United States Army Materiel Command

U.S. Army Materiel Command
United States Army Materiel Command shoulder sleeve insignia
Active	1962–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Army Command
Role	Develops, maintains, and supports material capabilities for the Army[1]
Size	more than 60,000 military and civilians
Garrison/HQ	Redstone Arsenal
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[2]
Website	AMC — The Army's Materiel Integrator www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/amc/
Commanders
Current commander	General Gustave F. Perna
Notable commanders	Frank S. Besson, Jr. Ferdinand J. Chesarek

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.^[3] The command is also the Department of Defense Executive Agent for the chemical weapons stockpile and for conventional ammunition.

Materiel for 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, arriving in Gdansk, Poland. M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicles fill the left side of the foreground.

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 is located in approximately 149 locations worldwide, including more than 49 American States and 50 countries. AMC maintains employment of upwards of 70,000 military and civilian employees.

The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission decision relocated AMC to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. Personnel began relocating to Redstone in 2006 and the command was completely relocated by summer 2011, affecting one in every six AMC employees across the command, or approximately 11,000 people in 25 states. AMC was previously (since 2003) headquartered on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Before that (1973-2003), AMC was headquartered in a building at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia. Prior to Alexandria, AMC was headquartered at what is now Reagan National Airport.^[4]

Between January 1976 and August 1984, AMC was officially designated the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (commonly referred to as DARCOM).^[5]

Commanders

Major subordinate commands

• United States Army Contracting Command
• United States Army Sustainment Command
• United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
• United States Army Communications-Electronics Command,^[7]
• United States Army Chemical Materials Activity
• Joint Munitions Command^[8][8][9]
• United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command^[10]
• United States Army Security Assistance Command
• United States Army Medical Logistics Command
• United States Army Financial Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, is now subordinate to AMC, effective Oct. 1, 2019^[11]
• United States Army Installation Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, will now be part of AMC^{[12] [13]}
• Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

See also: United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (an LCMC)

Formerly subordinate commands

• CCDC (formerly United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command) completed its transfer to United States Army Futures Command on 3 February 2019, which operates research and development engineering centers; Army Research Laboratories supports the centers' activities.

Other commands

• Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives

See also

Comparable organizations

• Marine Corps Systems Command (U.S. Marine Corps)
• Marine Corps Logistics Command (U.S. Marine Corps)
• Naval Sea Systems Command (U.S. Navy)
• Naval Air Systems Command (U.S. Navy)
• Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (U.S. Navy)
• Naval Facilities Engineering Command (U.S. Navy)
• Naval Supply Systems Command (U.S. Navy)
• Air Force Materiel Command (U.S. Air Force)

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "[1]".
•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "[2]".

External links

• Official website
• Media related to United States Army Materiel Command at Wikimedia Commons