United States Army Materiel Command Explained

Unit Name:U.S. Army Materiel Command
Website:AMC — The Army's Materiel Integrator
Dates:1962–present
Country: United States
Type:Army Command
Role:Develops, maintains, and supports materiel capabilities for the Army[1]
Size:more than 60,000 military and civilians
Garrison:Redstone Arsenal
Current Commander: LTG Christopher Mohan (acting)[2]
Commander2 Label:Deputy Commanding General
Commander3:CSM Jimmy J. Sellers
Commander3 Label:Command Sergeant Major
Notable Commanders:Frank S. Besson, Jr.
Ferdinand J. Chesarek
Identification Symbol Label:Distinctive unit insignia
Motto: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[3]

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]

Major subordinate commands

Formerly subordinate commands

Other commands

See also

Comparable organizationsU.S. Armed Forces systems commands

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Army Materiel Command . 22 May 2012 . https://archive.today/20130221011050/http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/about.html . 21 February 2013 . dead.
  2. Web site: Severi . Misty . 2024-03-23 . Four-star Army general suspended after pressuring panel over unfit officer - Washington Examiner . 2024-03-24 . en-US.
  3. Web site: U.S. Army Materiel Command Band. U.S. Army Materiel Command. 25 September 2013.
  4. https://www.army.mil/article/222299/ensuring_readiness_for_strategic_support_strategic_power_projection Megan Cotton (June 6, 2019) Ensuring Readiness for Strategic Support: Strategic Power Projection
  5. Web site: AMC in the Seventies: a decade of celebration, change. army.mil. 7 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Records of the United States Army Materiel Command. 15 August 2016. archives.gov. 7 April 2018.
  7. https://www.amc.army.mil/Organization/History/Former-Commanders/ Army.mil – AMC Former Commanders
  8. https://www.army.mil/article/217819/staying_ahead_of_modernization_requirements_ensuring_readiness Alexandria Soller, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) (February 26, 2019) Staying ahead of modernization requirements, ensuring readiness
  9. https://www.army.mil/article/211434/jmc_commander_promoted_to_brigadier_general Tony Lopez (AMC) (September 21, 2018) JMC Commander promoted to Brigadier General
  10. https://www.army.mil/article/221743/ensuring_readiness_for_the_strategic_support_area_munitions_readiness Elizabeth Behring (AMC) (May 10, 2019) Ensuring Readiness for the Strategic Support Area: Munitions Readiness
  11. https://www.army.mil/article/222611/gen_perna_gets_update_on_soldier_and_ground_systems_readiness_efforts TACOM Public Affairs (May 31, 2019) Gen. Perna gets update on Soldier and ground systems readiness efforts
  12. https://www.usafmcom.army.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2003787/bennett-takes-command-of-realigned-usafmcom/ Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner, U.S. Army Financial Management Command (Oct. 31, 2019) Bennett takes command of realigned USAFMCOM
  13. https://www.army.mil/article/217292/installation_management_command_to_realign_under_army_materiel_command Army News Service (11 Feb 2019) Installation Management Command to realign under Army Materiel Command
  14. https://www.army.mil/article/218338/us_army_garrison_japan_soldiers_don_army_materiel_command_patch Wendy Brown, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs (March 11, 2019) U.S. Army Garrison Japan Soldiers don Army Materiel Command patch