United States Army Installation Management Command Explained

Unit Name:United States Army Installation Management Command
Dates:2006–present
Type:Support
Role:Headquarters
Command Structure:U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison:Fort Sam Houston
Commander1:LTG Omar J. Jones IV
Commander1 Label:Commanding General
Commander2:MG James M. Smith
Commander2 Label:Deputy Commanding General
Identification Symbol Label:IMCOM Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

The United States Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) is a support formation of the United States Army responsible for the day-to-day management of Army installations around the globe. Army garrisons are communities that provide many of the same types of services expected from any small city. IMCOM is a major subordinate command of U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC).[1] IMCOM is headquartered at Fort Sam Houston.[2]

History

IMCOM was activated on 24 October 2006,[3] to reduce bureaucracy, apply a uniform business structure to manage U.S. Army installations, sustain the environment[4] and enhance the well-being of the military community.[5] It consolidated three organizations under a single command as a direct reporting unit:[6]

  1. The former Installation Management Agency (IMA)[7]
  2. The former Community and Family Support Center,[8] now called Family and MWR Programs,[9] which was formerly a subordinate command of IMCOM.
  3. The former Army Environmental Center,[10] now called the Army Environmental Command[11] (AEC), which is a subordinate command of IMCOM.[12]

Prior to IMCOM, the Army's 184 installations[13] were managed by one of 15 Major Commands. Support services varied – some provided better services, some provided worse. In September 2001, Army Secretary Thomas E. White introduced the Transformation of Installation Management (TIM),[14] formerly known as Centralized Installation Management (CIM), pledging the Army would implement better business practices and realign installation management to create a more efficient and effective corporate management structure for Army installations worldwide. On 1 Oct. 2002, the Army formed IMA as a field operating agency of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) as part of an ongoing effort to realign installations.[15]

Many of the issues with the 15 major commands holding responsibility for base support was that the structure created many inequities throughout the Army. There were no common standards, consistent services, or an acutely managed infrastructure. This created an environment where funding was often diverted from installation support to operations. Additionally, there were too many military personnel conducting garrison support operations rather than mission duties. The creation of IMCOM was a commitment to eliminate these inequities, focus on installation management and enhance the well-being of soldiers, families, and civilians.

Centralizing installation management was a culture change in the Army; working through the transfers of personnel and funding issues was difficult. In a large organizational change, IMCOM became the Army’s single agency responsible for worldwide installation management, managing 184 Army installations globally with a staff of 120,000 military, civilian and contract members across seven regions on four continents.[16] [17]

Total Army Strong[18]

Originally named "The Army Family Covenant" in 2007, Army leaders undertook a long-term commitment to resource and standardize critical support programs for Soldiers, their families and civilians. The covenant was focused on specific programs which commanders couldn't change. The focus was:

In 2014, the program was renamed "Total Army Strong" and commanders were given the flexibility of tailoring local programs best suit their communities.

The Army Family Covenant is the Army’s statement of commitment to provide high quality services to Soldiers – Active component or Reserve components, single or married, regardless of where they serve – and their Families.

The Installation Management Command supports the Total Army Strong[20] and provides a set of tools Soldiers and Army Families can use to locate and access the facilities and services they need.[21]

IMCOM Directorates

The Army Installation Management Command is organized into five directorates, which serve as the intermediate echelon between IMCOM HQ and the garrison, these directorates are:[22]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Installation Management Command to realign under Army Materiel Command. www.army.mil. 25 February 2019 .
  2. Web site: Environmental command stakes its claim at Fort Sam Houston . Army.mil . 28 May 2010 . 21 May 2011.
  3. Web site: John Pike . U.S. Army Announces Installation Management Command Activation . Globalsecurity.org . 4 August 2006 . 21 May 2011.
  4. Web site: US Army Environmental Command . aec.army.mil . 21 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110530082757/http://aec.army.mil/usaec/ . 30 May 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation . Armymwr.biz . 21 May 2011.
  6. Web site: Installation management command activated, Army Logistician, Find Articles at BNET . Findarticles.com . 21 May 2011.
  7. Web site: U.S. News & World Report Article . usnews.com . 21 May 2011.
  8. Web site: Fact Sheet . 21 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716170443/http://www.penfed.org/usawoa/downloads/CFSC_Fact_Sheet.pdf . 16 July 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: FMWR at . Army.mil . 21 May 2011.
  10. Web site: Borland Case Study . 21 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110526071253/http://www.borland.com/resources/en/pdf/case_studies/us_army.pdf . 26 May 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  11. https://aec.army.mil/
  12. Web site: Army Environmental Command Organizational Structure . aec.army.mil . 21 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110507025305/http://aec.army.mil/usaec/aboutus.html . 7 May 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  13. Web site: Army Organization . Army.mil . 21 May 2011.
  14. Web site: Army begins installation transformation . 30 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070625013316/http://www.belvoir.army.mil/news.asp?id=transformation . 25 June 2007 . dead . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Transformation of Installation Management . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522015035/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA420143&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf . live . 22 May 2011 . 21 May 2011.
  16. http://www.imcom.army.mil/hq/kd/cache/files/69B948B6-423D-452D-4636808C49A57094.pdf
  17. Web site: Burbach . Jeffrey B. . Van Pool . J. Elise . Installation Management Command: A Short History 2001-2010 . IMCOM . 5 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417230913/http://www.imcom.army.mil/hq/kd/cache/files/69B948B6-423D-452D-4636808C49A57094.pdf . 17 April 2012 . 9 . October 2010.
  18. Web site: STAND-TO!. STAND-TO!. 2016-10-24.
  19. Web site: Army Family Covenant – IMCOM HQ . United States Army Installation Management Command . 21 May 2011 . 15 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110315233228/http://www.imcom.army.mil/hq/initiatives/afc/ . dead .
  20. Web site: The Army News Service. army.mil. 15 October 2014.
  21. Web site: Army Family Toolbox – IMCOM HQ . United States Army Installation Management Command . 21 May 2011 . 12 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110512111339/http://www.imcom.army.mil/hq/armyftool/ . dead .
  22. Web site: Installation Management Command Fact Sheet. United States Army Materiel Command.
  23. Web site: IMCOM Directorates . United States Army Installation Management Command.

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