracting Command Brigades, Mission Installation Contracting Commands, and Contracting centers.

Expeditionary Contracting Command

Expeditionary Contracting Command was a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Contracting Command headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The one-star command was organized to accomplish its global operational missions through its nine Contracting Support Brigades, seventeen Contingency Contracting Battalions, sixteen Senior Contingency Contracting Teams, and ninety-two Contingency Contracting Teams.^[3] Expeditionary Contracting Command was discontinued and merged with Army Contracting Command on October 1, 2017.^[4]

Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)

Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)^[5] is a one-star command. It is made up of more than 1,500 military and civilian members assigned to three contracting support brigades, one field directorate office and 33 field offices throughout the nation and Puerto Rico that provide contracting support across the Army.

Headquarters:

• MICC headquarters, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas^[6]

Contracting Support Brigades, Field Directorate Office and Subordinate Activities:^[7]

• 419th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Liberty, North Carolina
  • MICC-Fort Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
  • 900th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Liberty, Fort Liberty, North Carolina
  • 922nd Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • 925th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Drum, Fort Drum, New York
  • MICC-Fort Johnson, Fort Johnson, Louisiana
  • 904th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Stewart, Fort Stewart, Georgia
• 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Cavazos, Texas
  • 919th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas
  • MICC-Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
  • MICC-Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, California
  • 901st Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Cavazos, Fort Cavazos, Texas
  • 918th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colorado
  • 923rd Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas
  • MICC-Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona
  • 902nd Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
• 412th Contracting Support Brigade, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • MICC-Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • MICC-Fort Buchanan, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
  • MICC-Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
  • MICC-Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky
  • MICC-Fort McCoy, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin
  • MICC-Moffett Field, Moffett Field, California
• Field Directorate Office-Fort Eustis, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
  • MICC-Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  • MICC-Fort Benning, Fort Moore, Georgia
  • MICC-Fort Eustis, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
  • MICC-Fort Gordon, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia
  • MICC-Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
  • MICC-Fort Lee, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia
  • MICC-Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
  • MICC-Fort Rucker, Fort Novosel, Alabama
  • MICC-Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
  • MICC-Presidio of Monterey, Seaside, California
  • MICC-West Point, West Point, New York

Contracting Centers

Major Contracting Center Locations:

• ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
• ACC-New Jersey, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.
• ACC-Redstone, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
• ACC-Rock Island, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.
• ACC-Detroit Arsenal, Detroit Arsenal, Mich.
• ACC-Orlando, Orlando Florida

References

1. http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Catalog/Heraldry.aspx?HeraldryId=5194&CategoryId=2964&grp=2&menu=Uniformed%20Services Army Contracting Command's Heraldry
2. http://www.acc.army.mil/ecc/about/ U.S. Army Expeditionary Command
3. http://www.acc.army.mil/files/ECC.pdf Expeditionary Contracting Command
4. Web site: Expeditionary Contracting Command Cases Colors. www.army.mil. en. 2019-01-15. 2017-11-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20171120003350/https://www.army.mil/article/195667/expeditionary_contracting_command_cases_colors. live.
5. Web site: U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command | MIC. www.army.mil. 2021-06-22. 2021-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210618100716/https://www.army.mil/micc. live.
6. Web site: Leader's Perspective: MRI restores contracting structure, recovers customer base. www.army.mil. 2018-07-19. 2018-07-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180719234107/https://www.army.mil/article/207629/leaders_perspective_mri_restores_contracting_structure_recovers_customer_base. live.
7. https://www.micc.army.mil/pdf/micc_fs_jun16.pdf MICC Fact Sheet

External links

• • U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command Website
• 406th Support Brigade at the Institute of Heraldry
• Army Contracting Command factsheet