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| dates = 1962–presentUnited States}}| allegiance = United States}}| type = Army Commandmilitary technology>Develops, maintains, and military logistics materiel capabilities for the ArmyHTTP://WWW.AMC.ARMY.MIL/AMC/ABOUT.HTML ACCESS-DATE=22 MAY 2012 ARCHIVE-DATE=21 FEBRUARY 2013, dead, | size = more than 60,000 military and civilians| command_structure = | garrison = Redstone Arsenal| equipment = Lieutenant general (United States)>LTG Christopher Mohan (acting)SEVERI >FIRST=MISTY TITLE=FOUR-STAR ARMY GENERAL SUSPENDED AFTER PRESSURING PANEL OVER UNFIT OFFICER - WASHINGTON EXAMINER ACCESS-DATE=2024-03-24, en-US, | commander2 = | commander2_label = Deputy Commanding GeneralCommand Sergeant Major>CSM Jimmy J. Sellers| commander3_label = Command Sergeant Major| ceremonial_chief = | colonel_of_the_regiment = | notable_commanders = Frank S. Besson, Jr.Ferdinand J. Chesarek110px|center)| identification_symbol_label = Distinctive unit insignia| nickname = | patron = | motto = If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, communicates with it, or eats it – AMC provides it.| colors = PUBLISHER=U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND, 25 September 2013, | mascot = | battles = | anniversaries = | decorations = | battle_honours = }}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.Megan Cotton (June 6, 2019) Ensuring Readiness for Strategic Support: Strategic Power ProjectionThe 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.WEB,weblink AMC in the Seventies: a decade of celebration, change, army.mil, 7 April 2018, Between January 1976 and August 1984, AMC was officially designated the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (commonly referred to as DARCOM).WEB,weblink Records of the United States Army Materiel Command, 15 August 2016, archives.gov, 7 April 2018,

Commanders

(File:2023 U.S. Army Materiel Command Change of Command (52752335398).jpg|thumb|General Charles R. Hamilton assumes command of AMC from General Edward M. Daly on 16 March 2023.){| class="wikitable sortable"!rowspan=2|{{abbr|No.|Number}}!colspan=2|CommanderArmy.mil – AMC Former Commanders!colspan=3|Term!Portrait!Name!Took office!Left office!Term length{{Officeholder table| order = 1General (United States)>General| image = GEN Frank S. Besson Jr. final command portrait (cropped).jpg| officeholder = Frank S. Besson Jr.| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 2 April 1962| term_end = 10 March 19692 April 1962|10 March 1969}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 2| military_rank = General| image = Ferdinand J. Chesarek portrait.jpg| officeholder = Ferdinand J. Chesarek| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 10 March 1969| term_end = 1 November 197010 March 1969|1 November 1970}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 3| military_rank = General| image = Henry A Miley.jpg| officeholder = Henry A. Miley Jr.| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1 November 1970| term_end = 12 February 19751 November 1970|12 February 1975}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 4| military_rank = General| image = John R Deane.jpg| officeholder = John R. Deane Jr.| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 12 February 1975| term_end = 1 February 197712 February 1975|1 February 1977}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 5Lieutenant general (United States)>Lieutenant General| image = Lieutenant General George Sammet Jr.jpg| officeholder = George Sammet Jr.Note: Sammet's was listed as commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command despite his retirement 89 days later.| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1 February 1977| term_end = 1 May 19771 February 1977|1 May 1977}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 6| military_rank = General| image = John Reiley Guthrie.jpg| officeholder = John R. Guthrie| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1 May 1977| term_end = 1 August 19811 May 1977|1 August 1981}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 7| military_rank = General| image = Donald R Keith.jpg| officeholder = Donald R. Keith| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 1 August 1981| term_end = 29 June 19841 August 1981|29 June 1984}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 8| military_rank = General| image = Richard H Thompson.jpgRichard Horner Thompson>Richard H. Thompson| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 29 June 1984| term_end = 13 April 198729 June 1984|13 April 1987}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 9| military_rank = General| image = Louis Carson Wagner.jpg| officeholder = Louis C. Wagner Jr.| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 13 April 1987| term_end = 27 September 198913 April 1987|27 September 1989}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 10| military_rank = General| image = William G T Tuttle.jpg| officeholder = William G.T. Tuttle Jr.| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 27 September 1989| term_end = 31 January 199227 September 1989|31 January 1992}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 11| military_rank = General| image = JimmyRoss.jpeg| officeholder = Jimmy D. Ross| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 31 January 1992| term_end = 11 February 199431 January 1992|11 February 1994}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 12| military_rank = General| image = Leon E Salomon.jpg| officeholder = Leon E. Salomon| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 11 February 1994| term_end = 27 March 199611 February 1994|27 March 1996}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 13| military_rank = General| image = Johnnie E. Wilson.JPEG| officeholder = Johnnie E. Wilson| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 27 March 1996| term_end = 14 May 199927 March 1996|14 May 1999}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 14| military_rank = General| image = John G Coburn.jpg| officeholder = John G. Coburn| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 14 May 1999| term_end = 30 October 200114 May 1999|30 October 2001}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 15| military_rank = General| image = PaulKern.jpg| officeholder = Paul J. Kern| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 30 October 2001| term_end = 5 November 200430 October 2001|5 November 2004}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 16| military_rank = General| image = Benjamin Griffin.jpg| officeholder = Benjamin S. Griffin| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 5 November 2004| term_end = 14 November 20085 November 2004|14 November 2008}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 17| military_rank = General| image = Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody.jpg| officeholder = Ann E. Dunwoody| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 14 November 2008| term_end = 28 June 201214 November 2008|28 June 2012}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 18| military_rank = General| image = General Dennis L. Via, USA.jpg| officeholder = Dennis L. Via| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 28 June 2012| term_end = 30 September 201628 June 2012|30 September 2016}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 19| military_rank = General| image = Perna CG AMC 2016.jpg| officeholder = Gustave F. Perna| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 30 September 2016| term_end = 2 July 202030 September 2016|2 July 2020}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 20| military_rank = General| image = GEN Daly2.jpg| officeholder = Edward M. Daly| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 2 July 2020| term_end = 16 March 20232 July 2020|16 March 2023}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = 21| military_rank = General| image = GEN Charles R. Hamilton (cropped).jpg| officeholder = Charles R. Hamilton| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 16 March 2023| term_end = 22 March 202416 March 2023|22 March 2024}}}}{{Officeholder table| order = -Lieutenant general (United States)>Lieutenant General| image = LTG Christopher O. Mohan.jpg| officeholder = Christopher Mohan| officeholder_sort = | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = 22 March 202422 March 2024}}| acting = y}}

Major subordinate commands

• (File:ACC Logo.jpg|20px) United States Army Contracting Command
• (File:US Army Sustainment Command DUI.png|20px) United States Army Sustainment Command
• (File:US Army 50953 AMCOM Logo.jpg|20px) United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
• (File:Army Communications-Electronics Command DUI.png|20px) United States Army Communications-Electronics Command,Alexandria Soller, U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) (February 26, 2019) Staying ahead of modernization requirements, ensuring readiness
• (File:USAChemMaterialAgncyDUI.jpg|20px) United States Army Chemical Materials Activity
• (File:JMClogo.JPG|20px) Joint Munitions CommandTony Lopez (AMC) (September 21, 2018) JMC Commander promoted to Brigadier GeneralElizabeth Behring (AMC) (May 10, 2019) Ensuring Readiness for the Strategic Support Area: Munitions Readiness
• (File:TACOM DUI.gif|20px) United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command TACOM Public Affairs (May 31, 2019) Gen. Perna gets update on Soldier and ground systems readiness efforts
• (File:Usasaclogo.gif|20px) United States Army Security Assistance Command
• (File:US Army Medical Logistics Command DUI.png|20px) United States Army Medical Logistics Command
• (File:US Army Financial Management Command DUI.png|20px) United States Army Financial Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, is now subordinate to AMC, effective 1 Oct. 2019Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner, U.S. Army Financial Management Command (Oct. 31, 2019) Bennett takes command of realigned USAFMCOM
• Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner, U.S. Army Financial Management Command (Oct. 23, 2019) Bennett to command USAFMCOM
• (File:United States Army Installation Management Command Shoulder Patch.png|25px) United States Army Installation Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, will now be part of AMCArmy News Service (11 Feb 2019) Installation Management Command to realign under Army Materiel CommandWendy Brown, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs (March 11, 2019) U.S. Army Garrison Japan Soldiers don Army Materiel Command patch
• (File:Surface Deployment and Distribution Command SSI.svg|25px) Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
• See also: United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (an LCMC)

Formerly subordinate commands

• Combat Capabilities Development Command or 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 organizationsU.S. Armed Forces systems commands

• Marine Corps Systems Command
• United States Navy systems commands
  • Naval Sea Systems Command
  • Naval Air Systems Command
  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
  • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
  • Naval Supply Systems Command
• Air Force Materiel Command
• Space Systems Command

Notes

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References

• {{USGovernment|url=http://www.army.mil/amc|agency=United States Army}}
• {{USGovernment|url=http://www.army.mil/article/56593/BRAC_2005_Recommended_Relocation_of_U_S__Army_Materiel_Command/|agency=United States Army}}

External links

• {{official websiteweblink}}
• {{Commons category-inline|United States Army Materiel Command}}

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