# 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (United States Army)

The 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (6MLMC), a direct reporting unit of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with administrative control and training readiness authority to the Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and serves as the Army's only deployable medical materiel management center worldwide.

## Mission

When directed, 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (MLMC) deploys to provide centralized medical materiel lifecycle management to designated forces in order to sustain worldwide Geographical Combatant Command (GCC) contingency operations and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA).

## Lineage and honors information

* Lineage
** Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 6th Convalescent Hospital
** Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
** Inactivated 4 November 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation
** Redesignated 29 November 1954 as the 6th Convalescent Center and allotted to the Regular Army
** Activated 17 January 1955 in Germany
** Inactivated 20 September 1958 in Germany
** Activated 29 November 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
** Inactivated 30 October 1971 in Vietnam
** Redesignated 16 November 1994 as the 6th Theater Medical Materiel Management Center (TMMMC) and activated at Fort Detrick, Maryland
** Redesignated 16 October 2000 as the 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (MLMC) and activated at Fort Detrick, Maryland
* 6th Medical Center Honors, campaign participation credit
** World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
** Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I
** Global War on Terror: Campaigns to be Determined
* Decorations
** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970
** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) (Forward Team/Detachment) for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom 1 JAN 2003 - 31 JAN 2004

## Commanders

6th Convalescent Center, Baumholder Kasserne, Federal Republic of Germany The Commander of the 98th General Hospital also served as the commander of the 6th Convalescent Center, which was co-located
| No. | Name | Dates of tenure | Rank |
| 1 | Albert H. Robinson | 17 January 1955 - June 1956 | Colonel |
| 2 | Rollin L. Bauchspies | October 1957 - 20 September 1958 | Colonel |
6th Convalescent Center, Republic of Vietnam
| No. | Name | Dates of tenure | Rank |
| 1 | Sigmunder E. Dalberg | 1965-1967 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 2 | Anton L. Hitzelberger | 1967 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 3 | Bruce T. Bowers | 1967-1968 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 4 | James B. Lindahl | 1968-18 July 1969 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 5 | James A. Shafer | 19 July 1969 – 18 July 1970 | Colonel |
| 6 | Joseph E. Kmiecik | 19 July 1970 – 10 January 1971 | Colonel |
| 7 | John S. Schaub | 11 January 1971 – 14 July 1971 | Major |
| 8 | Robert M. Fike | 15 July 1971 – 30 October 1971 | Lieutenant Colonel |
6th Medical Logistics Management Center
| No. | Name | Dates of tenure | Rank |
| 1 | Hank Cintron | 1994–1997 | Lieutenant colonel |
| 2 | Roger W. Olsen | 1997–1999 | Lieutenant colonel |
| 3 | Vikki Stocker | 1999–2001 | Lieutenant colonel |
| 4 | William R. Fry | 2001–2004 | Colonel |
| 5 | Ralph H. Sees | 2004–2006 | Colonel |
| 6 | William E. Ackerman | 2006–2007 | Lieutenant colonel |
| 7 | Michael S. McDonald | 2007–2009 | Colonel |
| 8 | Michael P. Ryan | 2009-2011 | Colonel |
| 9 | Michael J. Talley | 2011-2013 | Colonel |
| 10 | Anthony R. Nesbitt | 2013–2015 | Colonel |
| 11 | Derek C. Cooper | 2015–2017 | Colonel |
| 12 | David L. Sloniker | 2017-MAY 2019 | Colonel |
| 13 | Ross A. Davidson | May 2019 – May 2021 | Colonel |
| 14 | Victor A. Suarez | May 2021 – June 2023 | Colonel |
| 15 | Jason W. Hughes | June 2023 - Present | Colonel |