U.S. Army Materiel Command

RESOURCE GUIDE
A U.S. Army Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 35 Infantry Regiment, 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, secures a 

truck to the deck of United States Army Vessel General Brehon 

B. Somervell (LSV-3) before setting sail at Waipio Point, 

Hawaii. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rachel Christensen)

AMC KEY CONTACTS

U.S. Army Materiel Command

4400 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

Phone: (256) 450-7000

DSN: (312) 320-7000

usarmy.redstone.usamc.mbx.public-affairs@army.mil

www.amc.army.mil

/ArmyMaterielCommand

@ArmyMateriel

/company/us-army-materiel-command

/HQAMC

/photos/armymaterielcommand

AMC Ombudsman: (256) 450-7550

AMC Small Business Office: (256) 450-7953

Command Historian: (256) 450-6943

COMMAND TEAM 

Gen. Charles Hamilton

Commanding General

Command Sgt. Maj. Jimmy Sellers

Command Sergeant Major

EDITORIAL STAFF

Col. James "Scott" Rawlinson

Director of Public and Congressional Affairs

Kim Hanson

Deputy Director of Public and Congressional Affairs

Will King

Public Affairs Branch Chief

Alyssa Crockett

Managing Editor and Layout/Design

Publication Date: March 2023
FRONT COVER: U.S. M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles 

assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored 

Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, maneuver 

towards a situational training exercise lane at Drawsko 

Pomorskie, Poland, June 16, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among 

other units assigned to V Corps, America’s forward deployed 

corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and 

regional security partners. (U.S. Army National Guard photo 

by Sgt. Tara Fajardo Arteaga)

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AMC KEY CONTACTS......................................................................................1

U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND (AMC)................................................4

HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE ARMY ........................................ ......6

Centers of Industrial & Technical Excellence................................ ....10

 Public-Private Partnership: What is it?.................................................11

 What is ARMS? ........................................................................................ ....12

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND (ACC)....................................14

U.S. Army Mission and Installation 

Contracting Command........................................................................ ...16

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen 

Proving Ground...................................................................................... ...18

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Detroit

Arsenal...........................................................................................................19

U.S. Army Contrcting Command-New Jersey..................................20

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Orlando......................................21

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone...................................22

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Rock Island................................23

U.S. ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE COMMAND (AMCOM)..........24

Aviation Center Logistics Command.............................................. ...26

Corpus Christi Army Depot................................................................ ...27

Letterkenny Army Depot .................................................................... ...28

U.S. ARMY SUSTAINMENT COMMAND (ASC)................................ ...30

401st Army Field Support Brigade.................................................... ...32

402nd Army Field Support Brigade ................................................... ...33

403rd Army Field Support Brigade ................................................... ...34

404th Army Field Support Brigade ................................................... ...35

405th Army Field Support Brigade ................................................... ...36

406th Army Field Support Brigade ................................................... ...38

407th Army Field Support Brigade........................................................40

U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONS-ELECTRONICS 

COMMAND (CECOM) .............................................................................. ...42

U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command.............................................44

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency................................................ ...45

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe.................................. ...46

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea..................................... ...47

Tobyhanna Army Depot...................................................................... ...48

U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT 

COMMAND (IMCOM)...................................................................................50

Army Environmental Command ...................................................... ...52

Installation Management Command Directorates.................... ...54

JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND (JMC).............................................. ...56

Anniston Munitions Center ............................................................... ...58

Blue Grass Army Depot........................................................................ ...59

Crane Army Ammunition Activity.................................................... ...60

Hawthorne Army Depot ..................................................................... ...61

Holston Army Ammunition Plant .................................................... ...62

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant........................................................... ...63

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant.................................................. ...64

Letterkenny Munitions Center.......................................................... ...65

McAlester Army Ammunition Plant ............................................... ...66

Pine Bluff Arsenal.......................................................................................67

Quad City Cartridge Case Facility..................................................... ...68

Radford Army Ammunition Plant ................................................... ...69

Scranton Army Ammunition Plant.................................................. ...70

Tooele Army Depot............................................................................... ...71

MILITARY SURFACE DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION 

COMMAND (SDDC)......................................................................................72

Military Ocean Terminal Concord.........................................................75

Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point..................................................76

U.S. ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS 

COMMAND (TACOM)...................................................................................78

Anniston Army Depot...............................................................................80

U.S. Army Joint Systems Manufacturing Center-Lima...................81

Red River Army Depot .............................................................................82

Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and 

Technology Center................................................................................ ...83

Sierra Army Depot.....................................................................................84

Watervliet Arsenal.....................................................................................85

U.S. ARMY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

COMMAND (USAFMCOM)........................................................................86

U.S. ARMY SECURITY ASSISTANCE COMMAND (USASAC)..........90

U.S. Army Military Assistance Group..................................................92

Office of the Program Manager-Saudi Arabian 

National Guard Modernization Program.........................................93

U.S. Army Security Assistance Training 

Management Organization..................................................................94

U.S. ARMY CHEMICAL MATERIALS ACTIVITY (CMA).....................96

U.S. ARMY LOGISTICS DATA ANALYSIS CENTER (LDAC)..............98

U.S. ARMY RESERVE SUSTAINMENT COMMAND (ARSC)..........100

PEOPLE: Nearly all of the Army’s child development centers, 

like the one at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, are accredited by 

the National Association for the Education of Young Children. 

Army leaders are committed to providing the best child and 

youth programs for its Soldier’s families. (Courtesy photo)

MODERNIZATION: U.S. Army Pfc. Jimmy Roe, assigned 

to Bravo Company, 299th Battalion Support Brigade, 

Dagger Brigade, operates the Lulzbot Taz 2 Hard Plastic 

3D Printer that is a part the Rapid Fabrication via Additive 

Manufacturing on the Battlefield. (Courtesy photo)

REFORM: A worker at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, a 

government-owned, contractor-operated installation under 

U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command, packages 40 mm 

grenades. IAAAP is one of several JMC facilities where 

contracts are being reformed to provide munitions readiness 

to warfighters at a lower cost. (Courtesy photo)

BACK COVER: A float ribbon bridge system from the Army 

Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Zutendaal, Belgium, is 

used by U.S., Polish, French and Swedish military forces to 

cross the Vistula River between Ryki and Kozienice, Poland, 

during DEFENDER-Europe 22. The float bridge is part of the 

405th Army Field Support Brigade’s APS-2 program. (U.S. 

Army photo by Michał Czornij)

READINESS: U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command 

Logistics Assistance Representative Galen Cajigal instructed 

four new maintainers on how to identify, inspect, and make 

necessary repairs on a CH-47 transmission filter. (U.S. Army 

photo by Katie Nelson)
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U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND

As the Army’s materiel integrator for six decades, U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) 

delivers precision sustainment and materiel readiness to an expeditionary global force 

from the Joint Strategic Support Area to the tactical point of contact across the spectrum 

of conflict in support of the Joint Force.

Headquartered at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, AMC continues to build 

readiness, set the conditions to create surge capability and capacity, and 

modernize in support of future capabilities. AMC synchronizes, integrates 

and operationalizes the capabilities of 10 major subordinate commands, 

providing installation and materiel readiness to meet current, future and 

contingency requirements. One of four Army commands, AMC is critical to 

the Army and its role in fighting and winning the nation’s wars.

AMC’s complex missions range from maintenance and distribution of 

spare parts, to security assistance programs in support of partner nations, to 

providing enterprise-wide financial management capabilities that facilitate 

Army accountability, auditability and stewardship. The command leads the 

logistics and sustainment communities to execute distribution, redistribution 

and divestiture to efficiently build operational and strategic readiness, fill 

shortages, reduce excess and balance resources, enabling a Multi-Domain 

Operations-capable force. AMC is also in lock-step with Army commands in 

modernization efforts. As Army Futures Command focuses on developing 

and fielding next-generation weapon systems, AMC is simultaneously 

modernizing infrastructure and sustainment training, processes and skillsets to 

support future capabilities. 

AMC manages the Army’s installations, posts, camps and stations, where 

Soldiers and families not only live, but where they train, mobilize and deploy 

from, and where they conduct the day-to-day business 

of the Army. The command also leads, manages and 

operates the Army’s Organic Industrial Base (OIB). 

Consisting of 23 depots, arsenals and ammunition plants, 

the OIB’s workforce overhauls, modernizes and upgrades 

major weapon systems. These facilities are essential 

to providing the necessary resources to the warfighter, 

and AMC ensures the OIB is ready to sustain fielded 

systems, maintain pace with Army modernization efforts 

and postured to surge in support of combat operations. 

Through a 15-year OIB Modernization Plan, AMC 

is modernizing facilities, processes and the workforce 

to bring the OIB into the 21st century, infuse industry 

best practices and refine human resource management 

structures to maximize the skills and capabilities of the 

workforce.

The command ensures Soldiers have the right parts, 

equipment and materiel where and when they need 

it. AMC is improving equipment on hand rates across 

the force, moving millions of pieces of equipment to 

the right units to increase readiness. In addition, AMC 

is optimizing its supply chain to infuse industry best 

practices to standardized processes, reduce risk with 

vendors, invest in organic manufacturing to offset 

vulnerabilities, and better adapt long-range plans to 

changes in the environment.

AMC is the DOD executive agent for the chemical 

weapons stockpile and for conventional ammunition. 

AMC ensures the right munitions – from small caliber 

ammunition to ballistic missiles – are in the right places, 

at the right time, to meet requirements. 

Across the command, transportation offices, depots, 

plants, ports and installation infrastructure, including 

railheads and airfields, are key to the nation’s power 

projection capabilities, enabling the rapid and effective 

deployment of troops, equipment and supplies. AMC 

also maintains the Army’s Prepositioned Stocks, both on 

land and afloat. AMC provides the equipment, facilities, 

repair parts, predictive analytics and expertise to sustain 

or replace equipment before it negatively impacts unit 

readiness. Through this, AMC ensures Army units are 

ready to mobilize, deploy and execute requirements. By 

acquiring the tools and technology to leverage big data 

and make informed decisions in a real-time environment, 

AMC is developing agile and resilient information 

systems to enable Army readiness.

AMC is also leading the way in data analytics and 

logistics information. Logistics data provides the 

decision support tools and data visualization Army 

decision-makers need to effectively support readiness and 

modernization initiatives. Simply put, it allows AMC to 

see itself.

Throughout every effort, the command is focused on 

the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Staff of the 

Army’s number one priority: people. The Army relies 

on its Soldiers, Civilians and families to accomplish its 

missions, and AMC is constantly working to improve 

quality of life initiatives and expand workforce diversity 

for its people and the Soldiers it supports.

AMC relies on a global workforce of around 165,000 

military, Army Civilian and contractor employees 

– many of whom have highly developed specialties 

in maintenance, manufacturing and logistics. By the 

numbers, the command’s 10 MSCs and two separate 

reporting activities deliver readiness solutions across the 

total force. AMC manages about 95 Army installations 

and OIB facilities, and has a presence in all 50 states and 

more than 150 nations across the globe.

AMC is the foundation to Army strategic readiness. The 

command leads and directs sustainment warfighting 

functions from the installation to the battlefield to meet 

Army readiness requirements during competition, crisis 

and conflict. Operations do not happen without the 

installation and materiel readiness AMC provides.

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Materiel Command

4400 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

www.amc.army.mil

/ArmyMaterielCommand

 @ArmyMateriel

/company/us-army-materiel-command

/HQAMC

/photos/armymaterielcommand

ABOVE: Staff Sgt. Kyron Brown, a transportation management supervisor, 39th Transportation Battalion, 21st Theater 

Sustainment Command, walks through the staging area to confirm military shipping labels on M978A4 Heavy Expanded Mobility 

Tactical Truck tanker vehicles at the port of Alexandroupoli, Greece. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds)

OPPOSITE PAGE: float ribbon bridge system from the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Zutendaal, Belgium, is used 

by U.S., Polish, French and Swedish military forces to cross the Vistula River between Ryki and Kozienice, Poland, during 

DEFENDER-Europe 22. (U.S. Army photo by Michał Czornij)

MISSION AND VISION

• AMC delivers precision sustainment 

and materiel readiness to an 

expeditionary global force from the 

Joint Strategic Support Area to the 

tactical point of contact across the 

spectrum of conflict in support of the 

Joint Force. 

• Be the premier enterprise postured 

to support a global Joint Force with 

predictive and precision sustainment.
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packaging and lending assistance, exporting and importing 

support, disaster recovery assistance, procurement and 

contracting aid, market research help, 8(a) program support 

and healthcare guidance. For more information, go to https://

www.sba.gov/tools/local-assistance/sbdc.

• The Service Corps of Retired Executives is a nonprofit 

association dedicated to helping small businesses get off 

the ground, and to grow and to achieve their goals through 

education and mentorship. They are supported by the SBA and 

thousands of volunteers and consequently can deliver services 

at minimal or no cost. For more information, go to https://

www.SCORE.org.

7. BECOME FAMILIAR WITH CONTRACTING

REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES

It is important to understand the rules that govern DOD 

acquisitions, as they are complex. The following regulations 

govern contracting procedures within the Army and are 

available online:

• Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) – 

https://farsite.hill.af.mil/vmfara.htm

• The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) – 

https://farsite.hill.af.mil/vmdfara.htm

• The Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (AFARS) – 

https://farsite.hill.af.mil/vmafara.htm

The following steps can be used as a guide to doing business with 

the Army.

1. DETERMINE THE PRODUCT OR SERVICE

It is very important to first determine the exact product or 

service you wish to sell to the Army. In order to correctly 

differentiate between marketing strategies and individual 

customers with specific needs. Product and Service Codes 

(PSC) are used to categorize products, services, or research 

and development (R&D) activity purchased by the federal 

government. The four-digit codes indicate what was bought 

for each contract action reported in the Federal Procurement 

Data System (FPDS). The PSCs are listed here: https://www.

acquisition.gov/psc-manual.

In addition, the North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) groups establishments into industries based 

on its primary activity: https://www.census.gov/naics. Once 

a product or service has been chosen, use the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) size standard table located at: https://

www.sba.gov, to determine the business size in the NAICS 

code. It is not uncommon for companies to qualify as “small” 

for one type of product they sell, but as “large” for another.

2. REGISTER IN THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD 

MANAGEMENT

In order to do business with the U.S. government, including 

contracts and grants, businesses must register in the System 

for Award Management (SAM). Registration is free and can 

be accomplished online at https://www.sam.gov. A new 

Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code will be 

assigned if one doesn't already exist, or, if there is a current 

CAGE code, that information will be updated. The CAGE 

code is a five-character alpha-numeric identifier assigned to 

entities located in the U.S. and its territories. 

On April 4, 2022, the Data Universal Number System (DUNS) 

number retired and the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) became 

the new authoritative identifier at the federal level (including 

HOW TO 

DO 

BUSINESS

WITH THE ARMY

U.S. Army Materiel Command relies 

on industry partnerships to deploy, 

equip and sustain the warfighter. 

in federal systems such as SAM, FPDS, and USASpending). 

The UEI is assigned by the General Services Administration 

(GSA) within SAM; and GSA has already assigned UEIs 

to entities with existing registrations and/or debarments/

suspensions in SAM. This transition allows the government 

to streamline the entity identification and validation process, 

making it convenient for entities to do business with the federal 

government. Note, the Commercial and Government Entity 

(CAGE) code will still be required on entity registrations for 

purpose of “all awards” in SAM, and will maintain the same 

one-to-one relationship with the UEI (at the Electronic Funds 

Transfer Indicator level) as it does with the DUNS number 

today for use within the department’s Procure-to-Pay (P2P) 

processes.

After an initial SAM registration, it must be updated annually. 

To note, the Dynamic Small Business Search profile of the 

SAM registration is a database is also used by government 

buyers seeking specific small businesses.

3. KNOW WHICH DIVISION OF THE ARMY 

WOULD BUY A PRODUCT OR SERVICE 

Billions of dollars are expended annually in support of the 

Army’s mission. Most of the Army’s buying activities make 

purchases in support of their individual base requirements and 

are considered local buys. The major Army Commands also 

have contractual responsibilities, depending upon their mission 

requirements. 

Find your niche. Don’t try to be everything to everybody. 

Products and services should only be marketed to potential 

customers that buy what you sell. Create a one-page capabilities 

statement that summarizes your experience. Longer capability 

briefings should be tailored to the specific customer you are 

meeting and demonstrate how you can address their challenges, 

including how your service or product has a positive impact on 

a program manager’s cost, schedule and performance. 

4. RESEARCH CUSTOMERS

As with any customer, it is best to do research about the activity 

before contacting them. Many Army activities maintain their 

own websites and this information may be helpful in identifying 

the primary mission of that command. 

DOD’s Small Business Professionals (SBPs) are advocates 

for small businesses and should be the first point of contact 

inside an agency. SBPs can help customers understand their 

organization’s mission, culture, challenges and requirements. 

Links to DOD small business offices are available at https://

business.defense.gov/Small-Business/DoD-Small-BusinessOffices.

• U.S. Army Materiel Command – https://www.amc.army.mil

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – https://www.usace.army.mil

• U.S. Army Medical Command – https://armymedicine.health.mil

• National Guard Bureau – https://www.nationalguard.mil

5. DETERMINE IF THE GOVERNMENT 

PURCHASE CARD CAN BE ACCEPTED 

Certain personnel at each installation are authorized to use 

government purchase cards (also known as IMPAC) to buy 

supplies and services valued at $5,000 or less. Some activities 

may be able to provide a listing of the purchase card holders 

who can directly market products or services.

6. SEEK ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN THE 

DEFENSE MARKETPLACE 

There are numerous agencies that can assist small business 

firms seeking to do business with the Army and other federal 

agencies. 

• The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides a wide 

array of services to small businesses, including counseling, 

certifications, financial assistance, small business management 

assistance, and free or low cost training. For more information, 

go to https://www.sba.gov.

• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTAC) serve as a 

resource for businesses that are both pursuing and performing 

under government contracts. They are located in most states 

and are partially funded by DOD. Services provided by 

PTACs include counseling, registration assistance for systems 

such as SAM, identification of contract opportunities, help in 

understanding requirements and training at minimal or no cost. 

For more information, go to https://www.aptac-us.org.

• Small business development centers provide aspiring and 

current small business owners a variety of free business 

consulting and low-cost training services, including business 

plan development, manufacturing assistance, financial 

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, second from left, Vice President, Defense Programs Allison Transmissions toured Anniston Army Depot. His first stop on the tour was to the transmission 

facility. (U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn)
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8.UTILIZE THE ARMY SMALL BUSINESS 

PROGRAMS 

The Army runs several socioeconomic programs that provide 

assistance to small businesses of various types: https://osbp.

army.mil:

• Service-Disabled/Veteran-Owned Small Business 

• Historically Underutilized Business Zones 

• Small Disadvantaged/8(a) Business (SDB) 

• Woman-Owned Small Business 

• Subcontracting

• Mentor-Protégé

• Small Business Innovation Research 

• Small Business Technology Transfer 

• Historical Black Colleges and Universities/Minority 

Institutions 

9. PURSUE SUBCONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES

Regardless of the product or service, a very large secondary 

market exists in subcontracting opportunities with DOD 

Prime Contractors. The DOD Prime Contractor Directory 

identifies large prime contractors that are required to establish 

subcontracting plans. The list includes company names, prime 

contract numbers, contract periods of performance, NAICS 

codes, company points of contact (POCs), POC phone numbers 

and POC email addresses. This directory includes contact 

information of prime contractors for potential subcontracting 

opportunities. For more information, go to https://business.

defense.gov/Acquisition/Subcontracting/SubcontractingFor-Small-Business. SBA’s SUB-Net allows to search for 

potential subcontracting opportunities. SUB-Net identifies 

When marketing a product or service, it is important to clearly present capabilities to the Army activities and prime contractors. (U.S. Army photo by Eben Boothby)

subcontracting solicitations and opportunities posted by large 

prime contractors and other non-federal agencies. You have to 

create an account to use this resource. For more information, 

go to https://web.sba.gov/subnet. 

The Small Business Administration's "Subcontracting 

Assistance Directory" identifies who can be contacted for 

questions about subcontracting. For more information, go to 

https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contractingguide/prime-subcontracting.

10. MONITOR FEDERAL BUSINESS 

OPPORTUNITIES

Federal business opportunities are posted on https://

www.sam.gov. This is a single point of entry for the federal 

government and should be monitored daily.

11. CONNECTING INDUSTRY AND DOD

The Defense Innovation Marketplace, https://www.

defenseinnovationmarketplace.mil, is a communications 

resource, providing industry with improved insight into 

the Research and Engineering (R&E) investment priorities 

of DOD. The marketplace contains DOD R&E strategic 

documents, solicitations and news/events to inform 

Independent Research and Development (IR&D) planning. 

The IR&D Secure Portal houses project summaries that provide 

DOD with visibility into the IR&D efforts submitted.

Your organization's IR&D data input into the marketplace is 

considered proprietary and protected accordingly. Access to 

the database is restricted to DOD federal employees or military 

only with a direct interest in technology development or S&T 

planning and who have a Common Access Card.

FIND OUT MORE

HQ, U.S. Army Materiel Command

4505 Martin Road, ATTN: AMCSB

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

Phone: (256) 450-7953

usarmy.redstone.usamc.mbx.small-business@army.mil 

12. PROTECTING THE DOD’S UNCLASSIFIED

INFORMATION 

DFARS Clause 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered 

Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting, requires 

contractors/subcontractors to provide adequate security to 

safeguard covered defense information that resides on or is 

transiting through a contractor’s internal information system or 

network. 

Covered defense information means:

• Unclassified controlled technical information or other 

information as described in the controlled unclassified 

information registry that requires safeguarding or dissemination 

controls pursuant to and consistent with law, regulations and 

government-wide policies and is

1) Marked or otherwise identified in the contract, task order or 

delivery order and provided to the contractor by or on behalf of 

DOD in support of the performance of the contract; or

2) Collected, developed, received, transmitted, used or stored 

by, or on behalf of, the contractor in support of the performance 

of the contract.

• Cybersecurity in DOD Acquisition Regulations, https://

dodprocurementtoolbox.com

• Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, https://www.

acq.osd.mil/dpap/dars/dfarspgi/current/index.html

• Cybersecurity Evaluation Tool, https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/

Downloading-and-Installing-CSET

• National Institute of Standards, Technology Manufacturing 

Extension Partnership, https://www.nist.gov/mep

13. INVESTIGATE FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULES

As the acquisition workforce within the Army is downsized, 

more and more products and services are being purchased from 

General Services Administration (GSA) schedules. GSA’s 

acquisition solutions supply federal purchasers with costeffective high-quality products and services from commercial 

vendors. Contact https://www.gsa.gov for more information.

14. MARKETING 

After customers have been identified, requirements researched 

and the procurement regulations and strategies generally 

understood, the final step is to market the product or service 

directly. Capabilities should be clearly presented to the Army 

activities and prime contractors. If the match is good, they 

can be provided with a cost-effective, quality solution to their 

requirements.

15. DOING BUSINESS WITH THE DEFENSE 

LOGISTICS AGENCY 

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is DOD’s logistics combat 

support agency, providing worldwide logistics support in 

peacetime and wartime to the military, several civilian agencies 

and foreign countries. As the nation’s combat logistics support 

agency, DLA (https://www.dla.mil/) manages the global 

supply chain – from raw materials to end user to disposition for 

the military, 11 combatant commands, other federal agencies, 

partner and allied nations.

Army Materiel Command works with industry partners to ensure Soldiers have the equipment they need, when and where they need it. (U.S. Army photo by Eben Boothby)
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HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE ARMY:

CENTERS OF INDUSTRIAL & TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE

Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 2474 requires the Secretary 

of the Army to designate each depot-level activity or 

Army military arsenal facility as a Center of Industrial 

and Technical Excellence (CITE) in one or more specific 

technical competencies required for core capabilities. 

CITEs can enter into public-private partnerships that may 

provide for: 

• CITE employees, Private industry or other non-DOD 

entities to perform work under contract related to the 

CITE's core competencies. 

• Private industry or other non-DOD entities to use, for 

any length of time consistent with DOD needs, and any 

facilities or equipment not fully utilized for DOD work.

Army Materiel Command's CITEs include the following:

Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Alabama

• CITE for combat vehicles (wheeled and track) (except 

Bradley) including assault bridging, artillery and small 

caliber weapons – Oct. 24, 2002.

Anniston Army Depot Defense Non-Tactical 

Generator and Rail Equipment Center (DGRC), 

Anniston, Alabama

• CITE for maintenance and overhaul of non-tactical 

generators, including locomotives and rail equipment – 

July 29, 2014.

Communications-Electronics Command Software 

Engineering Center, Aberdeen, Maryland

• CITE for Army Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and 

Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems Software 

Maintenance – Jan. 5, 2017.

Corpus Christi Army Depot, Corpus Christi, Texas

• CITE for aviation structural airframes and blades, 

advanced composite technologies, flight controls and 

control surfaces, aviation engines, transmissions and 

hydraulic systems, including sub-system accessory 

components, armament, electronics and support 

equipment (less avionics) – Oct. 24, 2002.

Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, 

Pennsylvania

• CITE for air defense and tactical missile ground support 

equipment (less missile guidance and control) and 

mobile electric power generation equipment – Sept. 27 

2005.

• CITE for Route Clearance Vehicles (RCV) and Patriot 

missile recertification – Mar. 17, 2012.

• CITE for Army tactical missile systems, guided multiple 

launch rocket systems and low cost reduced range 

practice rockets missile maintenance – Mar. 7, 2016.

Pine Bluff Arsenal, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

• CITE for chemical and biological defense equipment – 

Sept. 27, 2005.

• CITE for smoke ammunition – Jan. 10, 2017.

Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas

• CITE for tactical wheeled vehicles, small emplacement 

excavator, Bradley Fighting Vehicle series, multiple 

launch rocket system chassis, Patriot missile 

re-certifications and for rubber products necessary for 

sustainment and support to the U.S. and Allied forces 

and agencies – Oct. 24, 2002.

Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing Technology 

Center, Rock Island, Illinois

• CITE for Mobile Maintenance Systems (MMS) – May 

6, 2009.

• CITE for Add-on Armor design, development and 

prototype fabrication – July 17, 2012.

• CITE for foundry operations – Feb. 13, 2013.

Sierra Army Depot, Herlong, California

• CITE for 622623 Reverse Osmosis Water Purification 

Units – Jan 9, 2007.

• CITE for petroleum and water storage and distribution 

systems – May 25, 2011.

Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

• CITE for Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance & 

Reconnaissance (C4ISR), electronics, avionics, and 

missile guidance and control – Mar. 8, 2006.

Tooele Army Depot, Tooele, Utah

• CITE for Ammunition Peculiar Equipment (APE) – 

March 1, 2010.

Watervliet Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and 

Technology Center, Watervliet, New York 

• CITE for manufacturing cannons and mortars systems 

– Jan 19, 2013. 

HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE ARMY:

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP: WHAT IS IT?

The goal of public-private partnership (P3) is to establish 

mutually beneficial relationships between the Army 

and private and public sector organizations to increase 

readiness. It is an agreement between an Army facility 

and one or more private industry entities to perform work 

or utilize the Army’s facilities and equipment. Partnering 

is a cooperative effort, not a competitive engagement. 

AMC takes great pride in ensuring that partnerships 

are an important part of our portfolio. The power of 

partnering provides a superb opportunity for government 

and industry to collectively and collaboratively build a 

unified relationship, resulting in the timely acquisition 

and production of high quality equipment for the joint 

warfighter at a reduced cost. Partnering is an effective 

tool we have to protect AMC capabilities in both public 

and private sectors.

The AMC enterprise supports two types of partnerships. 

The first partnership type is a P3. For instance, 10 U.S. 

Code, Section 2474, enables Centers of Industrial and 

Technical Excellence (CITE) to engage in partnerships 

with private industry. A P3 establishes a funded or 

operated partnership between the government and one 

or more private sector companies. In simpler terms, if 

there is a mutual opportunity to work together, the AMC 

enterprise wants to partner with you! 

The second partnership type is public-to-public 

partnership, or what is commonly referred to as a P2. A 

P2 partnership is normally engaged by the government 

sector and is built on an agreement between two 

government entities for the sale of its products and/

or services through a Memorandum of Agreement 

(MOA) or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). It is 

executed through a Statement of Work (SOW). Both P2 

and P3 provide endless benefits for all parties involved 

while ensuring the final production of quality equipment 

and systems for the Army.

ARMY OBJECTIVES:

• Improve Operational Efficiencies

• Lower Cost of Products and Services

• Accelerate Innovation

• Leverage Public-Private Investment

• Sustain Critical Skills and Capabilities

STATUTES AND REGULATIONS

Numerous statutes and regulations govern public-private 

partnerships. Below is a list of a few key examples. Refer 

to the actual text in the applicable law or regulation for 

specific language.

• Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support 

programs – 10 USC 4551-4555

• Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence – 10 USC 

2474

• Cooperative research and development agreements – 15 

USC 3710a

• Direct sales – 10 USC 2563, (Outside DOD)

• Direct sales – 10 USC 2208(h) (Support of DOD 

contracts)

• Direct sales – 10 USC 4543 (Outside DOD)

• Direct sales – 10 USC 4544 (Outside of D)D contracts)

• Enhanced use leasing – 10 USC 2667

• Facility use agreements – 10 USC 2474; FAR Part 45.3 

& 45.4

• Subcontracting – 10 USC 2208(j)

• Samples & Test services – 10 USC 2539b

(Labs)

• Support of defense exports – 22 USC 2770

• Public-private partnerships for depot-level maintenance 

– DoDI 4151.21

Jennifer Letson, left, and Victoria Perkins, both with the U.S. Army Aviation Missile Command 

(AMCOM) office of small business, talk with Joe Fitzgerald, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of 

the Army for North Alabama, during the AMCOM Advanced Planning Briefing to Industry on 

Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (U.S. Army photo by Jesse Barber)
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HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE ARMY:

WHAT IS ARMS?

Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support 

(ARMS) is an opportunity for business growth and 

expansion using government ammunition industrial 

facilities and equipment. Contractors are finding 

innovative ways to attract commercial work to these 

industrial facilities. Idle capacity and capability available 

at these facilities for use by the private sector include 

land, buildings, equipment, utilities, communications, 

transportation and skilled workers.

Two statutes primarily govern the ARMS program: 10 

USC Chapter 434 § 4553 – Armament Retooling and 

Manufacturing Support Initiative and 10 USC Chapter 

434 § 4554 – Property Management Contracts and 

Leases.

WHAT IS "ARMS?"

The ARMS Program was authorized by the ARMS 

Act of 1992 (10 USC Chapter 434) to encourage the 

commercial and government use of underutilized 

property at select installations, in order to compensate 

for reduced production volumes and facility closures that 

would adversely impact the local economies.

THE ARMS TEAM

The ARMS program is managed through a cooperative 

effort between the Program Executive Office 

Ammunition (PEO Ammo), located at Picatinny 

Arsenal, New Jersey, and Joint Munitions Command 

(JMC), located at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.

The ARMS program is executed locally by the facility 

operators at the government owned contractor operated 

(GOCO) sites for which the ARMS program was created.

2016 NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT

The 2016 National Defense Act (25 November 2015, 

Section 343) effectively extended the maximum lease 

duration to a total of 50 years.

10 USC Chapter 434 

SECTION 4551 – Definitions

This section introduces the legislation and provides basic 

definitions, which include ARMS initiative, eligible 

facility, property manager and property management 

contract.

SECTION 4552 – Policy

This section provides information on the purpose 

and general policies of the legislation. In summary, 

the purpose is to encourage the use of unused eligible 

GOCO facilities as a means of promoting domestic 

manufacturing, creating and maintaining skilled jobs, 

and helping to lower the facility sustainment costs, thus 

lowering the cost of ammunition.

SECTION 4553 – ARMS Support Initiative

This section formally establishes the ARMS initiative, 

with a purpose that includes 10 distinctively defined 

elements. It also provides guidance on the availability 

of facilities, consideration for leases and program 

administration.

SECTION 4554 – Contracts & Leasing

This section further defines and clarifies program 

elements regarding contracts/leases and the types of 

consideration that may be accepted.

To promote this effort, the Army, under the auspices 

of the ARMS program, will make available various 

incentives, such items as: marketing funds; use of land, 

buildings and equipment; existing state and federal 

permits; loan guarantees; planning grants and possibly 

employment incentives. This innovative approach saves 

tax dollars, benefits large and small and disadvantaged 

businesses, supports the return of off-shore U.S. 

From left, Terry Tipton, director of business development for a national corporation; Chief Warrant Officer 4 Walner Nelson, human resources advisor to the commanding general, Army Materiel 

Command (AMC); Rodney Pennywell, a general manager for another corporation; and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Samuel G. Garrett Jr., commanding general's executive communications chief, talk 

about potential partnerships between the Army and industry at AMC Headquarters on Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (U.S. Army photo by Eben Boothby)

companies and mitigates the economic effects on the 

local communities. 

ARMS can generate jobs and attract investment to 

these installations. By employing a wide range of 

facility use techniques, the ability exists to tailor 

commercial relationships to meet the specific market 

needs to the private sector client. No other defense 

reutilization program has shown such promise as a 

means of promoting economic growth and sustainable 

development in local communities. 

The ARMS program allows the government to retain 

the title to its land while providing a means for private 

contractors to market its industrial sites as commercial 

entities. As a result, the Army's costs of ownership are 

significantly reduced, in some cases, to zero. The key to 

ARMS is the recognition that defense industrial facilities 

have value far beyond military uses. In partnership 

with the private sector, Army sites are being converted 

into multi-purpose commercial parks while still being 

maintained as ready defense assets. As a result, ARMS 

has emerged as the most successful cooperative-use 

model in the nation. It is being studied by other military 

services and the Department of Energy for possible 

applications to their particular conversion needs.

Sgt. 1st Class Kevin McClatchey conducts a site visit with members of the Department of Public Works at Fort Bragg, N.C., in preparation for a contract award for minor construction. A MICC pilot 

project related to base operations contracts reduced procurement action lead time from 250 days to approximately 130 days. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Steve Voglezon)
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U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING 

COMMAND

The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), is the Army’s global two-star command 

responsible for delivering the power of Army contracting to win everyday, 

anywhere, every time.

INTRODUCTION

Headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, ACC is a major subordinate 

command of U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). ACC has one 

subordinate one-star command – Mission and Installation Contracting 

Command (MICC), eight contracting support brigades regionally aligned with 

Corps and Army Service Commands and six major contracting centers that 

provide support to Army Futures Command (AFC), Army Program Executive 

Offices and AMC’s Life Cycle Management Commands (LCMCs).

As the Army’s principal buying agent, ACC supports Army readiness and 

modernization by utilizing best practices and expert-level oversight to provide 

warfighters with premier contracting support. 

The command accomplishes its global operational missions with a professional 

workforce of Soldiers, Army Civilians, local nationals and contractors at more 

than 100 locations worldwide. The sun never sets on ACC.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

Army Contracting Command is a critical enabler in the Army’s continuing 

effort to compete globally to fight and win the Nation’s wars as a member of 

the Joint team. Executing contract actions directly supports Army 2030 and 

building the Army of 2040. 

The ACC’s key supported units include AMC, AFC and U.S. Army Training 

and Doctrine Command. In In fiscal year 2022, ACC awarded $102 billion 

in over 150,000 contract actions, ($30.9 billion competitively) of which 

PRIMARY LOCATIONS

• Headquarters and ACC-Redstone 

Arsenal – Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

• ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground – 

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

• ACC-New Jersey – Picatinny Arsenal, 

New Jersey

• ACC-Orlando – Orlando, Florida

• ACC-Rock Island – Rock Island Arsenal, 

Illinois

• ACC-Detroit Arsenal – Warren, Michigan

• Mission and Installation Contracting 

Command – Joint Base San AntonioFort Sam Houston, Texas

$18 billion was awarded to small business, $8 billion 

in Foreign Military Sales to allied partner nations and 

$10 billion to non-traditional Department of Defense 

businesses via Other Transaction Authority awards. The 

Army obligates over 75% of the Army contract dollars 

and 17% of all federal contract spend.

ACC supports approximately 180 expeditionary missions 

and contingency operations in ore than 50 countries. 

ACC has the capability to deploy anywhere in the 

world on shore notice and provides operational contract 

support planning, contract surveillance and closeout in 

support or deployed forces.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Contracting

• Acquisition

• Procurement

• Operations

• Foreign Military Sales

• Quality assurance

• Life cycle management

HISTORY 

While military and Army contracting go back to the 

nation's early days, ACC was officially established in 

2008 in an effort to help meet the expanding workload 

being handled by Army contracting personnel during 

wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Contracting Command

4505 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

www.army.mil/acc

/ArmyContracting

@ArmyContracting

/company/u-s-army-contracting-command

/ArmyContractingCommand

ABOVE: Army Senior Research Scientist for Chemistry Dr. Patricia McDaniel works with research 

scientists Brian Hauck and Janet Jensen to explore chemical and biological detection technologies 

that can be integrated into micro sensor capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Janet Wychock) 

OPPOSITE PAGE: Soldiers supporting Operation Inherent Resolve fire a Javelin anti-tank missile 

during live-fire training in Iraq. In 2022, ACC-RSA awarded the Javelin Joint Venture two production 

contracts for Javelin missiles and associated equipment and services with total value of $309 

million. (U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Jamie Douglas)

ACC's Contracting Support Brigades enable the Army's 

contingency and wartime missions by rapidly deploying 

trained and ready Soldiers around the world to procure 

goods and services in austere environments to win in 

multi-domain operations. 

Contracting brigades and battalions are strategically 

aligned with Combatant Commanders and corps to 

provide effective and agile contracting support. In FY22 

the CSBs executed $2.0 billion in obligations. Contracting 

brigades were also instrumental in FY22 assisting in 

contracting actions valuing $2.6 billion toward the 

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, $381 million for the 

Office of the Program Manager Saudi Arabian National 

Guard Modernization Program, and $369 million toward 

Army Prepositioned Sets. 

ACC's Contracting Support Brigades:

• 408th Contracting Support Brigade - Shaw Air Force Base, 

South Carolina and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The brigade 

provides operational contracting support to U.S. Army 

Central as the lead contract service throughout Southwest 

Asia.

• 409th Contracting Support Brigade - Sembach Kaserne, 

Germany. The brigade provides the full range of 

contracting support throughout U.S. Army Europe and 

supports U.S. Central Command and U.S. Army Central.

• 410th Contracting Support Brigade - Joint Base San 

Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The brigade plans and 

executes contingency contracting support for U.S. Army 

South in support of Army and joint operations throughout 

U.S. Southern Command.

• 411th Contracting Support Brigade - Camp Humphreys, 

Korea. The brigade provides operational contracting 

support to the U.S. Indo Pacific Command and supports 

U.S. Forces Korea. 

• 413th Contracting Support Brigade - Fort Shafter, Hawaii. 

The brigade supports the U.S. Army Pacific mission.

• 414th Contracting Support Brigade - Vicenza, Italy. The 

brigade provides operational contracting support to U.S. 

Army Europe-Africa. The brigade also has detachments in 

Poland, Romania and Kosovo.

• 418th Contracting Support Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas. 

The brigade supports U.S. Northern Command and III 

Corps.

• 419th Contracting Support Brigade at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina. The brigade provides operation contracting 

support to U.S. Northern Command and XVIII Corps.
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U.S. ARMY MISSION AND INSTALLATION 

CONTRACTING COMMAND 

The U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) 

supports Soldiers and their families in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico by 

providing Army commands, installations and activities with disciplined and 

responsive contracting solutions and oversight.

INTRODUCTION

Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the 

MICC is a one-star command made up of about 1,300 Soldiers and civilians 

assigned to two contracting support brigades, two field directorate offices, 28 

contracting offices and 10 battalions that provide contracting support to the 

Army enterprise.

The MICC delivers ready, decisive and synchronized business solutions to the 

warfighter by acquiring equipment, supplies and services vital to the Army 

mission and well-being of Soldiers and their Families. The command also 

supports the Army's contingency and wartime missions by rapidly deploying 

trained and ready contingency contracting Soldiers around the world to 

procure goods and services in austere environments. Contracting brigades and 

battalions are strategically aligned to provide operational contract support to 

their respective corps or divisions when deployed. 

MICC-contracted services and supplies touch virtually every Soldier in the 

Army – from facilities support services, commercial and institutional building 

construction, and administrative and general management consulting services 

to wired consulting services, to wired telecommunication and engineering 

services, contracted food services, advertising and transition services. The 

MICC ensures America’s Soldiers and their Families have what is needed 

during and after their military service.

LOCATIONS

• Headquarters – Joint Base San 

Antonio – Fort Sam Houston, 

Texas 

• 418th Contracting Support 

Brigade – Fort Hood, Texas

• MICC-Dugway Proving Ground – 

Dugway Proving Ground, Utah

• MICC-Fort Bliss/919th 

Contracting Battalion – Fort 

Bliss, Texas

• MICC-Fort Carson/918th 

Contracting Battalion – Fort 

Carson, Colorado

• MICC-Fort Hood/901st 

Contracting Battalion – Fort 

Hood, Texas

• MICC-Fort Irwin – Fort Irwin, 

California

• MICC-Fort Polk – Fort Polk, 

Louisiana

• MICC-Fort Riley/923rd 

Contracting Battalion/ – Fort 

Riley, Kansas

• MICC-Joint Base LewisMcChord /902nd Contracting 

Battalion – Joint Base LewisMcChord, Washington

• MICC-Yuma Proving Ground – 

Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona

• 419th Contracting Support 

Brigade – Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina

• MICC-Fort Bragg/900th 

Contracting Battalion - Fort 

Bragg, North Carolina

• MICC-Fort Buchanan - Fort 

Buchanan, Puerto Rico

• MICC-Fort Campbell/922nd 

Contracting Battalion - Fort 

Campbell, Kentucky

ABOVE: From left, Maj. Timothy Roberts, 2nd Lt. Nathan 

Stricklin, 1st Lt. Andrew Verdes and Staff Sgt. John Reed 

speak with a vendor representative during a pre-inspection of 

acceptance of two dump trucks and four non-tactical vehicles 

at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Navy 

photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Riana Feemster)

• MICC- Fort Drum/925th Contracting Battalion - Fort 

Drum, New York

• MICC- Fort Jackson - Fort Jackson, South Carolina

• MICC- Fort McCoy - Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

• MICC- Fort Stewart/904th Contracting Battalion - Fort 

Stewart, Georgia

• Field Directorate Office - Fort Sam Houston -Joint Base 

San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas

• MICC- Fort Belvoir - Fort Belvoir, Virginia

• MICC- Fort Sam Houston - Fort Sam Houston, Texas

• MICC- Fort Knox - Fort Knox, Kentucky

• Field Directorate Office - Fort Eustis - Joint Base LangleyEustis, Virginia

• MICC-Carlisle Barracks - Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania

• MICC-Fort Benning - Fort Benning, Georgia

• MICC-Fort Eustis -Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

• MICC-Fort Gordon - Fort Gordon, Georgia

• MICC-Fort Leavenworth - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

• MICC-Fort Lee - Fort Lee, Virginia

• MICC-Fort Leonard Wood - Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

• MICC-Fort Rucker - Fort Rucker, Alabama

• MICC-Fort Sill - Fort Sill, Oklahoma

• MICC-West Point - West Point, New York

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

ACC designated the MICC as its lead for installation 

readiness to provide the acquisition insights and ensure 

Army installations are capable of supporting current and 

evolving readiness and power projection requirements. 

Both uniformed and civilian members of the MICC 

played an integral role in the Army’s response to the 

national COVID-19 pandemic. As the ACC lead element 

for the DOD’s COVID-19 response efforts, the MICC 

synchronized and integrated all contracting efforts across 

the Northern Command area of operations in support of 

the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national 

level support construct of moving medical personnel to 

points of need around the country. 

Leading the MICC effort was the Fort Sam Houston 

Field Directorate Office, which served as the senior 

contracting official for U.S. Army North. ARNORTH 

serves as the Joint Force Land Component Command 

for all federal ground troops, including other service 

units serving on land as part of the DOD’s COVID-19 

response. The senior contracting official leveraged 

capabilities from the MICC’s two field directorates and 

two brigades as well as each of the ACC contracting 

centers to enable the rapid deployment and life support 

services for more than 3,500 medical professionals, 

augmenting hospital staffs and establishing multiple 

alternate care treatment facilities across 15 major cities 

nationwide all the while maintaining the installation and 

operational readiness needs of mission partners.

Contracting Soldiers from across the command also 

play a vital operational role in support of combatant 

commanders. MICC Soldiers and civilians serve as 

force providers in contingency contracting for Operation 

Freedom’s Sentinel, Operation Inherent Resolve, Atlantic 

Resolve and the NATO-led Resolute Support as well as 

multiple contingencies across the globe.

The MICC’s primary supported activities include the U.S. 

Army Installation Management Command, U.S. Army 

Forces Command, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine 

Command, U.S. Army North, U.S. Army Test and 

Evaluation Command, U.S. Army Reserve Command, 

U.S. Army Military District of Washington, U.S. Army 

Medical Command, U.S. Army Futures Command and 

U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

MICC contracts are vital in feeding more than 200,000 

Soldiers every day, providing many daily base operations 

support services at installations, preparing more than 

100,000 conventional force members annually, facilitating 

training for more than 100,000 students each year, and 

maintaining more than 14.4 million acres of land and 

170,000 structures. In fiscal year 2022, the command 

executed almost 24,000 contract actions valued at more 

than $5 billion across the Army, including $2.79 billion 

to American small businesses. The command was also 

earned the Excellence in Small Business Utilization 

award. The MICC also managed more than 385,000 

Government Purchase Card Program transactions in 

FY 2022 valued at an additional $669 million.With a 

wealth of contracting expertise, MICC professionals are 

dedicated to providing the highest quality of contracting 

support to all of their mission partners, whenever and 

wherever needed. The responsive contracting solutions 

and oversight provided by the command serve as a force 

multiplier in ensuring the Army is ready to fight and win.

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command

2219 Infantry Post Road, Bldg. 613

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-1361

www.army.mil/micc

/army.micc 

/company/army-micc

/army-micc 

/photos/army_micc 
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U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMANDABERDEEN PROVING GROUND

U.S. Army Contracting CommandAberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG)

provides responsive, efficient, cost-effective 

and compliant solutions in support of 

Army readiness, modernization and Soldier 

lethality. 

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, Maryland

• Adelphi Division, Maryland

• Natick Division, Massachusetts

• Research Triangle Park Division, 

North Carolina

• Belvoir Division, Virginia

• Huachuca Division, Arizona 

• Orlando Division, Florida

• Tobyhanna Division, Pennsylvania 

• Joint COVID Response Division, 

Virtual

• Satellite Offices – Texas, Maryland 

 and New Mexico

Norwegian army soldiers take a look at 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment's radar system as U.S. Soldiers assigned to 

1-77 teach them how they operate during Operation Thunderbolt at Setermoen, Norway. The Army Contracting CommandAPG provides acquisition services for major commodities including radar systems and expertise in areas of contracting 

including Foreign Military Sales. (U.S. Army photo by by Spc. Ryan Barnes)

FIND OUT MORE 

ACC-APG

6472 Integrity Court

APG North, MD 21005

www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-apg

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMANDDETROIT ARSENAL

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal 

(ACC-DTA) provides global contracting support to 

Soldiers through the full spectrum of military operations.

INTRODUCTION

ACC-DTA, aligned and co-located with Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), provides 

comprehensive acquisition, contracting, business advisory, production support and depot-level maintenance 

services.

The center supports Army readiness by ensuring the best 

products reach Soldiers when they need them, while 

providing fair opportunity for industry, including small 

businesses, and obtaining the best value for the Army and 

other services.

Major customers for the organization include Program 

Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems; PEO 

Combat Support and Combat Service Support; System 

of Systems Engineering and Integration Directorate; 

PEO Soldier; PEO Ammo; Joint PEO for Chemical 

Biological Defense; Program Manager Light Armored 

Vehicle; TACOM Integrated Logistics Support Center; 

Research, Development and Engineering Command; 

Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) 

Ground Vehicle System Center (GVSC); TACOM 

Security Assistance Management Directorate; Army 

Headquarters services; Army Center of Military History; 

Center for Army Analysis; and other services for the 

Marine Corps, the Navy and the Air Force.

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Detroit Arsenal, 

Michigan

• Anniston Army Depot, Alabama

• Red River Army Depot, Texas

• Sierra Army Depot, California

• Watervliet Arsenal, New York

• Fort Belvoir, Virginia

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

ACC-DTA employs more than 650 associates and manages more than $38 billion in active contracts. The center 

supports warfighters by procuring systems, research and 

development, repair parts and services. This includes, but 

is not limited to: 

• Combat and tactical vehicles/trailers

• Construction and material-handling equipment

• Concept, research and development efforts

• Fuel and water distribution systems

• Armaments, small arms and targetry

• Fire control systems

• Chemical defense equipment 

• Logistics and general support

• Global intelligence and linguistics

• Base operations support and depot maintenance

• Public-private partnerships

• Sets, kits, outfits and tools

• Army watercraft systems and fleet maintenance

• Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles

• Bridging

FIND OUT MORE 

ACC-Detriot Arsenal

6501 E. Eleven Mile Road

Warren, MI 48397-5000

www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-dta

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry 

Regiment, zero the M240L Machine Gun on their Mine 

Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle in preparation for the dryfire exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas. Army Contracting CommandDetroit Arsenal procures systems, research and development, 

repair parts and services including MRAP vehicles. (U.S. Army 

photo by Pfc. Elijah Ingram)

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

ACC-APG provides customers with contracting expertise 

from an employee base of nearly 900 military and civilian 

contracting professionals. The workforce embodies ACCAPG’s vision to be a premier contracting center viewed by 

its customers as superior, and recognized throughout the 

DOD as “best in class.”

CORE COMPETENCIES

Comprehensive contracting, business advisory support 

and sustained expertise for:

• Research and development

• Soldier protection

• Chemical and biological defense

• Command, control, communications, computers, cyber 

intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance

• Test and evaluation•

INTRODUCTION

Headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, ACC-APG 

provides comprehensive contracting and business advisory 

support to a diverse customer base. ACC-APG provides 

sustained expertise in all areas of contracting, including 

research and development, production and testing, installation 

and base operations, systems and system support, depot-level 

maintenance, fielding and sustaining Army weapon systems, 

Foreign Military Sales, grants, cooperative agreements and 

other transactions.

These acquisitions consist of a wide range of products and 

services to include state-of-the-art technology and complex 

weapon systems. The mission support services provided by 

ACC-APG are crucial to equip the Soldier with the latest 

technology, goods and services, on time and at a reasonable 

cost. 

ACC-APG is comprised of 15 contracting divisions with 

associate directors providing sustained expertise in all areas of 

contracting, including research and development, production 

and testing, installation and base operations, systems and 

system support, depot-level maintenance, fielding and 

sustaining Army weapon systems, Foreign Military Sales, 

grants, cooperative agreements and other transactions.
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U.S. Army Soldiers fire an M777 Howitzer during training operations. The Howitzer provides general artillery fire support to maneuver forces. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND-ORLANDO

U.S. Army Contracting Command-Orlando (ACCOrlando) provides the full range of contracting products 

in direct support of a diverse customer base, with a focus 

on the warfighter.

INTRODUCTION

Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Army Contracting 

Command (ACC)-Orlando is a multi-billion dollar that 

focuses on providing the full range of contracting services 

and products. 

ACC-Orlando’s vision is to be the premier Training 

Contracting Center of Excellence, recognized by their 

stakeholders as the foremost contracting solutions center 

enabled by a world class workforce. Their mission 

remains to provide sound business advice and tailored 

contracting solutions to acquire products and services in 

support of the warfighter and their stakeholders.

ACC-Orlando is comprised of four Contracting 

Divisions, a COVID-19 Support Branch and a supporting 

staff consisting of Policy, Source Selection, Cost/Price, 

Contract Closeout, Systems, Business Operations, 

Personnel Resources, Contracting Operations, Property 

Accountability/Quality Assurance and Strategic 

Integration.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

As the Training Contracting Center of Excellence, 

ACC-Orlando is comprised of four contracting divisions 

LOCATION

• Orlando, Florida

Master Sgt. Breyda Pereyra, left and Capt. Jordan Smith, speak with a virtual Soldier avatar in an Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Tactical Proficiency Trainer program. ACC-Orlando focuses on 

procuring a wide range of training and testing products and services, including system training devices, simulations and simulators. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adam Parent)

and a supporting staff of personnel support, policy, 

cost and price, systems, business operations, property 

accountability, quality assurance and a source selection 

center of excellence. 

The contracting support services provided by ACCOrlando are crucial for outfitting Soldiers with the latest 

live, virtual, constructive and gaming training, simulation 

and instrumentation, and goods and services. ACCOrlando, on average, awards more than 2,300 actions 

with an obligation value of more than $2.1 billion 

annually. Approximately 16% of the organization’s 

annual contract obligations are awarded to small business 

firms.

ACC-Orlando's world class workforce is Defense 

Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act certified at 

the appropriate levels. Known for their communication 

with industry initiatives, ACC-Orlando hosts monthly 

Procurement Administrative Lead Time Industry Days 

that serve the contracting community, requiring activities 

and industry partners alike. Additional information 

regarding ACC-Orlando best practice is available on 

the Federal Business Opportunities website at: https://

www.fbo.gov.

FIND OUT MORE 

ACC-Orlando

12211 Science Drive

Orlando, FL 32826-3224

www.acc.army.mil/contracting- centers/acc-orl

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMANDNEW JERSEY

U.S. Army Contracting Command-New Jersey (ACCNew Jersey) plans, directs, controls, manages and executes 

the full spectrum of contracting, acquisition support and 

business advisory services in support of major weapons, 

armaments, ammunition systems, information technology 

and enterprise systems for the Army and other DOD 

customers.

INTRODUCTION

ACC-New Jersey, with locations at Picatinny Arsenal and 

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, has a broad customer 

base with both on-site and globally remote customers. It 

supports all phases of the acquisition life cycle, including 

research and development, low rate initial production and 

full rate production.

ACC-NJ’s major customers include Joint Program 

Executive Office (JPEO) for Armaments and Ammunition; 

PEO Soldier; PEO Enterprise Information Systems; 

PEO Missiles and Space; PEO Command, Control and 

Communications-Tactical; U.S. Army Futures Command; 

Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments 

Center; the Office of the Secretary of Defense; U.S. Army 

Reserve; Picatinny Garrison; PEO Intelligence, Electronic 

Warfare and Sensors; and Department of the Army G-2. 

FIND OUT MORE 

ACC-NJ

Building 10B

Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806

www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-nj

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Picatinny Arsenal, 

New Jersey

• Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, 

New Jersey 

The command utilizes the full spectrum of contract types 

and contract instruments in support of its customers, with 

an emphasis on cost and fixed price incentive-type contracts. 

They also have unique expertise with executing grants, 

cooperative agreements and other transaction agreements 

(OTAs). ACC-New Jersey’s flexible organization allows for 

appropriate skill sets to accommodate customer demand.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

ACC-New Jersey’s expertise in executing and managing 

OTAs in support of Army and DOD requirements has 

earned it the designation as the Army’s Center of Excellence 

for OTAs. The organization is comprised of 315 civilian and 

four military employees. 
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• Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center-Rock 

Island Arsenal 

• Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & 

Ammunition 

• Program Executive Office (PEO)-Assembled Chemical 

Weapons Alternatives 

• PEO-Enterprise Information Systems 

• Chief Information Officer of the Army 

• U.S. Army Installation Management Command 

• Office of the Program Manager-Saudi Arabian 

National Guard (OPM-SANG)

ACC-RI’s workforce, comprised of more than 

580 contracting professionals at more than eight 

locations, applies innovative approaches to everevolving acquisition requirements. Informed and welltrained government representatives work to meet the 

requirements of the center’s varied customer base, while 

negotiating fairly with industry to get the most effective 

contracting solutions in place for the U.S. military. In 

FY22, the center executed 7.7% of the Army’s overall 

budget in support of our nation’s defense.

Army Contracting Command-Rock 

Island (ACC-RI) provides optimal 

worldwide procurement support to 

Soldiers, civilians and contractors from 

an historic island in the middle of the 

Mississippi River.

INTRODUCTION

ACC-RI supports the readiness of the nation’s service 

members by employing fiscally sound, innovative 

acquisition techniques. ACC-RI’s award-winning support 

starts at home. It acquires the logistics and maintenance 

services that keep the Rock Island Arsenal Garrison 

running smoothly. 

ACC-RI’s impact extends far beyond the installation’s 

gates with a global reach. Since ACC-RI stood up 

in 2008, several civilian employees have voluntarily 

deployed to take overseas assignments in support of 

ongoing operations. ACC-RI field support employees 

frequently travel overseas to meet with customers face-toface to provide optimal acquisition support.

The acquisition professionals working in the center’s four 

buying directorates handle the requirements associated 

with the Munitions and Industrial Base, Information 

Technology, Field Support and the Logistics Civil 

Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) – including support 

to Southwest Asia, Europe and Africa.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

ACC-RI provides full-spectrum contracting expertise 

and acquisition support to a diverse set of customers, 

including more than 25 major customers, such as:

• U.S. Army Sustainment Command 

• U.S. Army Central 

• Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management 

Command

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMANDROCK ISLAND

LOCATION

• Headquarters – Rock Island, Illinois

As part of Army Prepositioned Stock-3, military vehicles and 

containers were downloaded from the U.S. Navy Ship Watson 

at Honolulu, Hawaii, in support of Operation Pathways 2023. 

(Photo by Kimberly Conrad)

FIND OUT MORE 

ACC-Rock Island

3055 Rodman Avenue

Rock Island, IL 61299-8000

www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc_ri

U.S. ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND-REDSTONE

INTRODUCTION

U.S. Army Contracting 

Command-Redstone (ACC-RSA) provides support to 

U.S. Army Materiel Command; U.S. Army Aviation and 

Missile Command; Program Executive (PEO) Office 

Missiles and Space; Program Executive Office Aviation; 

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command 

Aviation & Missile Center; U.S. Army Space and Missile 

Defense Command; The U.S. Army Test, Measurement, 

and Diagnostic Equipment Activity, and U.S. Army 

Garrison Redstone Arsenal.

ACC-RSA also provides contracting support to several 

other program executive offices and program managers 

supporting the Army’s major acquisition programs.

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Redstone Arsenal, 

Alabama

• Fort Rucker, Alabama

• Corpus Christi Army Depot, Texas

• Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia

• Letterkenny Army Depot, 

Pennsylvania

• Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado

FIND OUT MORE 

ACC-Redstone Arsenal

Building 5303

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-rsa

/ACCRSA 

RIGHT: Sgt. Zane Pettibone and Spc. Svenson 

Albert conduct checks with the Stinger ManPortable Air Defense System during exercise 

Shabla 19 in Bulgaria, June 11, 2019. (U.S. Army 

photo by Thomas Mort) 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

ACC-RSA’s civilians and Soldiers support warfighters 

worldwide by contracting for research and development, 

major weapon systems production, sub-systems and 

services vital to Soldier readiness.

From helicopters to missiles, systems engineering and 

technical assistance, research and development to 

technology and engineering, ACC-RSA ensures Soldiers 

have what they need to be successful. Other areas of 

contracting support include Foreign Military Sales, 

contingency, range and operational support, in addition 

to concept development, prototyping and limited 

production capability. 

An international business enterprise, ACC-RSA awarded 

nearly 13,944 contracts in fiscal year 2022 valued at more 

than $18.8 billion. The organization accomplishes this 

with more than 900 military and civilian personnel.

BELOW: Caleb Baker, an engineering intern 

from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, 

demonstrates an “as-found” test conducted on 

a gas mask tester in the Protection Assessment 

Test System laboratory at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.

The PATS lab is responsible for ensuring every 

gas mask in the DOD functions appropriately. 

(U.S. Army photo by Michelle Gordon)
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U.S. ARMY AVIATION AND 

MISSILE COMMAND

T he U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) delivers responsive 

aviation, missile and calibration materiel readiness to the Army to optimize joint 

warfighter capabilities at the point of need.

INTRODUCTION

The command works to overcome the challenges of an ever-changing strategic 

environment to ensure the Army and the joint force have the best aviation and 

missile equipment, services and subject-matter expertise available. This allows 

operational commanders to achieve their objectives while AMCOM maintains 

its posture to deliver materiel readiness to the total force.

As a Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC), AMCOM is dedicated 

to materiel readiness by integrating its capabilities into the sustainment and 

acquisition processes to support the product life cycle management efforts 

of over 20 aviation and missile program managers. AMCOM partners with 

program managers, program executive offices, U.S. Army Futures Command 

subordinate cross functional teams, U.S. Army Contracting CommandRedstone and Defense Logistics Agency to ensure sustainment support is 

optimized and operationally effective for the warfighter.

AMCOM’s vision is “mission first, people always” – enabling synchronized 

aviation, missile and calibration materiel enterprises, providing unmatched 

capability for the Army and the nation. The command’s 7,800 Soldiers and 

Army Civilians, as well as nearly 8,000 contract employees, perform a wide 

variety of missions in support of the nation’s aviation and missile warfighters. 

With its expansive reach of logisticians, calibration technicians and expert 

maintenance personnel, AMCOM has a presence in 59 different locations 

across the continental U.S., as well as 25 locations overseas. 

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Redstone Arsenal, 

Alabama

• Corpus Christi Army Depot – 

Corpus Christi, Texas

• Letterkenny Army Depot – 

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

• Aviation Center Logistics

Command – Fort Rucker, Alabama

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

AMCOM’s core competencies include:

• Aviation and missile sustainment

• Life cycle acquisition support

• Aviation and missile organic industrial capabilities

• Aviation and missile security assistance

• Test measurement and diagnostic equipment calibration 

• Repair aviation and fires field maintenance and training 

fleet management

AMCOM operates two Army depots: Corpus Christi 

Army Depot (CCAD) in Texas, and Letterkenny Army 

Depot (LEAD) in Pennsylvania. CCAD supports the 

repair and overhaul of aircraft and aviation systems, 

and LEAD provides the same support to air defense and 

tactical missile ground support equipment. The Secretary 

of the Army has designated both depots as Centers of 

Industrial and Technical Excellence.

The command supplies experienced field-level systems 

experts to serve as Logistics Assistance Representatives 

(LARs) to Army units, to include support while operating 

in forward deployed locations. LARs provide subject 

matter expertise to Army units for weapons systems 

training, maintenance, logistics and supply operations to 

enable warfighter readiness.

In addition, the U.S. Army Aviation Center Logistics 

Command (ACLC) provides supply and maintenance 

support to the Army’s aviation training fleet at Fort 

Rucker, Alabama. ACLC ensures the Army’s training 

fleet is operationally ready for flight training missions, 

with a team of Soldiers and civilian employees who 

supervise the performance of more than 3,500 contractor 

mechanics, supply specialists and maintenance pilots. 

ACLC also oversees five Fleet Management Expansion 

(FMX) sites. Each team provides maintenance and 

logistical support for U.S. Army Training and Doctrine 

Command units at each location. One of ACLC’s largest 

FMX sites is based at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, supporting 

the Fires Center of Excellence by ensuring the training 

equipment is functional, safe and reliable.

The AMCOM Logistics Center delivers life cycle logistics 

support through acquisition logistics, sustainment 

logistics, industrial operations and field maintenance to 

ensure sustainable materiel readiness for Army aviation 

and missile systems.

AMCOM’s U.S. Army Test Measurement and Diagnostic 

Equipment Activity manages the Army’s metrology and 

calibration program, which ensures that Army weapons 

systems remain lethal and operationally effective for 

global missions.

The Security Assistance Management Directorate 

executes a multibillion-dollar security assistance mission 

that provides U.S. aviation, missile and air defense 

capabilities to and partner nations, building critical 

partner capacity and supporting combined operations.

HISTORY 

AMCOM traces its history to the early days of missile 

development at Redstone Arsenal in 1955, and the 

nucleus of its organizations produced the experienced 

teams that became NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, 

the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and 

the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space 

Intelligence Center. 

AMCOM was officially formed Oct.1, 1997, by merging 

the Aviation and Troop Support Command with the 

Missile Command, and proudly continues the tradition 

of excellence that was the cornerstone of its predecessor 

organizations. In 2004, AMCOM’s mission transformed 

to a life cycle sustainment focus with the inception of the 

AMCOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC). 

This change created an integrated organization with 

a single commander invested with responsibility for 

the life cycle sustainment of the Army’s aviation and 

airworthiness authority. AMCOM continues to provide 

superior sustainment support to the current force, while 

evolving and rapidly transforming its capabilities in 

support of legacy and modernized systems.

Soldiers from 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted Patriot Missile live fire training, 

November 5, at McGregor Range Complex on Fort Bliss. The live fire exercise was conducted 

jointly with Air Defense counterparts from the Japanese Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Army photo 

by Staff Sgt. Ian Vega-Cerezo) ABOVE: A CH-47 Chinook assigned to B Company 1/189th General Support Aviation Battalion, Nevada National Guard, sits on a staging area as the crew waits for the sun to set before conducting a 

night aerial gunnery live-fire at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, June 24, 2022 (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Walter H. Lowell)

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Aviation and Missile 

Command

5300 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

www.amcom.army.mil

/USARMYAMCOM

@USARMYAMCOM

/company/ u-s-army-aviation-and-missile-command
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AVIATION CENTER LOGISTICS COMMAND

The Aviation Center Logistics Command (ACLC) 

is AMCOM’s headquarters for Fleet Management 

Expansion (FMX). The ACLC provides full-spectrum 

maintenance and logistical operations, as well as 

contractor oversight to provide safe, reliable material 

readiness to meet the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine 

Command’s (TRADOC) training requirements in support 

of aviation, field artillery and air defense artillery training 

objectives.

INTRODUCTION

Since 1955, the government has relied on what is 

known today as the ACLC, to ensure the Army's fleet of 

helicopters is always ready to complete the U.S. Army 

Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) training 

mission. Since 2003, this mission has been essential with 

more than 600 helicopters in four distinctly different 

missions, design and series aircraft. In 2006, Fleet 

Management Initiative was approved and transitioned to 

FMX. All of the TRADOC training centers were added 

to the program at this point. In 2018, the ACLC’s FMX 

responsibilities were expanded to include artillery and 

air defense artillery systems at Fort Sill, Oklahoma and 

the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at Fort Huachuca, 

Arizona. Today, more than 300 Army Civilians and more 

than 50 Soldiers provide maintenance, logistical and 

contract surveillance support, enabling TRADOC to train 

more than 62,800 Soldiers in initial entry and additional 

specialty skills annually.

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Fort Rucker, 

Alabama

• Fort Benning, Georgia

• Fort Eustis, Virginia

• Fort Sill, Oklahoma

• Fort Huachuca, Arizona

FIND OUT MORE

USAACE and Fort Rucker

Bldg. 131

Fort Rucker, AL 36362

www.rucker.army.mil/tenants/aclc

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

An average of 2,900 aviators attend the aviation training 

programs at Fort Rucker each year, which equates to 

about 25% of all Army aviation flight time. The ACLC's 

uniquely skilled workforce supports more than 500 daily 

helicopter training missions from six airfields (five at Fort 

Rucker, Alabama, and one at Fort Benning, Georgia). 

The government team supports more than 225,000 

flight hours each year. At Fort Huachuca, Arizona, 

approximately 540 Soldiers are trained in UAS flight 

operations on 13 Shadow flight trainers and 18 Shadow 

equipment trainers. UAS students fly approximately 

4,500 hours annually. The ACLC oversees the logistical 

support provided by a $5 billion, 10-year aviation 

maintenance services contract at Fort Rucker, a $7 

million aviation support contract at Fort Benning and a 

multi-million dollar UAS maintenance support contract 

at Fort Huachuca. At Fort Sill, the ACLC provides 

maintenance for PATRIOT systems, Avengers, THAAD, 

C-RAMs, Howitzers, Multiple Launch Rocket Systems 

and RADAR Systems used to support 86 courses for 

over 15,000 basic training Soldiers and 38,500 advanced 

individual training Soldiers annually. 

A UH-72 Lakota transitions across Cairns Army Airfield's busiest airfield in the Army. 

(Courtesy photo)

CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT

INTRODUCTION

Corpus Christi Army Depot (CCAD) returns Army 

rotary wing aircraft and components to full service with 

uncompromising quality, at the lowest cost possible. 

CCAD supports Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, 

Department of Homeland Security, partner nations 

through the Department of State and other government 

organizations.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

CCAD enhances the Army aviation accident 

investigation processes with subject matter expertise 

and reliable laboratory analysis. CCAD sends depot 

field teams anywhere in the world to assess, evaluate 

and repair forward deployed aircraft and components to 

include depot forward capabilities. The depot supports 

all Soldiers in their maintenance skills development with 

hands on experience working shoulder-to-shoulder with 

the depots artisans. 

FIND OUT MORE 

Corpus Christi Army Depot

308 Crecy St. (Mail Stop 2)

Corpus Christi, TX 78419

www.ccad.army.mil

 /CorpusChristiArmyDepot

@CCADPAO

/company/the-corpus-christi-army-depot

/photos/ccarmydepot

A Corpus Christi Army Depot painter journeyman applies the new “Class N” primer undercoat to the first Army Black Hawk helicopter. The process removes heavy metals from primer operations 

during aircraft maintenance. CCAD leads the way in implementing controls and protections for safer environments in depots and in the field where Soldiers and civilians perform maintenance. 

(Courtesy photo)

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Support current/future platforms and technologies 

that increase maneuverability, endurance, lethality and 

sustainability of Army aircraft

• Overhaul and repair helicopters and components for 

the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Department of 

Homeland Security and Department of State through 

Foreign Military Sales

• Maintain a wide range of component test facilities to 

repair various systems, equipment and instruments 

LEFT: CCAD Rotor Control Supervisor Rodney Helms, assists SSG Pete Johnson (right), 

Aviation Hydraulics Mechanic with the 1109th TASM CT ARNG, assemble a forward shop strut 

landing gear for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the Corpus Christi Army Depot as Rotor Control 

Mechanic Gonzalo Villarreal, Jr. observes. (Courtesy photo)

LOCATION 

• Naval Air Station Corpus Christi – 

Corpus Christi, Texas

Missile and Fires Division employee performing engine maintenance on M109A6 Paladin 

Howitzer. (Courtesy photo)
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LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT

Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) is the Air and Missile Defense and Long Range Precision Fires depot supporting 

systems for the DOD, foreign partners and industry. 

INTRODUCTION

As part of the Army’s Organic Industrial Base, LEAD supports current unit readiness across the force, maintains 

the ability to surge in times of war and contingency, and is actively modernizing to sustain the next generation of 

equipment. Our workforce’s expertise supports many disciplines including: electrical, electronics, automotive, power 

generation, fabricators and engineering that will be required to support the breadth of variety in Multi-Domain 

Operations. LEAD is located in central Pennsylvania with ease of access to major interstate routes, railways, airports 

and two major shipping ports.

The installation is home to PATRIOT missile maintenance. Other supported systems include: Extended Range Cannon 

Artillery, High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, Sentinel, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, Avenger and other 

weapons systems.

The depot is situated on more than 18,600 acres with a large portion of its land used to conduct storage and 

demilitarization operations on tactical missiles and ammunition. It has more than 1.4 million square feet of shop floor 

space and a multi-acre, advanced RADAR test facility.

Todd Santiago, an electronics technician within the Directorate 

of Missile and Aerospace Readiness at Letterkenny Army 

Depot, utilizes an inert training missile to familiarize himself 

with the disassembly, assembly and component replacement 

procedures for the Hellfire missile program Jan. 3. (U.S. Army 

photo by Josh Shinn)

FIND OUT MORE 

Public Affairs Office 

Letterkenny Army Depot 

1 Overcash Avenue

Chambersburg, PA 17201-4150 

717-267-5482

www.letterkenny.army.mil 

/LetterkennyArmyDepot

@LEAD_Army_Depot

/company/letterkenny-army-depot

/lead_army_depot

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

LEAD’s diverse skillset supports warfighter readiness 

as well as the depot’s modernization plan that enables 

mission success in over 150 major end item programs. 

LEAD places priority on employee-driven innovations 

that increase depot safety, efficiency and effectiveness. 

LEAD’s capabilities are:

• Forward deployable teams

• Systems integration 

• Radar test site with thermal chamber 

• Antenna array radar pattern testing 

• Hydraulics 

• Cable/harness (aircraft certified) fabrication and repair

• Fiber optics

• Diagnostic and non-destructive testing 

• Precision measurement, including blue light optical 

scanning

• Full spectrum allied trades

• Computer numeric control machining 

• J-STD-001 Soldering 

• 13+ weld certification 

• 2kw – 200kw generator engine repair (development in 

FY23)

LOCATION 

• Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Demonstrated service provider and 

system integrator for multi-domain 

Tactical Missile Air Defense Systems, 

their prime movers and power 

generators

• Rebuild, repair and modifications for 

ground mobility vehicles and other 

specialized vehicles and equipment

• Overhaul and repair of equipment 

and mobile repair teams for on-site 

maintenance assistance 

CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL AND 

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE 

DESIGNATIONS:

• Air Defense and Tactical Missile 

Ground Support Equipment 

• Mobile Electric Power Generation 

Equipment 

• Route Clearance Vehicles 

• Phased Array Tracking RADAR 

Intercept of Target (PATRIOT) Missile 

Recertification

Specific capabilities, services and equipment related to 

BMC4I are available at LEAD, including: 

• PATRIOT missile test site and component repair

• Circuit card testing and repair 

• Technical publications/engineering design 

• Cold spray 

• 3D printing 

For a detailed capabilities listing, visit: https://www.

letterkenny.army.mil/About/Capabilities

Kennon Matthews, lead metrologist, Letterkenny Army Depot, performs blue light scanning on a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System cab March 14, 2022. Blue-light scanning technology was initially 

acquired to generate surface measurement analyses of turrets for the Extended Range Cannon Artillery program at Letterkenny. (U.S. Army photo by Pam Goodhart)
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U.S. ARMY SUSTAINMENT 

COMMAND

U.S. Army Sustainment Command (ASC) synchronizes and integrates key elements 

of the sustainment enterprise to deliver ready forces, enable strategic power 

projection and sustain operational reach to win during large scale combat and MultiDomain Operations (MDO).

INTRODUCTION 

ASC, headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, bridges the national 

sustainment base to Soldiers in the field, bringing together the capabilities 

of U.S. Army Materiel Command’s (AMC) subordinate units to provide 

the Soldier with the right equipment, at the right place and the right time, in 

the right condition. ASC is AMC’s operational arm to support global Army 

logistics. 

The command has visibility of Army equipment and can provide prompt 

delivery to combat units in the U.S. and abroad. ASC is the “face to the 

field” for maintenance and logistics solutions. The forward presence of ASC 

is organized around Army Field Support Brigades (AFSBs), Army Field 

Support Battalions (AFSBns) and more than 70 Logistics Readiness Centers 

(LRCs), including sub sites with a presence in 32 states and more than 20 

countries.

As the executing arm of AMC’s global logistics equipping mission, ASC 

brings together all of AMC's capabilities to make sure Soldiers have what 

they need, when they need it, based on the Regionally Aligned Readiness and 

Modernization Model (ReARMM). ASC provides materiel management of 

major end items such as tanks, mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles and 

Strykers, and sustains, maintains and modernizes them for combat brigades. 

In addition to supporting combat operations, ASC provides support for 

natural disasters and humanitarian crises.

PRIMARY LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Rock Island Arsenal, 

Illinois

• 401st Army Field Support Brigade: 

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

• 402nd Army Field Support Brigade: 

Fort Shafter, Hawaii

• 403rd Army Field Support Brigade: 

Camp Henry, Korea

• 404th Army Field Support Brigade: 

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, 

Washington

• 405th Army Field Support Brigade: 

Kaiserslautern, Germany

• 406th Army Field Support Brigade: 

Fort Bragg, North Carolina

• 407th Army Field Support Brigade: 

Fort Hood, Texas

The first vehicle from Army Prepositioned Stock-3, also known as APS Afloat, is driven off the U.S. Naval Ship Red Cloud. The download of APS Afloat in support of Salaknib 22 is the first APS Afloat 

operation in the Indo-Pacific Theater. (U.S. Army photo by Katie Nelson)

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Seven Army Field Support Brigades

- Army Field Support Battalions 

- Logistics Support Teams 

• 78 Logistics Readiness Centers

- Locations worldwide that provide installation, 

supply, maintenance and transportation services 

• Logistics Civil Augmentation Program 

- Global augmentation capability supporting DOD, 

federal agencies, NATO and coalition partners

• Lead materiel integrator 

- Materiel management approach designed to 

effectively and efficiently distribute, redistribute and 

divest materiel to support the generation of train and 

ready forces

• Logistics Assistance Program

- Global materiel management and distribution 

across the Army 

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

ASC supports combatant command operations by 

sustaining and supporting joint forces, supporting 

rotational forces and augmenting theater combat support 

service capabilities. Through the Logistics Assistance 

Program, civilian employees from AMC’s Life Cycle 

Management Commands (LCMCs) provide a unique 

capability to combat brigades throughout the Army, 

working with and training Soldiers to repair and 

maintain major items at the field level. 

ASC is involved in the retrograde of excess equipment 

from combat areas to support Army requirements. 

AFSBs receive equipment no longer required in the 

field, maintain accountability for it, reallocate it based 

on condition and Army requirements, and arrange for 

shipment to its destination. This mission is vital to Army 

readiness since the equipment can be reset as needed and 

used to fill unit shortages, as well as Foreign Military 

Sales and ongoing combat operations.

The Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) 

provides support services to deployed Soldiers, joint 

forces, non-military federal agencies and coalition forces 

in locations throughout the world. LOGCAP provides 

basic life services to troops, builds base camps and 

takes them down as required. In addition to combat 

operations, LOGCAP maintains plans to support 

humanitarian contingencies when needed.

ASC provides the Army strategic depth and flexibility 

by supporting Army forces at home station, ensuring 

FIND OUT MORE 

1 Rock Island Arsenal

Bldg. 390, Basement NE

Rock Island, IL 61299-5000

www.aschq.army.mil/home

 /ArmySustainmentCommand

/ascpaohq

/photos/army_sustainment_command

/armysustainmentcommand

materiel readiness, maintaining Army Prepositioned 

Stocks (APS) and operational stocks, and maintaining 

power projection capabilities. ASC has full mission 

command of LRCs, which provide the command with 

a daily, visible impact on every Soldier at his/her home 

station. The LRCs manage materiel and support services 

to Army units, performing tasks involving ammunition 

management, equipment maintenance, hazardous 

materials, operations, laundry and dry cleaning, central 

issue facilities, bulk fuel, property book, personal 

property, transportation, food service and demand 

supported supply.

ASC’s APS program stores materiel on land and aboard 

ships at sea for combat and humanitarian contingencies. 

APS warehouses store major items, repair parts and life 

support materiel, giving the Army the flexibility to go 

anywhere, at any time, with the logistics support needed 

to get the job done. 

To meet the demands of tomorrow, ASC will continue to 

adjust its focus to home station while maintaining global 

capabilities for the Army and joint forces, and shape 

Army logistics in support of the Army today and beyond.

Davy Aerts, a heavy wheeled vehicle mechanic, adjusts the engine oil level on an M30 Bridge 

Erection Boat.The workforce at the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 Zutendaal worksite in Belgium 

consists of U.S. personnel and Belgium local nationals. They’ve been tasked with preparing 

nearly 4,700 APS-2 vehicles and equipment pieces in support of U.S. Soldiers deployed to 

Europe. The boat is part of a float bridge set, several of which are stored and maintained at 

APS-2 Zutendaal. (U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter)
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401ST ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

The 401st Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) 

executes sustainment, property accountability and 

retrograde, maintains Army Prepositioned Stock 

(APS) and manages the Logistics Civil Augmentation 

Program (LOGCAP) in support of Army, joint and 

multinational forces and other U.S. government 

agencies across U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), 

in addition to providing the strategic logistics 

link from the national industrial base to the joint 

warfighter in the field.

INTRODUCTION 

The 401st AFSB headquarters is located at Camp 

Arifjan, Kuwait, where it leverages the full might of 

the Army materiel enterprise across CENTCOM’s 

area of responsibility in Southwest Asia. The 401st 

AFSB executes sustainment, property accountability 

and retrograde in support of Army, joint and 

multinational forces, and other U.S. government 

agencies across CENTCOM. It also provides the 

strategic logistics link from the national industrial 

base to the joint warfighter in the field. 

The 401st AFSB commands four Army Field Support 

Battalions (AFSBn), and a LOGCAP battalion 

sustaining the warfighter throughout the entire 

CENTCOM area of responsibility.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

The 401st AFSB provides its headquarters, the ASC, 

and materiel enterprise partners a forward presence, 

and executes critical programs and missions in 

support of Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation 

Spartan Shield. These include building and sustaining 

the CENTCOM joint warfighter, providing property 

accountability, enhancing CENTCOM readiness 

and providing strategic depth. The 401st AFSB also 

manages LOGCAP to provide essential combat 

support and combat service support tailored to 

requirements identified by battlespace commanders. 

It is also involved in contracted field support 

maintenance, theater property equipment, Army 

Prepositioned Stocks-5 (APS-5), support to Foreign 

Military Sales and Life Cycle Management Command 

(LCMC) reach-back support. The 401st traces its 

history back to the 1997 activation of the Combat 

Equipment Group-Southwest Asia (CEG-SWA). 

The command was formed as a result of the chief 

of staff of the Army’s decision to expand the AMC 

responsibility for war reserve stocks to include the 

Persian Gulf region.

While the unit created APS sets in Qatar and Kuwait, 

it underwent a series of name and organizational 

changes. CEG-SWA was renamed AMC ForwardSWA Oct. 1, 2000, when the unit assumed 

responsibility for the Logistics Assistance Program 

and LOGCAP in Southwest Asia.

AMC Forward began war support operations in 

Southwest Asia in October 2001 with support to U.S. 

forces in Afghanistan. The headquarters moved from 

Qatar to Kuwait in the fall of 2002 as part of the 

ramp up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit was 

redesignated the Army Field Support Brigade-SWA 

Oct. 1, 2004. On Dec. 15, 2014, 401st AFSB cased its 

colors in Afghanistan and relocated the headquarters 

to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Camp Arifjan, Kuwait 

• Southwest Asia

Staff Sgt. Samuel Oteroreyes, weapons quality assurance, 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Kuwait, inspects a line of M240C machine guns in the weapons maintenance facility of 

Army Prepositioned Stocks-5 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. (U.S. Army photo by Kevin Fleming)

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The 402nd Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB)

integrates, synchronizes and delivers materiel enterprise 

capabilities to enable employment of ready forces and 

set the theater in support of joint force and theater Army 

operations across the Indo-Pacific. On order, 402nd 

AFSB provides defense support to civil authorities.

INTRODUCTION 

The 402nd Theater AFSB supports U.S. Army Pacific. 

402nd AFSB subordinate organizations include one 

Divisional Readiness Battalion, one Theater AFSBn 

and three Logistics Readiness Centers. Through these 

organizations, the 402nd AFSB provides distributed 

installation logistics across nine sites in Alaska and 

Hawaii, while enabling power projection, to include 

support for the execution of force mobilization at three 

installations.

HISTORY

The 402nd AFSB began as a Logistics Support Element 

in Iraq in 2003 before transforming into a Theater AFSB 

in Iraq at Balad Airbase Oct. 16, 2006, then re-locating 

to Kuwait in 2011. It remained in the CENTCOM area 

of responsibility until it redeployed to its official home 

station at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, Aug. 3, 2015.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

The brigade and battalion headquarters provide mission 

command of AMC entities and have operational 

control of Life Cycle Management Command logistics 

assistance/field support representatives (LAR/FSRs), 

who are highly trained subject matter experts across 

25 distinct skill sets and enable Army readiness. The 

402nd AFSB employs strategic sourcing vehicles to 

provide contract installation logistics, power projection 

and base camp services across the area of operation. 

Additionally, 402nd AFSB assists units with divestment 

and modernization of equipment.

Army Field Support Battalion-Alaska (AFSBn-ALK) is 

headquartered at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 

provides planning and logistics support to U.S. Army 

Alaska (USARAK) at three sites in Alaska. There, the 

AFSBn has limited supply and maintenance capabilities 

that support Army unique missions on the joint base. As 

a Theater AFSBn, it deploys within its area of operation 

to provide general support through its LARs, FSRs and 

LOGCAP. AFSBn-ALK also provides mission command 

over LRC-Ft. Greely and LRC-Ft. Wainwright.

LRC-Ft. Greely Alaska provides a broad range of 

logistics services in a remote locale under harsh arctic 

conditions to the garrison and tenant activities supporting 

missile defense complex operations.

LRC-Ft. Wainwright Alaska provides full spectrum 

logistics support, including power projection, under 

harsh arctic conditions and across vast distances to 

USARAK units, the garrison and tenant activities, and 

the Bilio Lake and Black Rapids Training Site, ensuring 

warfighters are properly sustained to fight and win the 

nation’s wars.

Army Field Support Battalion-Hawaii (AFSBn-HAW) 

provides distributed installation logistics across five 

sites in Hawaii (both on Oahu and the Big Island) 

while enabling power projection from the Strategic 

Support Area, to include execution of mobilization 

force generation installation support. As a readiness 

AFSBn, AFSBn-HAW provides direct support to 25th 

Infantry Division and is able to deploy a division logistics 

support element, with LARs and FSRs, to support 

division operations during exercises and contingencies. 

Additionally, AFSBn-HAW provides mission command 

over LRC-Pohakuloa Training Area, which provides 

limited direct support to the Army garrison, located on 

the big island of Hawaii.

402ND ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Fort Shafter, Hawaii

• Alaska

Equipment drawn from Army Prepositioned Stock-3, also 

known as APS Afloat, is staged at the equipment configuration 

handling area (ECHA) prior to a convoy out of Subic Bay, 

Philippines. (Courtesy photo)

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403RD ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

Soldiers with the 7th Transportation Brigade - Expeditionary under operational control of the 8th 

Theater Sustainment Command, download Army Preposition Stock from Japan in support of 

Theater Army and joint force exercises. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Martin)

The 403rd Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) is 

a mission-focused and modular unit, organized to 

place logistics power forward to every element of the 

expeditionary Army.

INTRODUCTION 

The 403rd AFSB has a network of logistics support 

elements that provide direct support to corps-level 

activities, Army Field Support Battalions (AFSBn) Korea 

and Northeast Asia, Brigade Logistics Support Teams 

(BLSTs), and Logistics Support Teams (LSTs).

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

The 403rd AFSB provides ASC and its materiel 

enterprise partners a forward presence to assist in 

managing sustainment maintenance and supply, and to 

assist theater maintenance activities in accomplishing 

field maintenance when required. The 403rd mission is 

to sustain U.S. Forces Korea, 8th U.S. Army and U.S. 

Forces Japan, and support the combatant commander’s 

theater strategy. These missions include, but are not 

limited to: synchronizing the Life Cycle Management 

Commands’ (LCMCs) forward and special repair 

activities support within theater; maintenance and 

distribution of Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS); 

materiel fielding; wartime planning support for 

reception, staging, onward movement and integration of 

AMC augmentation forces; infrastructure development 

to support AMC power projection capabilities; Logistics 

Assistance Program; Logistics Civil Augmentation 

Program; and the integration of acquisition, logistics and 

technology to support Soldier requirements.

An integral part of the team, Logistics Assistance 

Representatives, are embedded with the Logistics 

Support Teams and elements to provide support to 

Soldiers at every echelon, ensuring equipment readiness.

HISTORY

The AMC Customer Service Office-Pacific opened in 

Seoul in 1966. It was renamed the Logistics Assistance 

Office-Far East (LAO-FE) in 1972. AMC Forward-Far 

East was later established in 1986 to coordinate all AMC 

activities in the Far East. Consolidated under AMC 

Forward-FE were entities including the Depot Support 

Activity Far East (DSAFE), LAO-FE, the LAP senior 

command representatives and others. AMC-Logistics 

Support Element-FE was established in 1995 to correct 

mission fragmentation.

The U.S. Army Operations Support Command, the 

predecessor of ASC, took over management in 2000.

The DSAFE and Combat Equipment Battalion-Far East 

began reporting to AMC-FE in 2000. The name of the 

command returned to AMC Forward-Far East in 2001. 

On May 1, 2005, AMC Forward-FE was re-designated as 

Army Field Support Brigade-Far East (AFSB-FE). The 

AFSB-FE restructured its Logistics Assistance Offices to 

provide modular support to the 8th U.S. Army. The unit 

became the 403rd Army Field Support Brigade in 2008. 

The AFSB-FE was disestablished Oct. 16, 2007. 

The 403rd assumed responsibility for LOGCAP 

operations in the Pacific, the watercraft mission in 

Yokohama, and AMC functions in Japan and Okinawa. 

Effective Oct. 1, 2013, the 403rd assumed mission 

command of the Directorates of Logistics in Japan 

and Korea, that were subsequently renamed Logistics 

Readiness Centers (LRCs), to ensure effective and 

efficient transfer of responsibilities from Army garrisons 

to the 403rd. Linking Soldiers at the smallest outposts in 

Korea and Japan to the national sustainment base makes 

the 403rd AFSB a pivotal part of the materiel enterprise.

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters - Camp Henry, 

Korea 

• South Korea and Japan

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404TH ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

LOCATIONS

• Headquarters – Joint Base LewisMcChord, Washington 

• Charleston, South Carolina

Personnel from the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 

Washington Army National Guard, unload Strykers from 

Joint Base Lewis McChord’s Strategic Deployment Center 

after returning from their National Training Center Rotation. 

(U.S. Army photo by George Cox)

INTRODUCTION 

The 404th AFSB executes mission command of 

subordinate units to integrate and synchronize AMC 

strategic capabilities in support of U.S. Northern 

Command, to include support to Defense Support of 

Civil Authorities for U.S. Army North, I Corps, and 

other Army and joint organizations to increase materiel 

readiness at the operational and tactical point of need.

HISTORY

The 404th AFSB’s lineage began in December 2002 

when AMC established AMC Forward Stryker. The 

mission was to provide the 3/2 Stryker Brigade Combat 

Team with a single point of entry to address both AMC 

and acquisitions, logistics and technology integration 

and sustainment support. By June 2003, the first AMC 

Brigade Logistics Support Team (BLST) was created and 

began preparation to deploy in support of Operation 

Iraqi Freedom. In October 2003, AMC Forward Stryker 

reorganized as a direct subordinate unit of Army Field 

Support Command. The primary mission of AMC 

Stryker- Forward was to establish, train and combat 

certify all Stryker BLSTs.

On Aug. 15, 2005, the Army Field Support Brigade 

Stryker was renamed the Army Field Support BrigadePacific (Provisional). The brigade continued to support 

Stryker fleets and reset, and provide Logistics Assistance 

Program support. By 2007, the brigade was involved in 

Army Force Generation operations and expanded to 

include responsibility for Logistics Support Elements 

at Fort Irwin, California, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 

In addition, the brigade established the AFSB Forward 

FWD at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, to support the U.S. 

Army Pacific Command and the 8th Theater Support 

Command.

On Oct. 16, 2008, the Brigade completed another step 

in its evolution when, by order of the Secretary of the 

Army, Army Field Support Brigade-Pacific (Provisional) 

was deactivated, and the 404th AFSB was activated. This 

authorization constituted the unit’s birth certificate, its 

service record and its deed to organizational properties.

In October 2012, the 404th AFSB’s mission expanded 

again with the assumption of command of eight 

Logistics Readiness Centers (LRCs), an additional LRC 

in January 2015; two more LRCs in May 2015; and 

another in June 2015.

Then, Aug. 1, 2015, the brigade downsized with one 

AFSBn and two LRCs in Alaska, and one AFSBn and 

an LRC in Hawaii, transferred to the 402nd AFSB at 

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The 404th AFSB took 

command of an additional LRC Oct. 1, 2016. With 

this final LRC, the 404th AFSB was comprised of one 

AFSBn, three Logistics Support Teams (LSTs), one 

Logistics Support Element and 10 LRCs.

On July 1, 2018, the 404th AFSB transferred four LRCs 

to the 407th AFSB: LRC-Yuma and LRC Huachuca; 

LRC-Dugway Proving Grounds in Utah; and LRCPresidio of Monterey in California. The 404th in 

turn gained eight other LRCs and AFSBn-Joint Base 

Charleston. However, effective Oct. 1, 2021, LRCPresidio of Monterey returned to the 404th AFSB.

Today, the 404th Army Field Support Brigade is 

comprised of two AFSBns, two combat training center 

LSTs and 13 LRCs.

The 404th Army Field Support 

Brigade (AFSB) is a mission-focused, 

modular organization designed to 

project logistics power to our expeditionary Army.

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405TH ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

The 405th Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) 

operationalizes AMC capabilities and delivers 

anticipatory readiness within the U.S. Army Europe and 

Africa (USAREUR-AF) area of responsibility, at the 

tactical point of need.

INTRODUCTION 

The 405th AFSB is assigned to ASC and under the 

operational control of USAREUR-AF. The brigade 

provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. forces 

throughout Europe and Africa by synchronizing the 

infusion of acquisition, logistics and technology into 

USAREUR-AF units and integrating AMC capabilities 

and enablers to deliver readiness to USAREUR-AF, 

maintaining Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) and 

executing world-class Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) 

operations.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

The 405th AFSB consists of four Army Field Support 

Battalions (AFSBn) and seven LRCs. The AFSBns 

provide mission command of APS storage locations and 

general support in Europe to assigned and rotational 

LOCATIONS

• Headquarters – Kaiserslautern, 

Germany

• Mannheim, Germany

• Vilseck, Germany

• Livorno, Italy

• Eygelshoven, Netherlands

forces. The LRCs execute installation logistics operations 

in support of Installation Management Command. 

The 405th AFSB provides this support throughout the 

USAREUR-AF area of operation. The 405th AFSB is 

responsible for APS equipment sets at various European 

locations to be utilized as directed in support of NATO 

operations.

AFSBns-Africa, Benelux, Mannheim and Germany 

are responsible for receipt, storage, maintenance, 

shipment and issue of APS and Operational Project 

equipment. They are capable of shipping equipment and 

deploying teams to forward sites for issue at equipment 

configuration and handoff areas.

The 405th AFSBn-Africa, headquartered at Leghorn 

Army Depot in Livorno, Italy, receives, stores, 

maintains and issues APS equipment, providing 

humidity-controlled storage of assets for two combatant 

commands. The battalion provides and coordinates 

AMC enablers in support of USAREUR-AF through its 

assigned Logistics Support Team-Africa located at Camp 

Ederle, Vicenza, Italy. The battalion also supports the 

U.S. Agency for International Development Office of 

Foreign Disaster Assistance.

More than 900 pieces of Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 equipment from the 405th Army Field Support Brigade was issued to U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers at a forward Equipment Configuration 

and Hand-off Area (ECHA) in Pabradė, Lithuania, during DEFENDER-Europe 22. All of the equipment was drawn from the APS-2 worksite in Dülmen, Germany, and transported to Lithuania for the 

exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter)

The 405th AFSBn-Benelux, headquartered at 

Eygelshoven, Netherlands, provides mission command 

of APS operations at Eygelshoven, and Zutendaal, 

Belgium.

The 405th AFSBn-Mannheim, headquartered at 

Coleman Work Site in Mannheim, Germany, provides 

mission command of APS operations there. AFSBnMannheim is responsible for nearly two Armored 

Brigade Combat Team’s worth of APS equipment, much 

of which is configured for combat for rapid deployment 

and issue.

The 405th AFSBn-Germany, headquartered at Rose 

Barracks in Vilseck, Germany, is responsible for 

providing mission command of APS operations in 

Dülmen, Germany. AFSBn-Germany is also responsible 

for providing mission command of AMC’s Logistics 

Assistance Program (LAP). LAP is operated by Logistics 

Assistance Representatives (LARs) from the four Life 

Cycle Management Commands: Aviation and Missile 

Command; Communications and Electronics Command; 

Joint Munitions Command; and Tank-automotive and 

Armaments Command. LARs provide subject-matter 

expertise on all Army fielded systems and assist Soldiers 

with troubleshooting and early detection of faults. These 

LARs serve side-by-side with supported units in garrisons 

as well as in the field, and are deployed in support of 

combat operations around the world.

A contractor from Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheim conducts preventative maintenance checks 

and services on a M113 armored personnel carrier at the Equipment Configuration and Hand-off Area 

in Lešt’, Slovakia. A full complement of rolling stock and equipment pieces was issued to the 62nd 

Engineer Company for DEFENDER-Europe 22 from the 405th Army Field Support Brigade. (U.S. 

Army photo by Lt. Col. Miguel Flores)

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The 405th AFSB provides installation logistics support to 

Army garrisons and tactical units through its LRCs and 

its base support operations (BASOPS) transportation and 

BASOPS maintenance divisions throughout Germany, 

Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Supporting 16 communities in four countries, the LRCs 

are responsible for providing food service support; 

operating central issue facilities; laundry and dry 

cleaning services; driver testing; commercial travel 

services; operating hazardous material control and reuse 

centers; regional supply support activities; maintaining 

installation property books; counseling and scheduling 

household goods shipments; customs clearance; BASOPs 

and tactical maintenance; and managing Europe's nontactical Army owned and leased vehicle fleet.

Bryan Stinekens, a quality assurance specialist at the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 

Zutendaal worksite in Belgium, briefs Col. Crystal Hills and interim Command Sgt. Maj. 

Randy Leyba on opening, inspecting and maintaining a Multi Role Bridge Company interior 

bay. Hills and Leyba visited the APS-2 sites at Zutendaal and Eygelshoven, Netherlands, 

as part of her APS-2 battlefield circulation as the new commander of the 405th Army Field 

Support Brigade. (U.S. Army photo by Cameron Porter)
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406TH ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

The 406th Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) serves 

as the single “face to the field” to execute materiel 

enterprise functions for U.S. Army Materiel Command 

by integrating and synchronizing acquisition, logistics 

and technology at the tactical, operational and strategic 

levels to enable combat readiness of all Army units in the 

eastern U.S.

INTRODUCTION

The 406th AFSB integrates, synchronizes and executes 

the delivery of AMC capabilities in support of unified 

land operations in a garrison, joint and combined 

environment, enabling combat readiness of all Army 

units in the eastern U.S.

CAPABILITIES AND MISSION EXECUTION

Four significant efforts highlighted the 406th AFSB’s 

ability to exceed expectations for logistical contingency 

support both in the continental U.S. and overseas. 

The first is mission command of 14 LRCs since 

2018. The baseline levels of support include five 

power projection platforms and one mobilization 

force generation installation, 86 service contracts at 

20 installations, 13 ammunition supply points, 17 

installation property book offices, 16 iinstallation Supply 

Support Activities, 14 central issue facilities and two 

clothing initial issue points, 67 dining facilities contract/

augmentation support and nine subsistence supply 

management offices, 18 installation transportation 

offices, 17 installation level materiel maintenance 

support, laundry and dry cleaning for supported 

installations, tenants and communities.

Second is the mission to support the activation and 

equipping of the first and second Security Force 

Assistance Brigades (SFABs) at Fort Benning, Georgia, 

and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The command 

partnered with Fort Benning's Logistics Readiness Center 

(LRC), Fort Bragg and Stewart's AFSBns, Department 

of the Army G-4, U.S. Army Forces Command 

(FORSCOM) G-4, 18th Airborne Corps G-4, AMC 

G3/4, ASC support operations, Tank-automotive and 

Armaments Command and Communications-Electronic 

Command to develop a concept of support to stand 

up this new, high priority unit while simultaneously 

equipping them with excess equipment transferred from 

across the Army. 

Third is the support response to disaster assistance within 

the brigade’s area of responsibility with the execution 

of Defense Support of Civil Authorities events such as 

Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Michael and Florence. 

All required high measures of support, but most notable 

was the support to Irma where the brigade supported 

elements of the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment 

Command as it traversed through the AFSBn-Stewart 

area of responsibility.

Fourth, the mission of converting 2nd Armored Brigade 

Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from an Infantry 

Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) to an Armored Brigade 

Combat Team (ABCT) at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The 

command assisted ASC and FORSCOM with the 

concept of support and the weekly information planning 

session to convert the 2-3 IBCT into an ABCT.

Jeff Porter, a painter at the Fort Stewart Maintenance Paint Booth, finishes applying camouflage paint to a Palletized Load System vehicle. Once the painting process is complete, the vehicle will be 

shipped over to Europe as part of the European Defensive Initiative. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Corey Baltos) 

LOCATIONS

• Headquarters – Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina

• Fort Campbell, Kentucky

• Fort Drum, New York

• Fort Stewart, Georgia

Michael Dorsey, a Quality Assurance Inspector 

at the Fort Bragg Maintenance Paint Booth, 

verify preparation work prior to apply applying 

camouflage paint to a M119A2 Howitzer. Once 

the painting process is complete, the weapon 

system will be shipped back to the unit to support 

sustainment of the Fires Brigade in support of 

the immediate response force mission initiative. 

(Courtesy photo)

HISTORY 

As part of the Army’s modular force structure 

transformation, the 406th AFSB was provisionally 

activated in March 2005 as the AFSB-Continental 

U.S.-East (CONUS-East) under ASC. Charged with the 

responsibility to provide Army force generation support 

to warfighting units committed to the Global War on 

Terror, the AFSB encompassed 17 posts, camps and 

stations in 26 states east of the Mississippi River. Oct. 16, 

2007, marked the redesignation of AFSB-CONUS-East 

as the 406th AFSB, as well as the internal reorganization 

of its subordinate logistics support elements into four 

provisional Army Field Support Battalions (AFSBns).

Of national strategic importance, the 406th AFSB was 

responsible for the Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) 

Afloat program, located at Army Strategic Logistics 

Activity Charleston (ASLAC) in South Carolina, and 

support to Army special operations forces.

The 406th AFSB is aligned with U.S. Northern 

Command and in direct support of the Army’s 

Contingency Corps (XVIII Airborne Corps). Continually 

evolving, the 406th AFSB expanded its area of 

responsibility to include Fort Polk/Joint Readiness 

Training Center, Louisiana, officially activated its four 

AFSBns in December 2009 and received operational 

control of 30 installation directorate of logistics in 

June 2010. In October 2014, the 406th AFSB assumed 

mission command of 30 LRCs, which were renamed 

from installation directorate of logistics, and later 

transferred control of four LRCs to other AFSB units. In 

July 2018, under the ASC Futures Initiative, the 406th 

AFSB transferred mission command of several LRCs 

and AFSBn-Charleston (formerly ASLAC) to the 404th 

AFSB at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington, while 

completing the merger of Army Field Support Battalions 

with LRCs at their respective division installations.

The real history of the 406th AFSB is the daily 

accomplishments of the command’s thousands of 

Soldiers, Army Civilians and contractors delivering 

anticipatory and responsive service to our supported 

customers. Throughout its history and into the future, 

406th AFSB provides “steadfast support” to ASC, AMC, 

the U.S. Army and the nation.

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407TH ARMY FIELD SUPPORT BRIGADE

The 407th Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) 

synchronizes, integrates and delivers readiness and 

enterprise sustainment for Army and joint forces within 

its area of operations.

INTRODUCTION 

The 407th is regionally aligned with U.S. Southern 

Command and directly supports III Corps, 

headquartered at Fort Hood. The mission of the 407th 

AFSB is accomplished through four AFSBns and 

through 12 Logistics Readiness Centers (LRCs).

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

The 407th supports the synchronization, integration 

and delivery of readiness and Army materiel enterprise 

sustainment to warfighting units and installation 

garrison operations. At the brigade headquarters level, 

the command has a deployable Corps Logistics Support 

Element (CLSE) to support contingency operations if 

the III Corps headquarters deploys. At the AFSBn level, 

each AFSBn has a division logistics support element 

when the division headquarters deploys. 

The 407th leverages Life Cycle Management Command’s 

logistic assistant representatives across its footprint in 

support of unit readiness, along with a mix of contractors 

and Army Civilians.

LOCATIONS

• Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas

• Fort Carson, Colorado

• Fort Riley, Kansas

The 223rd Ordnance Company (ORD CO) drives a Tactical Vehicle into the Fort Hood Logistics 

Readiness Center for maintenance and repair during his two-week annual training supporting to 

the 407th Army Field Support Battalion (AFSB) at Fort Hood, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. 

William Wratee)

Army Field Support Battalion (AFSBn)-Carson in 

Colorado provides direct support to the 4th Infantry 

Division. AFSBn-Bliss in Texas provides direct support 

to the 1st Armored Division. AFSBn-Riley in Kansas 

provides direct support to the 1st Infantry Division. 

AFSBn-Hood in Texas provides direct support to the 1st 

Cavalry Division. 

The 407th CLSE provides direct support to the 3rd 

Cavalry Regiment and to other separate brigades in direct 

support of the corps. 

The 407th LRCs provide installation garrison support 

whose capabilities include: Army readiness; power 

projection missions; Installation Management Command 

base support operations; U.S. Training and Doctrine 

Command support for Army Initial Entry Training; asset 

management; dining facility and food service operations; 

and property management. 

The 407th AFSB directly enables readiness, sustainment 

and power projection capabilities across 16 installations. 

Today, the 407th AFSB is a critical enabler of strategic 

logistics capabilities for III Corps units constantly 

deployed around the world. The 407th continues to 

support Army units mobilizing and deploying in support 

of contingency operations. In recent years, the 407th 

has played an active role in divisional deployments in 

support of regionally aligned forces in Korea, Kuwait 

and Eastern Europe.

HISTORY

The 407th AFSB was provisionally stood up as Army 

Field Support Brigade-CONUS West (AFSB- CW) 

at Fort Hood, Texas in March 2005. AFSB-CW was 

responsible for enhancing the readiness of active Army, 

Army Reserve and National Guard units west of the 

Mississippi River, except those in Washington. AFSBCW gained its first AFSBn when the logistics support 

element at Fort Carson, Colorado, was converted to an 

AFSBn. On Oct. 16, 2007, the 407th AFSB relinquished 

its provisional status and was activated at Fort Hood.

The 407th AFSB gained mission command of eight 

Directorates of Logistics, now known as LRCs, in 

October 2012. By 2018, the 407th AFSB had grown 

to four AFSBns, each with their own embedded LRC, 

and 12 LRCs spread across 13 states and two overseas 

locations: Puerto Rico and Honduras.

FIND OUT MORE 

www.aschq.army.mil/Units/407th 
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U.S. ARMY COMMUNICATIONSELECTRONICS COMMAND

U.S. Army Communications-Electronic Command (CECOM) is the Army’s materiel 

integrator for command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, 

surveillance and reconnaissance (C5ISR).

INTRODUCTION

CECOM plays a critical role in supporting our Soldiers’ ability to 

protect our nation and way of life. Through collaboration with Program 

Executive Offices (PEOs), U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC) and 

their Network Cross-Functional Teams, other U.S. Army Materiel 

Command commands and industry partners, CECOM provides, 

integrates and sustains cutting-edge C5ISR and medical readiness for the 

joint warfighter.

CECOM enables a network that connects and synchronizes the Armed 

Forces at all echelons to ensure a more lethal and dominant joint force 

for the U.S. and its allies. Comprising a global team of expert Soldiers, 

civilians and contractors, CECOM’s mission is to deliver integrated 

C5ISR weapon systems, business systems and medical sustainment to 

enable full spectrum combat operations at the point of need.

As our Army modernizes for high-intensity conflict against near-peer 

adversaries, the importance of C5ISR readiness has never been greater. 

When Soldiers need their tactical vehicle configured with the latest 

blue force tracker, CECOM is there. When Soldiers need their C5ISR 

system software updated with a security patch to protect it from up-tothe-minute cyber threats, CECOM is there. When a unit needs a spare 

part for its mobile satellite system to keep it connected and protected on 

the battlefield, CECOM is there. When a special forces group needs a 

portable dental x-ray unit fixed, CECOM is there. 

CECOM and elements from AMC, AFC and the Assistant Secretary of 

the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology collectively form the 

C5ISR Center of Excellence at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. 

LOCATIONS

• Fort Detrick, Maryland

• Fort Hood, Texas

• Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

• Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

• Fort Huachuca, Arizona

ABOVE: Pfc. Jacob Murray, a satellite communication systems 

operator assigned to 258th Network Support Company, 100th Brigade Support Battalion, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OKla. 

prepares the Satellite Transmission Terminal (STT) during the battalion’s field training exercise, Fort Sill. The Army’s Protected SATCOM 

effort is focused on protecting Soldier-to-Soldier communications on 

the tactical battlefield from friendly and adversarial interference. U.S. 

Army photo by Sgt. Dustin Biven)

OPPOSITE PAGE: Pfc. Link Gilmore, a signal support systems 

specialist from the Retransmission Team, Systems and Services 

Company Detachment, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 

4th Infantry Division, completes loading the Communications Security program into the Humvee radio, at Fort Carson, Colorado. (U.S. 

Army photo by Pvt. Samuel Brandon)

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION 

CECOM’s subordinate organizations are: 

U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command (AMLC): 

AMLC serves as the Army’s Class VIII Life Cycle 

Management Command (LCMC), delivering phase 

zero readiness to the force while executing the medical 

materiel management functions for the combatant 

commands to set and sustain operational medical 

capabilities in all phases in response to Large Scale 

Combat Operations and Multi-Domain Operations.

Central Technical Support Facility (CTSF): CTSF 

executes the Army interoperability certification testing 

and integration of LandWarNet/mission command 

capabilities serving U.S. and multi-national forces by 

providing configuration management, engineering 

services and scalable system of systems environments. 

The CTSF provides strategic and central testing and 

certification for interoperability engineering and 

maintains configuration control for all operationalthrough tactical-level IT/national security systems. 

Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC): ILSC 

provides global logistics solutions to enable C5ISR 

readiness. As the Army’s premier logistics organization 

for C5ISR life cycle support, ILSC ensures Soldiers 

are equipped and ready to execute missions in support 

of Army priorities and combatant commanders’ 

requirements. 

Software Engineering Center (SEC): SEC provides 

software, hardware, business applications and enterprise 

life cycle solutions for C5ISR systems. SEC ensures the 

operational readiness of fielded software by developing, 

providing, integrating and maintaining C5ISR logistics 

and business software. 

Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD): TYAD provides 

world-class logistics support for C5ISR systems for 

the DOD. Capabilities include sustainment, overhaul 

and repair, fabrication and manufacturing, engineering 

design and development, software depot maintenance, 

technology insertion and modification, and global 

support for the warfighter. 

U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering 

Command (USAISEC): USAISEC provides systems 

engineering, installation, integration, implementation 

and evaluation support for communications and IT 

systems in support of the warfighter. USAISEC supports 

the PEO for enterprise information systems in upgrading 

IT infrastructure at every Army post, camp and station; 

upgrading command centers, and modernizing the IT 

infrastructure throughout the Army. 

CORE COMPETENCIES 

• Depot-level manufacturing, repair and overhaul

• Field support 

• Foreign military assistance

• Interoperability certification 

• Logistics sustainment planning and execution

• Software sustainment

• Supply chain management

• IT Systems engineering and integration 

• Medical logistics management

HISTORY 

An AMC major subordinate command, CECOM was 

first established as the U.S. Army Electronics Command 

Aug. 1, 1962, at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. It was 

designated the Communications-Electronics Command 

in 1981, and was re-designated as the CECOM Life 

Cycle Management Command in 2005. CECOM 

relocated to Aberdeen Proving Ground as part of 

the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, 

legislation.

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command

6585 Surveillance Loop

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005

www.cecom.army.mil

/CommunicationsElectronicsCommandCECOM

/company/us-army-cecom
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U.S. ARMY MEDICAL LOGISTICS COMMAND

U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command (AMLC) serves as the Army’s 

Life Cylce Management Command (LCMC) for medical materiel. Its 

mission is to deliver medical materiel readiness through integrated medical 

materiel distribution, forward positioned stocks, centralized medical materiel 

management and data management to sustain health services support for the 

operational Army units and joint forces in support of Large Scale Combat 

Operations. AMLC provides strategic oversight of three direct reporting 

units, Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS) and medical maintenance operations 

located across five continents.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

Medical logistics enables an entire system of medical readiness, from the 

deployability of service members in garrison to the delivery of medical 

care in an operational environment. Medical logistics is also functionally 

linked to medical product development and program management. AMLC 

works closely with U.S. Army Futures Command to ensure sustainment is 

considered during the development phase of materiel solutions. AMLC also 

coordinates medical logistics functions with the Office of the Surgeon General 

and the Defense Health Agency to facilitate an integrated health service 

support capability to the Army and the joint force.

FIND OUT MORE

Army Medical Logistics Command

Bldg. 693 Neiman Street, 2nd Floor

Fort Detrick, MD 21702

www.amlc.army.mil

 /ArmyMedlogCommand 

@ArmyMedLog 

/company/armymedlog 

/photos/armymedlog

A team unloads medical materiel at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center- Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Ellen Crown)

LOCATION 

• Fort Detrick, Maryland

DIRECT REPORTING UNITS

• U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency

• U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe

• U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea

U.S. ARMY MEDICAL MATERIEL AGENCY

ABOVE: A biomedical equipment technician works on a portable X-ray machine at U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency's Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tracy, California. (U.S. Army 

photo by Katie Ellis-Warfield)

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) 

delivers medical materiel readiness, synchronizing and 

integrating strategic sustainment, supply support and 

maintenance capabilities to enable global health care 

operations.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

USAMMA’s core capabilities are focused on medically 

equipping and sustaining the force. USAMMA’s primary 

activities include:

• Providing medical maintenance at the depot level, 

centrally managed programs and expert-level repair 

support in operational environments.

• Managing readiness-enabling contingency programs 

and APS.

• Distributing vaccines and therapeutics, and providing 

cold chain management training.

• Managing and updating the medical materiel 

catalogue, and providing technical business support 

and record system training.

FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency

Bldg. 693 Neiman Street, 3rd Floor

Fort Detrick, MD 21702

www.amlc.army.mil/USAMMA

/USArmyMedicalMaterielAgency 

/photos/usamedicalmateriel

LOCATIONS

• Fort Detrick, Maryland

• Perry Point, Maryland

• Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

• Hill Air Force Base, Utah

• San Joaquin, California

• Sierra Army Depot, California

• Charleston, South Carolina

• San Antonio, Texas

• Germany

• Kuwait

• Japan

• Korea

BELOW: Medical maintenance experts at Medical Maintenance Operations Division-Tracy, under the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, inspect a computerized tomography system that arrived to the 

depot for recapitalization. (U.S. Army photo by Ellen Crown)
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U.S. ARMY MEDICAL MATERIEL CENTER – EUROPE

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

USAMMC-E is located in Germany and is a direct 

reporting unit to Army Medical Logistics Command. 

USAMMC-E also provides MOS proficiency training, 

overseas deployment training (National Guard and Army 

Reserves), and pre-deployment training to deploying 

units.

USAMMC-E supports more than 1,200 Army, Navy, 

Air Force and Department of State hospitals, clinics, 

embassies and field units. USAMMC-E maintains 

a warehouse inventory of more than 5,400 different 

items and a catalog of more than 53,000 items. The 

USAMMC-E team includes approximately 280 

personnel, including military, civilians, contractors and 

local nationals.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Acquisition, storage and distribution of medical 

materiel

• Medical maintenance

• Optical fabrication

LOCATIONS

• Kaiserslautern Army Depot, 

Germany 

• U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, 

Germany

RIGHT: A Soldier sorts and stores medications at 

the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center - Europe. 

(U.S. Army photo by Ellen Crown)

BELOW: Spc. Blaine Malave, an optician, mixes 

a tint for application on a set of lenses in the U.S. 

Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe's optical 

fabrication lab. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Marc 

Welde)

FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center Europe

Unit 27201

APO AE 09138

https://www.amlc.army.mil/USAMMCE

/USAMMCE

U.S. ARMY MEDICAL MATERIEL CENTER – KOREA

LOCATION

• Camp Carroll, South Korea

• Camp Humphreys, South Korea

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Acquisition, storage and distribution 

of medical materiel

• Medical maintenance

• Optical fabrication

A Soldier unloads medications and other medical supplies at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center - Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Ellen Crown)

by USAMMC-K are centrally funded assets by the 

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) and are 

intended to respond to a pandemic or other public health 

emergencies. 

The USAMMC-K team includes approximately 65 

personnel, including U.S. and Republic of Korea military, 

local Korean civilians and Army Civilians. 

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Acquisition, storage and distribution of medical 

materiel

• Medical maintenance

• Optical fabrication

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea 

(USAMMC-K) serves as U.S. Forces Korea’s Theater 

Lead Agent for Medical Materiel (TLAMM) and 

provides medical materiel support to theater medical 

forces, ensures tactical units are integrated into the 

medical supply chain and assists the combatant 

commander in health logistics support planning.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

USAMMC- K provides medical logistics support to 

joint forces and the Department of State. USAMMC-K 

manages two centrally funded programs, including 

the medical chemical defense materiel and Pandemic 

Influenza (PI) stocks. 

USAMMC-K contributes to Eighth Army’s medical 

readiness by managing and fielding countermeasures 

used in the protection and treatment of Soldiers in the 

event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear 

attack. These counter measures include pretreatment, 

treatment, antidotes skin decontamination and Potency 

and Dated (P&D) items for the medical equipment set, 

chemical agent patient treatment. PI stocks managed 

FIND OUT MORE

USAMMC-K

Unit 15479

www.amlc.army.mil/USAMMCK

/USAMMCK

The U.S. Army Medical 

Materiel Center-Europe 

(USAMMC-E) is the executive 

agent responsible for directing 

the operations of a Theater 

Lead Agent for Medical 

Materiel (TLAMM) for U.S. 

European Command, U.S. 

African Command and U.S. 

Department of State activities.
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TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT

Tobyhanna Army Depot (TYAD) is a subordinate 

organization of CECOM and has served the U.S. since 

1953. Today, TYAD is a recognized leader in providing 

world-class logistics support for Command, Control, 

Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, 

Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Systems 

across the DOD. 

INTRODUCTION

TYAD is the premier full service, joint C5ISR 

maintenance facility in the DOD and the largest 

industrial employer in northeastern Pennsylvania with an 

annual economic impact of more than $3 billion. 

Tobyhanna’s corporate philosophy, dedicated workforce 

and technical expertise ensure the depot is the joint 

C5ISR provider of choice for all branches of the Armed 

Forces and industry partners. The depot encompasses 

more than 1,300 acres and has more than 2.4 million 

square feet dedicated to C5ISR, missile guidance and 

control missions, with 61% of the mission area under 

one roof. It includes more than 150 buildings, 20 clean 

rooms and over 20 test ranges, one of which is a laser 

range, in addition to multiple radar ranges. In addition, 

LOCATION 

• Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania

Team Tobyhanna personnel leverage Lean thinking to streamline processes and sustain current and future joint service workload, earning accolades for innovation strategies. Members of the 

workforce, such as an electronic technician working on an AN/FPS-117 radar system receiver, benefit from maintaining an efficient and optimized workspace. The depot also uses visual management 

to aid workload execution and improve work in process and flow to better track assets, among other things. (U.S. Army photo by Thomas Robbins)

Tobyhanna operates 27 forward operating locations to 

provide expeditious fielding support, C5ISR equipment 

installations, mobile depot maintenance/corrosion 

prevention and control, contingency support and other 

maintenance functions. 

Tobyhanna’s unparalleled capabilities include full 

spectrum logistics support for sustainment, overhaul and 

repair, fabrication and manufacturing, engineering design 

and development, systems integration, postproduction 

software support, technology insertion, modification, 

Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and global field support to 

joint warfighters.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

The Army has designated Tobyhanna as its Center 

of Industrial and Technical Excellence for command, 

control, communications, computers, Intelligence, 

Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR), avionics, and 

missile guidance and control. 

The Air Force has designated Tobyhanna as its Technical 

Repair Center for tactical missiles and rigid wall shelters 

and portable buildings. 

TYAD’s talented workforce, high level of electronics 

expertise, and use of the latest technologies and business 

management techniques, ensure the depot is the provider 

of choice for fabrication, electronic repair, engineering 

design, systems integration, technology insertion, 

automated test equipment and technical documentation 

development of the DOD’s joint C5ISR systems as well 

as missile guidance and control systems. TYAD projects 

its capabilities forward to posts, camps, stations and 

remote operating bases worldwide, ensuring operational 

readiness for the warfighter. TYAD personnel provide 

two-level maintenance on systems such as improvised 

explosive device countermeasures, logistics information 

systems, tactical operations centers, Army airborne 

command and control, guardrail common sensor, 

firefinder and counterfire radar, common ground station, 

tactical unmanned aerial vehicles and communication 

security equipment at sites throughout Europe, the U.S. 

and Asia

C5ISR Readiness

TYAD believes in excellence in supporting warfighter 

readiness, in creating sustainable and innovative 

stakeholder partnerships in order to be the clear choice 

as the C5ISR provider. This requires the planning, 

development, implementation and advancement of 

project management principles, improving operations 

management processes and maintaining a competitive 

cost structure through strategic partnerships with supply 

chain partners.

Shape the Future

TYAD believes in driving a collaborative, innovative 

approach to supporting the emerging requirements of 

the future force to provide optimized operation readiness 

for any contingency operation. Shaping the future 

requires TYAD to identify and secure sustainable future 

workload, implement technology to ensure operational 

readiness, modernize infrastructure and integrate 

upgrading and maintaining skill sets to match the future 

workload requirements while improving processes to 

increase efficiencies and reduce costs.

Invest in Our People

TYAD believes in developing an agile and innovative 

workforce devoted to teamwork and service before 

self. The organization is committed to fostering an 

environment of safety, quality, trust and mutual respect. 

We lead through adversity with courage, integrity and 

compassion.

FIND OUT MORE 

Tobyhanna Army Depot

11 Hap Arnold Boulevard

Tobyhanna, PA 18466

www.tobyhanna.army.mil

/TeamTobyhanna

@teamtobyhanna

 /photos/teamtobyhanna

ABOVE: An electronic integrated systems mechanic runs electrical tests on an AN/TSC-156D Phoenix tactical satellite terminal system. Technicians at Tobyhanna Army Depot perform overhaul, 

Reset, upgrades and technical support for the Phoenix and other tactical satellite communications systems used by the Army, Army National Guard, Army Reserves and the Marine Corps. (U.S. Army 

photo by Thomas Robbins)

BELOW: An innovative prototyping area is helping improve downstream operations at Tobyhanna Army Depot. Personnel in the Systems Integration and Support Directorate’s Preproduction and 

Development Branch conduct initial cable production runs, prototypes, and engineering design models, guiding projects through completed first article testing. (U.S. Army photo by Thomas Robbins)

Strategic Communications

TYAD believes in promoting the capabilities and 

accomplishments of Tobyhanna Army Depot within, 

across and beyond the enterprise. It is the depot’s 

responsibility to strengthen and maintain relationships 

with community leaders and organizations to sustain the 

military value of the organization.
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U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION 

MANAGEMENT COMMAND

U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) is “the Army's home.” 

IMCOM manages the day-to-day operations of Army communities by providing 

security, protection, emergency response, housing, public works, parks, child and 

youth services, ranges and training areas, recreation and childcare. 

INTRODUCTION

Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, 

Texas, IMCOM integrates and delivers base support, enabling 

readiness for a globally responsive Army. IMCOM executes 

mission command through five directorates located around the 

globe: IMCOM-Europe, IMCOM-Pacific, IMCOM-Readiness, 

IMCOM-Sustainment and IMCOM-Training. Additionally, U.S. 

Army Environmental Command is a brigade-level command 

assigned to IMCOM.

IMCOM’s global workforce of 53,000 civilian professionals and 

1,600 active-duty Soldiers operate 73 installations across 17 time 

zones, delivering 58 services to the Soldiers, Army Civilians 

and families who live, work and train in 12 countries. IMCOM 

honors the sacrifice and service of military families while 

serving as the foundation of readiness in the Strategic Support 

Area.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

IMCOM is a supporting command that executes a $10 billion 

annual budget to enable training, execute strategic power projection, and sustain Soldier and family readiness. IMCOM enABOVE: Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. (U.S. Army 

photo by Scott Sturkol)

FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Installation Management Command

2405 Gun Shed Road

Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234

www.home.army.mil/imcom

@ArmyIMCOM

/us-army-installation-management-command

/InstallationMgt

/photos/imcom

ables the Army to provide and deploy trained and ready 

Soldiers around the world while caring for their families 

back home. IMCOM’s ability to prioritize resources 

toward key installation readiness drivers is critical to the 

Army’s success in modernization, mobilization, training, 

deployment and combat operations. IMCOM constantly 

seeks to optimize program and service delivery to ensure 

the most efficient use of resources in support of Army 

priorities.

HISTORY

In an effort to standardize its garrisons, the Army created 

the Installation Management Agency (IMA) in October 

2002. Using an enterprise approach, IMA removed the 

burden of base support from 15 major commands. This 

brought uniformity to the facilities and services of 184 

installations worldwide. In 2006, the Army accomplished 

its installation management mission for $4.5 billion less 

than it cost in 2003.

Recognizing the complexity and importance of the 

IMCOM mission, the Secretary of the Army made the 

decision in the fall of 2015 to separate the positions of 

the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management 

(ACSIM) and IMCOM commanding general; and as 

a result, IMCOM became an independent command 

reporting directly to the Chief of Staff of the Army. 

Within a year, IMCOM transformed its two continental 

U.S. geographic regions into three functional directorates 

aligned and collocated with their supported Army 

Commands (U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army 

Training and Doctrine Command and U.S. Army 

Materiel Command). The two IMCOM directorates 

outside the continental U.S. (Europe and the Pacific) 

remain aligned with their supported Army Service 

Component Command.

As part of the Army Installation Management Reform 

Initiative in January 2019, the Secretary of the Army 

made the decision to realign IMCOM to AMC as a 

major subordinate command with an effective date of 

March 1, 2019. The synergies and unity of command 

created by this realignment strengthen the Strategic 

Support Area for Multi-Domain Operations, and 

enhance readiness and the well-being of Soldiers, 

families and civilians.

The role of the senior and garrison commanders at 

installations has not changed, and they maintain their 

respective mission and command responsibilities for 

installation and garrison functions.

Army senior leaders recognize a solemn obligation to 

take care of Soldiers and their families. The Army’s 

quality of life initiative focuses on five key areas, four 

of which are managed by IMCOM: housing, spouse 

employment, child care and PCS moves.

In 2021, the Naming Commission was charged with 

providing recommendations to Congress for the removal 

or renaming of DOD assets that commemorate the 

Confederate States of America or those who voluntarily 

served with the Confederacy. The commission delivered 

a written report to the House Armed Services Committee 

and Senate Armed Services Committee by Oct. 1, 2022. 

The following nine Army posts were recommmended for 

renaming: Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Bragg, Fort Rucker, Fort 

Benning, Fort Gordon, Fort Hood, Fort Lee, Fort Polk, 

Fort Pickett and possibly Fort Belvoir.

Maj. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, CASCOM and Fort Lee commanding general, and Command Sgt. 

Maj. Tamisha A. Love, garrison CSM, knock on the front door of a Jackson Circle resident 

during the installation’s third Walking Town Hall event. (U.S. Army photo by Chad Menegay)

Request work 

orders with ArMA 

The Army Maintenance 

Activity, or ArMA, 

digitizes the work 

order process for 

Army housing with a 

centralized system 

for submission and 

tracking. Soldiers, 

family members, 

civilians and 

contractors who live or 

work on post can use 

ArMA to submit online 

work orders for Armymanaged housing or 

barracks on IMCOM 

installations. 

Digital Garrison app provides one-stop 

for information

The U.S. Army Digital Garrison app, launched August 

2020, is a one-stop information source for Army 

communities. It securely delivers information and 

facilitates access to a full range of installation qualityof-life services using information-age technology. Digital 

Garrison puts real-time information into the hands 

of Soldiers, families and civilians, and keeps military 

communities connected, a key part of readiness and 

resiliency. The free app may be downloaded from app 

stores.

LOCATION

• Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam 

Houston, Texas
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U.S. ARMY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMAND

U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC), delivers technical services to Army installations globally and provides 

environmental expertise, and program and project management on compliance, conservation, restoration and pollution 

prevention activities.

INTRODUCTION 

USAEC, a subordinate command of IMCOM, is 

headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam 

Houston, Texas. The USAEC story began in 1972 

when the Army created the program manager for 

demilitarization of chemical materiel to manage the 

day-to-day operations of destroying the nation's stockpile 

of toxic chemical agents and munitions. Over the 

years, USAEC’s role has expanded to include many 

new responsibilities around the world. Through all the 

changes, the command’s mission of ensuring maximum 

use of Army training lands through sound environmental 

practices and stewardship continues.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION 

• Provides technical and operational environmental 

expertise

• Evaluates and transfers best management practices 

and technologies to enhance Army environmental 

stewardship

• Identifies and analyzes emerging environmental trends 

and defines impacts on Army installations

• Manages and executes the Army’s Cleanup Program 

• Identifies mission risk due to environmental issues and 

develops enterprise solutions to mitigate risks

• Assesses Army installation environmental performance 

worldwide and provides technical assistance to correct 

liabilities

• Manages, assimilates, analyzes and communicates 

environmental information 

• Conducts environmental planning to support critical 

senior leader decisions on stationing, fielding of new 

weapons systems and military construction on Army 

installations.

The USAEC staff includes specialists in a variety of 

fields including archeologists, biologists, chemists, 

ecologists, air quality specialists, civil and mechanical 

engineers, entomologists, environmental attorneys, 

environmental planners and scientists, foresters, 

geographers, geologists, microbiologists, natural 

resources specialists, physical scientists, physicists, 

range scientists and toxicologists. The organization 

also includes support staff such as business analysts, 

human resources specialists, communication specialists, 

information technology specialists, logisticians and 

others. The common thread in all specialties is a 

commitment to delivering environmental solutions in 

support of Army readiness and sustainability. 

U.S. Army Environmental Command supports installation management of natural resources, such as this stream habitat survey where data is collected to determine how a culvert should be placed, 

whether stream restoration is necessary, and how well fish are surviving in the habitat. Many endangered species’ habitats are threatened by rising sea levels and changing climate patterns. (U.S. 

Army photo by Scott T. Sturkol)

LOCATION

• Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam 

Houston, Texas

FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Environmental Command

2455 Reynolds Road, Building 2266

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234

www.aec.army.mil

@usaec

USAEC works with installations to develop, implement 

and maintain programs for the conservation, utilization 

and rehabilitation of natural resources on 13.5 million 

acres spread across 140 installations, with more than 

12,500 operational ranges, 2.5 million acres of forest and 

1.3 million acres of wetlands. This includes responsibility 

for protecting 226 federally endangered species on 170 

installations, as well as two candidate species on 16 

installations, which could impact Army missions. 

USAEC supports Army installations and training 

by helping ensure the Army uses a solid science and 

engineering base in developing sustainable environmental 

technologies. It also ensures Army technology developers 

focus on the highest priority user needs in support of 

the environmental strategy. USAEC helps commands 

actively promote mission readiness by continually 

assessing and upgrading environmental performance 

across Army installations. 

The command works with installations to enable Soldier 

readiness and sustainable military communities while 

ensuring compliance with laws and regulations designed 

to protect human health and the environment.

Sgt. Daniel Taylor cares for one of his bee hives at the USAG Ansbach Environmental Education 

Center. (U.S. Army photo by Emily Hill)

USAEC identifies potential environmental impacts of new weapons systems to use as part of the analyses for the Environmental Impact Statement, and identifies potential mitigation measures to 

reduce impacts if needed. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Carson Petry)
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U.S. ARMY INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT 

COMMAND DIRECTORATES

LEFT: Solar panels are found on 20 buildings around USAG Stuttgart, including these on top of the DPW building on Kelley Barracks. (U.S. Army photo by Paul Hughes) 

INTRODUCTION 

IMCOM is organized into five directorates, which serve as 

the intermediate echelon between IMCOM headquarters 

and the garrison. There are two directorates outside the 

continental U.S. based on geographical support and three 

directorates in the continental U.S. supporting Army 

functionality. 

IMCOM-EUROPE

IMCOM-Europe, based in Germany, supports U.S. Army 

Europe with garrisons in Belgium, Germany and Italy, 

as well as forward locations in Bulgaria and Romania. 

IMCOM’s mission in Europe is to provide the best 

possible training facilities, power projection platforms, 

family housing and base operations support services. By 

enabling tactical units in Europe to focus on operations, 

training and deployments, Soldiers may deploy with the 

assurance that their loved ones are well cared for.

FIND OUT MORE 

www.home.army.mil/imcom-europe

/IMCOMEurope

@IMCOMEurope

IMCOM-PACIFIC

IMCOM-Pacific, with headquarters at Fort Shafter, 

Hawaii, supports U.S. Army Pacific Command. 

IMCOM invests resources in support of U.S. and 

Republic of Korea national interests on the Korean 

Peninsula to strengthen partnerships and deter potential 

aggression. 

The directorate’s workforce of military, civilians, local 

nationals and contractors serve more than 105,000 

Soldiers and families. 

IMCOM-Pacific Army garrisons are located in Alaska, 

Hawaii, Japan, Marshall Islands and South Korea.

FIND OUT MORE 

www.home.army.mil/imcom-pacific

/IMCOMPAC

RIGHT: Firefighters from the U.S. Army Garrison Japan Fire Department respond to a mock aircraft crash at Kastner Airfield, Camp Zama, Japan. (U.S. Army photo by Sean Kimmons) ABOVE: Sgt. Maj. Tamisha Love welcomes an Afghan child with a U.S. flag during reception operations at Fort Lee, Va. The DOD, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of DHS, is 

providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for Afghan evacuees at facilities across the U.S.(U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Tom Burcham IV)

OPPOSITE PAGE: Kim Stephens, a Family Child Care provider, meets with Col. James Zacchino Jr., Fort Drum Garrison commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Shelly Jenkins, Fort Drum garrison 

senior enlisted adviser, and Jennifer Wood, Fort Drum FCC program manager, during a routine home inspection. (U.S. Army photo by Mike Strasser)

IMCOM-READINESS

IMCOM-Readiness, based at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina, supports Forces Command and Army Reserve 

Command. The installations are where Soldiers come 

together as combat units to train collectively and generate 

lethality. They then go on to combat training centers 

where they rehearse their skills in simulated combat, to 

validate that the U.S. Army is better than any other army 

in the world.

IMCOM-SUSTAINMENT

IMCOM-Sustainment, based at Redstone Arsenal, 

Alabama, directly supports AMC, Military District of 

Washington, U.S. Army Medical Command and U.S. 

Southern Command. IMCOM-Sustainment provides the 

facilities where the Army develops munitions that make 

Soldiers more lethal, designs the vehicle technologies that 

give Soldiers the winning edge and tests weapons before 

putting them in Soldiers’ hands. 

FIND OUT MORE 

www.home.army.mil/imcom

IMCOM-TRAINING

IMCOM-Training, based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis 

Virginia, directly supports U.S. Army Training and 

Doctrine Command, the U.S. Military Academy, 

Fort Hamilton and the Army War College. IMCOMTraining provides the garrisons that are the foundation 

of readiness. It is where the Army brings volunteers for 

the first time and makes Soldiers out of them.

Soldiers of the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade file into MacLaughlin Fitness Center after 

deboarding buses returning them to Fort Lee from holiday block leave. The Combined 

Arms Support Command implemented COVID-19 preventative measures to ensure the 

safe return of over 8,000 military students. (U.S. Army photo by Terrance Bell)
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ABOVE: An ammo container being placed for transport on Blue Grass Army Depot's primary out load platform. (U.S. Army photo by Dori Whipple)

JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND

J

oint Munitions Command (JMC) provides the joint warfighter with ready, reliable, 

lethal munitions at the speed of relevance.

INTRODUCTION

Headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, JMC provides life cycle 

functions of logistics sustainment, readiness and acquisition support for 

all U.S. military services, other government agencies and allied nations, 

as directed. JMC is the logistics integrator for life cycle management of 

ammunition, providing a global presence of technical support to frontline 

units.

CORE COMPETENCIES 

• Conventional ammunition production

• Conventional ammunition storage

• Conventional ammunition distribution (receipt/issue)

• Conventional ammunition demilitarization

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION 

JMC Production Facility Locations:

• Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana

• Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Kingsport, Tennessee

• Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Middletown, Iowa

• Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence, Missouri

• McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma

FIND OUT MORE 

Joint Munitions Command

2695 Rodman Avenue

Bldg. 350, Room 563

Rock Island Arsenal, IL 61299-5000

(309) 782-1514

www.jmc.army.mil

/JointMunitionsCommand

@umunitions

/company/joint-munitions-command

/jointmunitionscommand

/JointMunitionsCommand

• Pine Bluff Arsenal, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

• Quad City Cartridge Case Facility, Rock Island, Illinois

• Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford, Virginia

• Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Scranton, 

Pennsylvania

JMC’s production facilities follow extensive testing 

protocol to ensure every round of ammunition produced, 

regardless of size or scale, is readily available, so 

warfighters can rely on them to work properly, and they 

can provide the lethality necessary to bring warfighters 

home safely. 

JMC Storage and Distribution Facility Locations:

• Anniston Munitions Center, Anniston, Alabama

• Blue Grass Army Depot, Richmond, Kentucky

• Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana

• Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada

• Letterkenny Munitions Center, Chambersburg, 

Pennsylvania

• McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, 

Oklahoma

• Tooele Army Depot, Tooele, Utah

JMC’s storage and distribution facilities ensure 

availability of ready and reliable munitions stockpile 

through receipt, storage and issue of training and combat 

munitions.

JMC Demilitarization Facility Locations:

• Anniston Munitions Center, Anniston, Alabama

• Blue Grass Army Depot, Richmond, Kentucky

• Crane Army Ammunition Activity, Crane, Indiana

• Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada

• Letterkenny Munitions Center, Chambersburg, 

Pennsylvania

• McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, 

Oklahoma

• Chemical Materials Activity - Pueblo Chemical Depot, 

Pueblo, Colorado 

• Chemical Materials Activity - Blue Grass Chemical 

Activity, Richmond, Kentucky

JMC’s demilitarization facilities safely and securely 

disable, decontaminate and destroy excess, outdated and 

inoperable ammunition.

JMC’s processes provide for the efficient delivery of 

ammunition at the right place and time to support global 

operations. JMC positions munitions around the world to 

facilitate rapid transition to armed conflict and to support 

combatant commander requirements.

An explosive handler at McAlester Army Ammunition Plant carefully transfers magazine-stored 

energetics, and ensures that the overall quality and reliability of the ammunition stockpile is 

maintained. (Courtesy photo)

An employee at Iowa Army Ammunition Plant labels a 155mm artillery round on the artillery 

paint line (U.S. Army photo by Iowa Army Ammunition Plant)

LOCATION

• Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois
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ANNISTON MUNITIONS CENTER

LOCATION 

• Anniston, Alabama

ABOVE: Anniston Munitions Center serves as a critical contingency outload location for various missiles 

and conventional munitions in support of joint force requirements. (U.S. Army photo by Anniston 

Munitions Center) 

BELOW: An ANMC Munitions Division employee loads a 20-foot container of munitions for relocation 

to another site within the Joint Munitions Command Munitions enterprise. (U.S. Army photo by Mark 

Cleghorn)

Anniston Munitions Center (ANMC) provides timely 

and accurate receipt, storage, surveillance, inventory, 

maintenance, issue and demilitarization of conventional 

ammunition in support of joint warfighters.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

As a premier munitions’ provider of missiles and 

conventional ammunition for the DOD, ANMC is an 

agile, adaptable and modern munitions center that 

provides first class support to a diverse customer base. 

The ANMC team of more than 150 professionals 

supports contingency operations worldwide, manages 

go-to-war stocks and supports Foreign Military Sales, 

while providing shipments world-wide as needed. 

In fiscal year 2022, ANMC had a payroll of 

approximately $15 million. ANMC is housed on more 

than 13,000 acres with 39 buildings and more than 

1,200 igloos and has a storage capacity of 2.3 million 

square feet.

FIND OUT MORE 

Anniston Munitions Center

ATTN: AMSTA-AN-PA

7 Frankford Avenue

Anniston, AL 36201-4199

(256) 235-6281 

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Anniston

/AnnistonMunitionsCenter

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Shipping, storage, receipt, issue, inspection, transportation and demilitarization of conventional 

ammunition

• Maintenance, missile maintenance and testing

• Demilitarization/recycling

• Strategic contingency outload

• Supply chain support

HISTORY

The Anniston Ordnance Depot was established in 

1941. In 1952, the depot was assigned a maintenance 

mission for the overhaul and repair of combat 

vehicles. In 1962, the installation was renamed 

Anniston Army Depot and became part of AMC. 

In October 1998, operational control of ANAD was 

transferred to Tank-automotive and Armaments 

Command. At the same time, the ammunition 

mission and resources were renamed Anniston 

Munitions Center. ANMC became a tenant of ANAD 

and officially came under the full command and 

control of Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, 

Kentucky. In 2004, ANMC received its first on-site 

military commander and remains an integral part of 

the JMC munitions enterprise today as a governmentowned, government-operated installation.

BLUE GRASS ARMY DEPOT

Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) provides joint 

warfighters and with reliable, timely and cost-effective 

munitions and chemical defense equipment in support 

of full-spectrum military operations, and safeguards the 

remainder of the National Chemical Weapons Stockpile 

until demilitarization is complete. 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Storage, receipt, issue, inspection, maintenance and 

demilitarization of conventional ammunition

• Surveillance, receipt, storage, issue, testing and minor 

repair of individual chemical defense equipment

• Non-standard ammunition support

• Force provider care of systems in storage 

• In support of container inspection and repair for the 

southeastern U.S.

HISTORY

BGAD is located in Richmond, Kentucky, and is 

a 15,000-acre, multifunctional installation. BGAD 

was established in 1941 and began operation as an 

ammunition and general-supply storage depot. In 

operation since 1942, the primary mission has been 

LOCATION

• Richmond, Kentucky

storing, receiving, issuing, inspecting, maintaining and 

demilitarizing conventional munitions. In 1964, the depot 

merged with the Lexington Signal Depot and became 

Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot. The Lexington 

facility was closed under the 1995 Base Realignment 

and Closure Act. In 1999, the Richmond facility was 

renamed the Blue Grass Army Depot. BGAD is a 

government-owned, government-operated installation.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, BGAD had a payroll of $72 million. 

BGAD is housed on nearly 15,000 acres with more than 

1,220 buildings, more than 900 earth-covered magazines 

and has a storage capacity of 3.2 million square feet. It 

also has more than 170 miles of roadway, 101 miles of 

fencing and 41 miles of railroad.

A BGAD Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems project maintenance team member provides 

the finishing touches on a fixture that will later be inserted into a modified P150 container. (U.S. 

Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Rebecca Wood)

FIND OUT MORE

Blue Grass Army Depot

431 Battlefield Memorial Hwy.

Richmond, KY 40475

(859) 779-6941

https://www.bluegrass.army.mil

/Bluegrassarmydepot

Blue Grass Army depot employee uses modernized ventilation system while refurbishing 

reactive armored tiles for future military use. (U.S. Army photo by Dori Whipple)
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CRANE ARMY AMMUNITION ACTIVITY

LOCATION 

• Crane, Indiana

An explosives handler at Crane Army Ammunition Activity removes the expulsion cup on a 155mm. (U.S. Army photo by Christy Carroll)

Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) produces 

and provides conventional munitions in support of Army 

and joint force readiness.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Munitions shipping and logistics

• Munitions and munitions-related maintenance, 

renovation and production

• Demilitarization

• Quality assurance specialist (ammunition surveillance) 

(QASAS) program and quality tests

• Machine shop

• Chemical laboratory

• Engineering

• Container repair

HISTORY

Naval Ammunition Depot Crane, now Naval Support 

Activity Crane, was established in 1941. In 1977, 

ammunition operations at Crane were transferred to the 

Army in response to the single manager for conventional 

ammunition creating Crane Army Ammunition Activity 

on NSA Crane. The newly formed CAAA occupied 

FIND OUT MORE 

www.crane.army.mil

/CraneArmyAmmo

@CraneArmyAmmo 

more than 51,000 acres of land with a storage capability 

in excess of 650,000 tons. In 1999, command and control 

of the Letterkenny Munitions Center was transferred to 

CAAA. CAAA is a government-owned, governmentoperated activity.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, CAAA had a payroll of 

approximately $71 million. The skilled workforce consists 

of approximately 650 personnel. CAAA continues to 

develop multiple long-term modernization capabilities, 

recently executing a variety of modernization 

improvements to ammunition production and storage 

facilities and awarding approximately $16.6 million in 

facility improvements.

HAWTHORNE ARMY DEPOT

Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) receives, stores and 

issues conventional munitions; demilitarizes and disposes 

of unserviceable, obsolete and surplus munitions; 

and maintains serviceability through inspection and 

renovation to ensure munitions readiness in support of 

joint forces.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Storage of conventional ammunition and DOD 

elemental mercury

• Demilitarization

• Ammunition renovation 

• Quality assurance

• Range scrap processing

• High desert, aerial and surface water training for 

military units

• Shipping and receiving of munitions via rail or truck

• Armament retooling and manufacturing support 

agreements

HISTORY

The Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne was 

established in 1930. It was re-designated Hawthorne 

Army Ammunition Plant in 1977 when it transferred 

to Army control as part of the single manager for 

conventional ammunition mission. In 1980, it converted 

to a government-owned, contractor-operated installation. 

LOCATION

• Hawthorne, Nevada

In 1994, it ended its production mission and became the 

Hawthorne Army Depot. The current contractor is SOC 

Nevada LLC.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, HWAD government staff had a 

payroll of $3 million. Contractor statistics are considered 

proprietary and are therefore unavailable. HWAD is 

housed on more than 147,000 acres. The depot has more 

than 400 administrative and storage buildings, more than 

1,950 earth-covered magazines, more than 970 above 

ground magazines, more than 150 open storage locations 

(Y-Sites), six loading/shipping docks and three pads. 

HWAD also owns its own water rights, is self-sustaining 

and processes its own potable water through its state-ofthe-art water treatment facility.

FIND OUT MORE

Hawthorne Army Depot

ATTN: JMHW-PAO

1 South Maine Ave.

Hawthorne, NV 89415

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Hawthorne

/HawthorneArmyDepot

Employees at Hawthorne Army Depot lower obsolete ammunition stockpile items into a belt flaker as a part of the decontamination and demilitarization process at HWAD. (U.S. Army photo by 

Hawthorne Army Depot)
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HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

LOCATION 

• Kingsport, Tennessee

A contractor employee for Holston Army Ammunition Plant works with coated composition C-4 

before it’s packaged and shipped to the customer. (Courtesy photo)

Holston Army Ammunition Plant (HSAAP) 

manufactures a wide range of explosives for the DOD, 

allied partners and commercial customers. 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Production and development of explosives

• Synthesis and manufacture of high explosives

• Recrystallization and purification from organic solvents

• Melt-cast, cast-cured, pressed and extruded explosives 

formulation

• Explosives performance testing

• Full-spectrum explosives research and development 

capability

• Custom and fine chemical manufacture for the defense 

industry

• Research and development programs for explosives

HISTORY

In January 1942, the Tennessee Eastman Corporation 

began construction of a pilot plant for the manufacture 

of Research Department Explosive (RDX) and a pilot 

plant for production of Composition B (a mixture of 

RDX, TNT and wax). In June 1942, Tennessee Eastman 

began design and construction work on a plant for 

large-scale production of RDX and Composition B. The 

plant consisted of two areas, four miles apart on the 

Holston River. Known then as the Holston Ordnance 

FIND OUT MORE 

ATTN: JMHS-AO

4509 West Stone Drive

Kingsport, TN 37660-1048

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Holston

Works, it produced more than 858 million pounds of 

RDX and Composition B by the end of World War II. In 

1946, Holston Ordnance Works was placed in standby 

condition until April 1949. A wholly-owned Eastman 

Kodak subsidiary, the Holston Defense Corporation, 

was organized for the purpose of reactivation in support 

of the Korean War. Holston Ordnance Works was 

re-designated the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in 

1963 and has continued operations through present day. 

HSAAP is a government-owned, contractor-operated 

installation. The current contractor is BAE Systems.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, HSAAP government staff had a 

payroll budget of $2.5 million. Contractor statistics are 

considered proprietary and are therefore unavailable. 

HSAAP is housed on more than 6,000 acres with 400 

buildings and more than 120 igloos, with explosive 

storage capacity of more than 202,900 square feet.

A contractor employee for Holston Army Ammunition Plant prepares explosives on a charging 

table to be bagged and placed into a drum. (Courtesy photo)

IOWA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant (IAAAP) produces and 

delivers component assembly and medium and large 

caliber ammunition items for the DOD, using modern 

production methods in support of worldwide operations. 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Tank High Explosive and training round Load, 

Assemble and Pack (LAP)

• 40mm high-velocity family

• Insensitive munitions

• Artillery LAP

• Mortar prop charges/ignition cartridges/LAP

• Blank salute rounds

• Missile assembly

• Warheads

• M112 demo block and mine-clearing line charge

• Test fire ranges and sites development

HISTORY

IAAAP was established in 1940, as the Iowa Ordnance 

Plant (IOP) and started production of bombs, mines, 

artillery shells and other munitions in 1941. Production 

stopped in 1945 when World War II ended. In 1949, the 

IOP resumed its ammunition manufacturing mission in 

support of the Korean War and has remained active to 

present day. IOP transitioned to a government-owned, 

contractor-operated installation in 1951. The plant was 

re-designated in 1963 as the Iowa Army Ammunition 

LOCATION

• Middletown, Iowa

Plant. Production increased during the Vietnam War and 

some of the plant was modernized in the 1970s. IAAAP 

is a government-owned, contractor-operated installation. 

The current contractor is American Ordnance.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, IAAAP government staff had a 

payroll of $2.6 million. IAAAP is housed on more than 

19,000 acres with more than 400 buildings, 271 earthcovered magazines, 35 above-ground magazines, 37 inert 

warehouses and a total storage capacity of 1.6 million 

square feet. IAAAP is an intermodal facility with more 

than 140 miles of roads and 102 miles of railroad track.

A contractor employee at IAAAP cleans 155mm artillery rounds as a step in the load, assemble, pack process. (Courtesy photo)

FIND OUT MORE 

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant

ATTN: JMIA-CO

17571 DMC Highway 79

Middletown, IA 52638-5000

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Iowa

/IowaArmyAmmunitionPlant
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LAKE CITY ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

LOCATION 

• Independence, Missouri

Ammunition packaging at Lake City Army Ammunition plant. (U.S. Army photo by Lake City Army Ammunition Plant)

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) provides 

quality small-caliber munitions to the joint warfighter.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Small-caliber ammunition manufacturing

• Components such as percussion and electric primer

• Pyrotechnics

• Stockpile reliability testing of small-caliber ammunition

• North American regional test center in support of 

NATO compatibility testing

• Production of small- and medium-caliber links

HISTORY

LCAAP was established as the Lake City Ordnance 

Plant in 1940 as one of 12 small-caliber ammunition 

plants constructed in support of World War II. LCAAP 

has operated continuously, with the exception of 

the five years between WWII and the Korean War. 

The installation was renamed the Lake City Army 

Ammunition Plant in 1963. Through the 1970s, the 

Small-Caliber Ammunition Modernization Program 

modernized certain production processes with highspeed, computer-controlled, automated production 

systems. The plant continued to modernize and increase 

efficiencies through the 1990s, but did not require a 

great production increase in support of Operations 

Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the 1990s. After the 

FIND OUT MORE 

ATTN: JMLC-AO

25201 E. Highway 78

Independence, MO 64051-1000

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=LakeCity

/LakeCityArmyAmmunitionPlant

2001 terrorist attacks, workload increased significantly 

in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and 

Iraqi Freedom requirements. During this period, 

LCAAP established a link-production capability, while 

modernizing to reach an annual production capacity 

of 1.6 billion rounds. LCAAP is a government-owned, 

contractor-operated installation. The current operating 

contractor is Winchester Olin.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES 

In fiscal year 2022, LCAAP government staff had a 

payroll budget of $3.1 million. Contractor statistics are 

considered proprietary and are therefore unavailable. 

LCAAP is housed on more than 3,900 acres with more 

than 170 buildings, 81 magazines, 17 warehouses, more 

than 10 igloos and a storage capacity of more than 

637,000 square feet.

LETTERKENNY MUNITIONS CENTER

Letterkenny Munitions Center (LEMC), located on 

Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD), conducts regional 

and contingency distribution of munitions, precisionguided munitions maintenance, and munitions 

demilitarization in support of the DOD and international 

partners to provide readiness to the joint warfighter.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Munitions distribution

• Precision-guided munitions maintenance

• Munitions demilitarization

• Non-destructive testing

• Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) 

for surveillance, receipt, storage, issue, testing and 

repair for the Army Tactical Missile System and 

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System

HISTORY

Letterkenny Army Depot was established in 1941 

as an ammunition and general supply storage depot. 

In 1961, its Directorate of Ammunition Operations 

began supporting Army air-defense missiles and Air 

Force intercept missiles. In 1999, the Directorate of 

Ammunition Operations was renamed Letterkenny 

LOCATION 

• Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Munitions Center, and command and control was 

transferred to Crane Army Ammunition Activity. In 

2016, the Secretary of the Army designated LEMC as 

the CITE for surveillance, receipt, storage, issue, testing 

and repair for the Army Tactical Missile System and the 

Guided Multiple Rocket Launch System. LEMC is a 

government-owned, government-operated installation. 

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, LEMC had a payroll budget of $36 

million. LEMC occupies 16,000 of LEAD’s 18,200 acres. 

Its facilities include more than 15 explosive operating 

buildings, 902 igloos, 10 storage magazines, 26 rail docks 

and 2.3 million square feet of storage capacity.

A LEMC technician prepares an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile for testing on-site. (U.S. Army photo by Letterkenny Munitions Center)

FIND OUT MORE

Letterkenny Munitions Center

ATTN: JMCN-MC

1 Overcash Avenue

Chambersburg, PA 17201

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=Letterkenny

/LetterkennyMunitionsCenter
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MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

LOCATION 

• McAlester, Oklahoma

Explosives operators prepare general-purpose bomb bodies on the production line at MCAAP. (U.S. Army photo by McAlester Army Ammunition Plant)

McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) 

receives, stores, ships, produces, renovates and 

demilitarizes conventional ammunition. MCAAP 

provides centralized ammunition management for 

training ammunition and contingency stocks for Army 

units in the southwest region of the U.S.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Logistics support

• Demilitarization/disposal

• Renovation

• Mobile ammunition renovation, inspection and 

demilitarization team

• Safety and environmental protection

• Assists with research and development

• Mobile railroad maintenance team

HISTORY

In 1940, Congress responded to the President’s call for 

a Navy large enough to meet any potential combination 

of hostile forces and authorized the “Two Ocean Navy.” 

To answer that demand, Naval Ammunition DepotMcAlester was commissioned to support western coastal 

facilities. The depot was originally built and operated 

exclusively by, and for, the Navy. In 1943, the depot’s 

mission was to produce, store and ship ammunition, 

bombs and mines for the Navy’s ships and aircraft. In 

1975, DOD issued a directive which assigned the Army 

FIND OUT MORE

McAlester Army Ammunition Plant

1 C Tree Road

McAlester, OK 74501

www.mcaap.army.mil

/MCAAP

as the single manager for conventional ammunition. 

In 1977, the depot was transferred to the Army and 

renamed the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. 

Under Base Realignment and Closure Act 2005 actions, 

MCAAP acquired the sensor fused weapon and missile 

warhead production mission from Kansas Army 

Ammunition Plant. Today, MCAAP is a unique, major 

multi-mission installation with all normal base functions. 

MCAAP is a government-owned, government-operated 

installation.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES 

In fiscal year 2022, MCAAP had a payroll budget of 

$147 million. MCAAP is housed on more than 44,900 

acres with more than 2,800 buildings, including more 

than 2,260 earth-covered magazines, 163 storage 

warehouses and storage capacity of 8.8 million square 

feet.

PINE BLUFF ARSENAL

Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA) provides America’s joint 

warfighters with specialized ammunition, smoke and 

chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense 

capabilities through expert manufacturing, storage and 

logistics.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) 

for chemical and biological defense equipment and for 

smoke ammunition

• AMC’s designated surety laboratory for shelf-life 

extension and production lot testing of various 

individual and collective protection end items

• Chemical materiel surveillance program

• Critical manufacturing capabilities for decontamination 

products, individual and collective protection items 

• Critical manufacturing capabilities of white/red 

phosphorus and pyrotechnic ammunition

• Load, assemble and pack of illuminating and infrared 

mortars and projectiles

• Development and production of specialty ammunition 

products

• Advanced textile manufacturing and design support

• Machining and fabrication capabilities

LOCATION

• Pine Bluff, Arkansas

An ammunition production removes a bolt from an illumination round on the 60mm body-load 

production line. (U.S. Army photo by Hugh Morgan)

FIND OUT MORE

Pine Bluff Arsenal

10020 Kabrich Circle

Pine Bluff, AR 71602

(870) 540-3000

www.pba.army.mil

/AmericasArsenal

HISTORY

PBA was established during World War II to 

manufacture and assemble incendiary grenades and 

munitions. The mission expanded to include production 

and storage of pyrotechnic, riot control and chemicalfilled munitions. In 2006, the Secretary of the Army 

designated PBA as the CITE for chemical and biological 

defense equipment. In 2017, PBA received its second 

designation from the Secretary of the Army, designating 

the Arsenal as a CITE for the manufacture of smokebased ammunition. The PBA was temporarily managed 

by the Chemical and Biological Defense Command, but 

transferred back under the Joint Munitions Command in 

2007. PBA is a government-owned, government-operated 

arsenal.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, PBA had a payroll budget of $60 

million. PBA is housed on more than 13,500 acres 

with over 660 buildings, more than 270 earth-covered 

magazines and more than 5,000 acres of developable 

land.

A textile production worker sews an Army Physical Fitness Uniform-Maternity. (U.S. Army photo 

by Rachel Selby)
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QUAD CITY CARTRIDGE CASE FACILITY

The Quad City Cartridge Case Facility (QCCCF) is 

a state-of- the-art facility with deep-drawn technology 

that produces brass and steel cartridge cases.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

QCCCF has manufacturing capabilities for brass and 

steel cartridge cases ranging from 40mm through 

155mm.

HISTORY 

A deep-drawn cartridge case production capability was 

located at the former Riverbank Army Ammunition 

Plant (RBAAP) in Riverbank, California. When 

RBAAP was closed through the Base Realignment and 

Closure Act of 2005, this capability was relocated to 

Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Prior to the movement 

of the facility, a stockpile of steel cartridge cases 

was created to mitigate potential risks associated 

with relocating the facility. The new facility was 

LOCATION 

• Rock Island, Illinois

A technician loads a cartridge case during the press operations into a trimming machine that 

will adjust the length to correctly move it to the next pressing operation at QCCCF at the U.S. 

Army’s Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois. (U.S. Navy photo by Matthew Poynor)

FIND OUT MORE

Quad City Cartridge Case Facility

ATTN: AMSJM-PCA

2695 Rodman Ave.

Rock Island, IL 61299

(309) 782-8671

www.jmc.army.mil/Installations.aspx?id=QCCCF

completed in 2011 and named the Quad City Cartridge 

Case Facility. From 2011-2014, the facility produced 

brass cartridge cases in support of DOD production 

requirements. Due to decreased procurements for brass 

cartridge cases and a surplus of steel cartridge cases, 

the QCCCF was laid away in 2014. The Naval Surface 

Warfare Center began the reactivation of QCCCF for 

research, development and production efforts in 2017, 

and as of June 2019, all equipment within the QCCCF 

had been reactivated. The QCCCF is a governmentowned, government-operated facility.

FACILITIES

The QCCCF is located at the Rock Island Arsenal. The 

facility occupies 170,000 square feet of space.

An explosive operator with the energetic manufacturing department prepares a steel cartridge 

for packaging at QCCCF at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. (U.S. Navy photo by Matthew Poynor)

RADFORD ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

Radford Army Ammunition Plant (RFAAP) provides 

the joint warfighters with superior performing 

propellants, energetics and munitions to enable 

engagement and destruction of targets with confidence.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Manufacturing propellant

• Manufacturing propellant ingredients

• Chemical, metrology and ballistics labs 

HISTORY

RFAAP was established in 1941 as two areas: a 

smokeless powder plant (Radford Ordnance Works) 

and a bag manufacturing and loading plant for artillery, 

cannon and mortar projectiles (New River Ordnance 

Works). Each site operated separately through 1945. 

That year, the Radford Ordnance Works was renamed 

Radford Arsenal and the New River Ordnance Works 

became a subordinate post. 

In 1950, New River Ordnance Works (now known as 

the New River Unit) became an integral part of Radford 

Arsenal. The arsenal was renamed Radford Ordnance 

Plant in 1961, then Radford Army Ammunition Plant 

in 1963. From 1941 to 1995, RFAAP was managed 

by Hercules, Inc., as the operating contractor. In 1995, 

Alliant Techsystems became the operating contractor, 

LOCATION

• Radford, Virginia

An employee rolling solventless propellant as a part of the propellant production process at RFAAP. (Courtesy photo) 

and in 2012, BAE Systems was awarded the facilities use 

contract. RFAAP is a government-owned, contractoroperated installation.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, RFAAP government staff had a 

payroll budget of $2.7 million. Contractor statistics are 

considered proprietary and are therefore unavailable. 

RFAAP is housed on more than 6,800 acres with 1,297 

Active Facilities/Buildings, 214 magazines/igloos with a 

storage capacity of 441,000 square feet. RFAAP houses 

13 commercial tenants.

FIND OUT MORE

Radford Army Ammunition Plant

4050 Peppers Ferry Road

RTE 114 PO Box 2

Radford, VA 24141

(540) 731-5785

www.jmc.army.mil/Radford/RadfordDefault.aspx

/Radford-Army-Ammunition-Plant
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SCRANTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT

Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) 

manufactures large-caliber metal projectiles and mortar 

projectiles for the joint warfighter.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Multiple, long-stroke vertical-hydraulic forge press lines

• In-house metallurgical testing

• In-house metrology and calibration

• 120 hydraulic tracer and CNC lathes

• In-house end-to-end production processes

• Multiple, fully-automated paint lines

• Small-batch to large-quantity manufacturing

• Multiple 20,000-pound-per-hour heat-treat furnaces that 

austenitize, quench and temper

• Full-service machine shop with heavy industrial 

machining capability

• Small-batch heat treat system that can austenitize, 

quench and temper

HISTORY

The Scranton site was originally constructed as a 

steam-locomotive erecting and repair facility in 1908. 

SCAAP was established in 1953 and operated by the 

U.S. Hoffman Machinery Corporation until 1963 when 

LOCATION 

• Scranton, Pennsylvania

Projectiles exit the furnace at SCAAP. This is one step in the heat-treat transformation process, which transforms a metal tube into a projectile case. (U.S. Army photo by Scranton Army Ammunition 

Plant)

FIND OUT MORE

Scranton Army Ammunition Plant

ATTN: JMSC-CR

156 Cedar Avenue

Scranton, PA 18505

(570) 340-1135

www.jmc.army.mil/installations.aspx?id=Scranton

Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation became 

the operating contractor. In 2006, General Dynamics 

assumed operation of the facility. In November 2019, 

Medico Industries became the operating contractor. 

SCAAP is a government-owned, contractor-operated 

installation.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, SCAAP government staff had a 

payroll budget of $1 million. Contractor statistics are 

considered proprietary and are therefore unavailable.

SCAAP is located on 15.3 acres consisting of several 

buildings with a manufacturing capacity of 495,000 

square feet.

TOOELE ARMY DEPOT

LOCATION 

• Tooele, Utah

A TEAD employee maneuvers a Terex loader to move a container from a stack of milvans 

loaded with ammunition onto a flatbed for transport. (Courtesy photo)

Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) provides joint warfighter 

readiness and operational reach through superior 

ammunition logistics and aummunition peculiar 

equipment production and maintenance.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

• Global munitions logistics support

• Storage and surveillance of munitions

• Distribution of munitions

• Maintenance and modification of munitions

• Demilitarization of munitions

• Engineering

• Machining, fabrication, assembly and repair

• Performance testing of munitions and explosives

• Equipment automation

• Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE)

for ammunition peculiar equipment

HISTORY

Built in 1942, Tooele Army Depot was originally named 

the Tooele Ordnance Depot (TOD), and opened as a 

storage depot for war supplies, ammunition and combat 

vehicles. In 1949, TOD assumed command of the 

FIND OUT MORE

Tooele Army Depot

1729 Main Street

Tooele, UT 84074

(435) 833-2854

www.tooele.army.mil

/TooeleArmyDepot

Deseret Chemical Depot. TEAD acquired the general 

supply storage mission from Pueblo Army Depot in 

Colorado in 1988. Following Base Realignment and 

Closure in 1993, troop support maintenance and 

storage missions were relocated, but TEAD retained its 

conventional ammunitions logistics support mission. 

In 2013, TEAD regained additional storage capacity 

from the now-closed Deseret Chemical Depot and 

renamed the location TEAD South Area. TEAD is a 

government-owned, government-operated depot.

STATISTICS & FACILITIES

In fiscal year 2022, TEAD had a payroll budget of $46 

million.TEAD is located on more than 43,000 acres 

with more than 1,380 buildings and has a storage capacity of 2.7 million square feet.

TEAD’s ammunition equipment directorate provides unique services in the areas of ammunition 

equipment prototype design, storage, installation, development, testing and fielding. TEAD's 

Ammunition Peculiar Equipment expertise supports demilitarization, renovation, modification, 

modernization and normal maintenance of conventional-type ammunition, as well as equipment 

used in the disposal of chemical munitions. (U.S. Army photo by TEAD)
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MILITARY SURFACE 

DEPLOYMENT AND 

DISTRIBUTION COMMAND

T he Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), 

headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, integrates and synchronizes 

surface deployment and distribution capabilities to deliver and sustain the Armed 

Forces in support of the nation’s objectives.

INTRODUCTION

SDDC provides integrated and synchronized global deployment and 

distribution capabilities to the point of need, delivering innovative 

transportation solutions on time, on target, every time. Whenever and 

wherever service members are deployed, SDDC is involved in planning and 

executing the surface delivery of their equipment and supplies.

As both the Army Service Component Command to U.S. Transportation 

Command (USTRANSCOM) and a major subordinate command to U.S. 

Army Materiel Command (AMC), SDDC connects and synchronizes 

surface warfighting requirements through distribution network nodes to 

the point of need, responsively projecting power and delivering desired 

effects in support of combatant commands and the total joint force. The 

command also partners with the commercial transportation industry as the 

coordinating link between DOD surface transportation requirements and 

the capability industry provides.

With nine total force brigades geographically located throughout the 

world to support combatant commanders, SDDC is globally postured 

to deliver readiness to the joint warfighter. SDDC's active-duty force is 

manned, equipped and trained and geographically positioned to ensure 

warfighting readiness. They provide surface mobility options to ensure 

strategic readiness, instill confidence in our allies and mission partners, 

deter the enemy and support warfighting requirements to the point of 

PRIMARY LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Scott Air Force Base, 

Illinois

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Southport, North Carolina 

• Concord, California

ABOVE: An M1A2 Abrams tank belonging to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, rolls down the ramp of ARC Integrity at the port Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. 4,200 U.S. Soldiers 

from 3rd ABCT and 2,700 pieces of equipment will arrive for the rotational deployment and will be transported to their destination by rail, commercial line-haul and barge. (U.S. Army photo by Natalie 

Weaver)

need. With five active-duty transportation brigades and 

their subordinate battalions located throughout Europe, 

Asia, the Pacific and the continental U.S., these units do 

not need to deploy to support combatant commanders 

because they are already there, ready to deliver readiness. 

Transportation Engineering Agency (TEA), located 

at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, provides the DOD 

with expert transportation engineering, policy 

guidance, research and analysis. As a subordinate 

organization within SDDC, TEA also functions as 

part of the USTRANSCOM Joint Distribution Process 

Analysis Center and is made up of analysts, engineers, 

transportation specialists, and others who all work 

together to execute the mission. TEA encompasses 

everything from the Programs for National Defense to 

deployability of national forces.

SDDC's U.S. Army Reserve force, the Deployment 

Support Command, provides SDDC with an integrated 

total force capability that is critical to sustaining our 

readiness. Half of SDDC's strength and power resides 

in the DSC, and the integration of SDDC's active and 

Reserve components is a primary capability that enables 

mission readiness.The DSC brings significant capability 

to the fight and supports SDDC operations by providing 

four reserve transportation brigades and an expeditionary 

rail center. Operationally controlled by SDDC and 

headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the DSC is a 

direct-reporting command of the 377th Theater Support 

Command, located in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION 

The 595th Transportation Brigade, Camp Arifjan, 

Kuwait, conducts surface deployment and distribution 

operations to meet national security objectives within 

the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of 

responsibility. 

The 595th links strategic warfighter surface movement 

requirements with commercial capability. Combining 

organic, commercial and host-nation capabilities, 

the brigade offers maximum options and solutions 

to supported forces while delivering equipment and 

sustainment on time. 

The brigade has two battalions:

• 831st Transportation Battalion, Manama, Bahrain

• 840th Transportation Battalion, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

The 596th Transportation Brigade, Military Ocean 

Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU), North Carolina, 

safely provides ammunition terminal services to meet 

the nation’s objectives. This responsibility includes the 

operation of both East and West Coast ammunition 

terminals at MOTSU and at Military Ocean Terminal 

Concord (MOTCO), California, respectively, and 

the western half of the U.S. Northern Command 

(NORTHCOM) area of responsibility. 

The brigade has two battalions:

• 833rd Transportation Battalion, Joint Base LewisMcChord, Washington

• 834th Transportation Battalion, Concord, California

The 597th Transportation Brigade, Joint Base LangleyEustis, Virginia, is focused on the eastern half of the 

NORTHCOM and the U.S. Southern Command areas of 

responsibility. 

The 597th and its subordinate units are responsible 

for meeting the surface deployment, redeployment 

and distribution needs of the warfighter and Defense 

Transportation System customers in the U.S. 

The brigade has three battalions and three Rapid PortOpening Elements:

• 832nd Transportation Battalion, Joint Base LangleyEustis, Virginia

• 841st Transportation Battalion, Charleston, South 

Carolina

• 842nd Transportation Battalion, Beaumont, Texas

• 688th Rapid Port Opening Element, Joint Base 

Langley-Eustis

• 689th Rapid Port-Opening Element, Joint Base 

Langley-Eustis

• 690th Rapid Port-Opening Element, Joint Base 

Langley-Eustis

Surface Warriors from the 598th Transportation Brigade’s Black Sea-Turkey Detachment, 

coordinate the discharge of Army equipment at the port in Durres, Albania, for DEFENDEREurope 21. The port operation marked the first time U.S. Army forces deployed through the 

Durres port and the first Joint logistics Over-the-Shore operation conducted in the European 

theater in more than 75 years. (U.S. Army photo by Jeff Jurgensen)

FIND OUT MORE

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution 

Command

1 Soldier Way

Scott AFB, IL 62225-5006

www.sddc.army.mil

/HQSDDC

@HQSDDC 

/HQSDDC
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MILITARY SURFACE DEPLOYMENT AND 

DISTRIBUTION COMMAND Continued

 A Soldier from the 841st Transportation Battalion validates vessel cargo at the port in 

Morehead City, N.C., in support of Operation Cold Response. (U.S. Army photo by Julie 

Kelemen)

The 598th Transportation Brigade, Sembach Kaserne, 

Germany, supports the U.S. Army Europe and Africa 

mission. 

The 598th Transportation Brigade enables strategic 

seaport operations by executing mission command of 

the movement of U.S. Army and joint forces at ports 

throughout Europe and Africa. The brigade serves 

alongside logisticians and transporters from dozens 

of allied and partner nations and provides strategic 

maneuver options for land force commanders - aptly 

fulfilling its motto, “Warrior Logistics – in Motion.” 

The brigade has two battalions and one company: 

• 838th Transportation Battalion, Kaiserslautern, 

Germany

• 839th Transportation Battalion, Livorno, Italy

• 950th Transportation Company, Bremerhaven, 

Germany

The 599th Transportation Brigade, Wheeler Army 

Airfield, Hawaii, is located with all U.S. Indo-Pacific 

Command service component commands on the island, 

making the location ideal for brigade members to 

effectively plan and coordinate with leading supported 

units. The unit’s location also allows easy access to 

Honolulu’s commercial ports, Kalaeloa Barbers Point 

Harbor and the Navy port at Pearl Harbor. 

The area of responsibility for the 599th is geographically 

the largest in the world, covering 52% of the Earth’s 

surface, equal to about 105 million square miles. 

The brigade has three battalions and one Naval Reserve 

unit: 

• 835th Transportation Battalion, Okinawa, Japan

• 836th Transportation Battalion, Yokohama, Japan

• 837th Transportation Battalion, Busan, Korea

• Naval Reserve SDDC-Pacific, Alameda, California

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Books, ships and tracks shipments and unit moves, 

and conducts port operations for surface movements 

worldwide

• Assists organizations with planning for force and 

materiel movements and deployment support functions

• Provides the DOD with engineering, policy guidance, 

research and analytical expertise through the TEA

MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL CONCORD

Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO) is SDDC’s West Coast strategic ammunition port. MOTCO is the 

DOD’s primary ammunition seaport supporting the Pacific area of operation.

SDDC’s 834th Transportation Battalion manages port and installation operations at MOTCO. (U.S. Army photo by John Orrell) 

INTRODUCTION 

The Army’s presence at MOTCO dates back to 1997 

when the Army’s 1302nd Major Port Command 

was relocated from Oakland Army Base, California, 

to MOTCO and became the 834th Transportation 

Battalion. MOTCO properties were transferred 

from the Navy to the Army in 2008, per the 2005 

Base Realignment and Closure Commission 

recommendations. 

The 834th Transportation Battalion is the port manager 

at MOTCO and operates three piers and an Army-owned 

rail system that connects with major public railway lines. 

MOTCO receives ammunition by rail and highway; 

stages containers, railcars and trailers; and loads 

vessels with containers and break-bulk (loose items) 

ammunition. Rail lines, piers, holding pads, transfer 

facilities, staging areas, railcar class yards, barricaded 

railcar holding areas and main supply routes are all 

operated in support of cargo receipt and movement.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION 

MOTCO encompasses approximately 115 acres inland, 

6,500 acres of tidal area which includes terminal piers, 

staging and transfer facilities, and 2,000 acres of offshore 

islands. While ammunition is the focus of most cargo 

movement into or out of MOTCO, the installation is 

capable of handling general cargo providing it is in 

conjunction with, or does not interfere with, ammunition 

transshipment.

FIND OUT MORE 

Military Ocean Terminal Concord

5110 Port Chicago Highway

Concord, CA 94520

LOCATION

• Concord, California

Theater Sustainment Command Commanding General, Maj. Gen. David Wilson 

and 836th Transportation Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Joseph R. Batiste tour U.S. 

Navy Ship Red Cloud in preparation of Army Prepositioned Stock 3 at Subic Bay, 

Philippines. (U.S. Arrmy photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Martin)
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MILITARY OCEAN TERMINAL SOUTHPORT

The USNS LTC John U.D. Page prepares to receive an ammunition load at the MOTSU pier. (Courtesy photo)

INTRODUCTION

Activated in 1955, MOTSU is located on the west bank 

of the Cape Fear River in Brunswick County, North 

Carolina. Encompassing more than 16,000 acres, 

MOTSU is home to the 596th Transportation Brigade. 

The port has transferred munitions to every major armed 

conflict since it was established. 

As a key ammunition shipping point on the Atlantic 

Coast, MOTSU stores and ships DOD ammunition, 

dangerous cargo and explosives, including small arms 

ammunition; artillery shells, fuses and propellants; 

ammunition for vehicle systems; and aircraft bombs and 

ammunition. 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

MOTSU is the largest ammunition port in the nation. 

With a workforce of approximately 350 civilians, 

contractors and military personnel, the installation 

includes three wharves and incorporates a network of 

railroad tracks to move munitions across the area. This 

infrastructure allows the seamless transfer of munitions 

between rail, trucks and ships. MOTSU enables the 

Army to meet its wartime ammunition throughput 

requirements.

Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) is SDDC’s East Coast strategic ammunition port, and is DOD's 

primary ammunition seaport supporting the European, African and Middle Eastern areas of operation. 

LOCATION

• Southport, North Carolina

FIND OUT MORE 

Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point

6280 Sunny Point Road 

Southport, NC 28461

Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU), SDDC’s East Coast strategic ammunition 

port, is the largest ammunition port in the nation. MOTSU supports U.S. ammunition 

requirements for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. (Courtesy photo) 
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U.S. ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE 

AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND

Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) is compromised of 

organizations that focus on Soldier and ground systems throughout their life 

cycles. TACOM develops, acquires, fields, and sustains Solider and ground systems 

for America’s military. If a Soldier wears it, drives it or shoots it, TACOM develops, 

provides or sustains it. 

INTRODUCTION

TACOM's vision is to be the Army’s preeminent ground and support system 

provider, fully integrated as part of the Army’s materiel integrator, U.S. 

Army Materiel Command (AMC). TACOM aims to understand the Army’s 

operational capabilities and resources to develop and deliver flexible and 

responsive support, enables Army readiness and its ability to respond rapidly 

to supported unit issues and always follow up.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

TACOM, a major subordinate command reporting directly to AMC 

since 1967, is one of several commands responsible for management of 

commodities – assigned weapons and support systems – throughout their life 

cycles. The command is a member of a greater materiel enterprise, which 

includes the Program Executive Offices (PEO) for assigned weapons and 

support systems, and U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC). The relationships 

between TACOM and these strategic partners unite all the organizations that 

focus on Soldier and ground systems for America’s military. 

TACOM’s Organic Industrial Base (OIB) comprises two arsenals and three 

depots, which are directly under the command of its commanding general, 

and includes oversight of Joint Systems Manufacturing Center-Lima, a 

government-owned and contractor-operated facility. Each arsenal and depot 

is designated by the Secretary of Defense as a Center of Industrial and 

Technical Excellence, each one a reflection of recognized core competencies. 

PRIMARY LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Detroit Arsenal, 

Michigan

• Integrated Logistics Support 

Center, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan

• Materiel Systems Organization, 

Detroit Arsenal, Michigan

• Anniston Army Depot – Anniston, 

Alabama

• Joint Systems Manufacturing 

Center – Lima, Ohio

• Red River Army Depot – Texarkana, 

Texas

• Rock Island Arsenal-Joint 

Manufacturing and Technology 

Center – Illinois

• Sierra Army Depot – Herlong, 

California

• Watervliet Arsenal – Watervliet, 

New York

ABOVE: At Anniston Army Depot, a team leader in the Final 

Drive Branch, prepares to transport a bin of overhauled M1 

final drives. (U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn)

In addition to its OIB, TACOM includes two major 

business centers: 

Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC): 

Headquartered at Detroit Arsenal, ILSC has three 

directorates that manage the center’s field support, 

logistics and industrial base operations as well as 

its business operations. The center’s readiness and 

sustainment directorates and its subordinate product 

support integration directorates align their organizational 

structures to support the system portfolios of our partner 

PEOs: PEO Soldier; Joint PEO Chemical, Biological, 

Radiological and Nuclear Defense; PEO Aviation, PEO 

Combat Support and Combat Service Support; PEO 

Ground Combat Systems. 

The Materiel Systems Organization (MSO): MSO 

includes several systems-focused functional areas, 

including small-business programs, competition 

management, industrial base and acquisition 

synchronization and materiel release. 

TACOM works with Army Contracting CommandDetroit Arsenal, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities 

Development Command (CCDC), Ground Vehicle 

Systems Center; U.S. Army CCDC Armaments Center; 

CCDC Soldier Center; CCDC Chemical Engineering 

Center; CCDC Biological Center and AFC Next 

Generation Combat Vehicle-Cross Functional Team.

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

6501 E. 11 Mile Road

Detroit Arsenal, MI 48397

www.tacom.army.mil

/USArmyTACOM

@USArmyTACOM

/company/USArmyTACOM

Johnny Johnson (left), forward repair activity (FRA) team leader, explains how to operate the 6.3-ton lift system to team members. (U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn)

The command also provides support at 52 locations 

around the world including:

• Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 

• Fort Benning, Georgia

• Fort Bragg, North Carolina

• Fort Hood, Texas 

• Fort Lee, Virginia

• Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

• Fort Sill, Oklahoma

• Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

• Natick, Massachusetts

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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FIND OUT MORE 

Anniston Army Depot

7 Frankford Avenue

Anniston, AL 36201

www.anad.army.mil

/AnnistonArmyDepot

/AnnistonArmyDepot

/photos/annistonarmydepot

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT

Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) provides 

industrial and technical support to America’s 

warfighters, and joint services for repair 

and overhaul of combat vehicles, artillery 

systems, bridge systems, small arms, secondary 

components, locomotives, rail equipment and 

non-tactical generators. 

INTRODUCTION

ANAD’s commitment to providing the best 

possible support to the warfighter extends well 

beyond its base location in Anniston, Alabama. 

The organization’s support and services are extended 

on-site to military units in other locations throughout 

the U.S. and beyond. The depot provides on-site support 

through various types of field missions. Located on 

more than 15,000 acres, ANAD has a building and 

plant replacement value of approximately $2.2 billion. 

With a $1 billion economic impact, the depot is a 

major economic engine for the region. To the north, the 

installation is bordered by Pelham Range, a 20,000-acre 

training range operated by the Alabama National Guard. 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

The most valuable resource existing at ANAD is the 

multi-skilled workforce. The infrastructure is capable 

of repeated 75-ton combat vehicle traffic and has heavy 

lift capability within key facilities. ANAD has a live 

firing range capable of firing weapons up to 155 mm. 

Capabilities include: 

• Custom machining 

• Combat vehicles (except Bradley) 

• Overhaul/repair of all wheeled and tracked vehicles

• Artillery overhaul/repair 

• Small arms overhaul/repair 

• Bridging systems overhaul/repair 

• Overhaul/repair of locomotives, rail equipment and 

non-tactical generators 

• Worldwide support 

Phillip Thompson, hydraulic systems mechanic, connects a hydraulic hose 

to the Stryker engine manifold secured to the cradle of the test stand. 

(U.S. Army photo by Mark Cleghorn)

Constructed in 1941 as the Anniston Ordnance Depot, 

ANAD’s mission has evolved over the decades, growing 

from a storage site, to maintenance, repair and overhaul 

operations starting in the 1980s. 

INDUSTRIAL SKILLS & FACILITIES

Although the depot is a multi-mission installation, it is 

most frequently recognized for its heavy combat vehicle 

expertise. From the M48 tank of the 1950s, to the M1 

series battle tank of today, the depot has rightfully earned 

its reputation as the “tank rebuild center of the world.” 

Unique to Anniston are its computer-aided manufacturing, 

manufacturing/fabrication, nichols industrial complex, 

powertrain flexible maintenance facility, powertrain 

transmission facility, small arms repair facility, towed 

Howitzer overhaul facility, turbine engine facility and 

upholstery shop. 

LOCATION

• Anniston, Alabama

U.S. ARMY JOINT SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING 

CENTER – LIMA

The Joint Systems Manufacturing Center – Lima 

(JSMC) is an Army, government owned-contractor 

operated facility that allows for the synergy of cost 

effectiveness and responsiveness with private industry, 

while maintaining long-term control of the equipment 

and facility for preservation of mission readiness. 

INTRODUCTION

JSMC provides the DOD with an industrial facility 

capable of manufacturing, repairing and refurbishing 

heavy and light armored combat vehicles. The JSMC 

produces combat vehicles and components, including the 

M1 Abrams for U.S. and allied nations; hull structures of 

the Namer Armored Personnel Carrier; hull structures 

for the Stryker Family of Vehicles; and MK 46 Naval 

Weapons Gun Station turrets. The robust infrastructure 

of the JSMC is well-suited for this mission, supporting 

high bay lifting capabilities up to 80 tons, weld fixtures 

supporting more than 100,000 pounds, and over 1.6 

million square feet of manufacturing floor space.

A welder fabricates the upper structure of a Stryker Combat Vehicle at the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center-Lima. (U.S. Army photo by Brian Hahn)

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

The highly skilled workforce at JSMC executes full 

spectrum manufacturing, fabricating combat vehicles and 

components from plate steel through assembly, and then 

complete automotive testing and final acceptance. 

The core competency of the plant is fabrication and 

assembly of heavy combat vehicles. This is executed 

using innovative plate processing methods including 

laser, plasma, and water jet cutting operations, and 

advanced welding processes such as friction stir and 

robotic welding, using specialty materials such as armor 

steel, titanium, stainless steel, aluminum and composites. 

With the facility's state of the art machining, inspection, 

multi-media blasting and paint operations, JSMC is able 

to deliver the most lethal, maneuverable and survivable 

equipment available to the warfighter.

LOCATION

• Lima, Ohio

FIND OUT MORE 

Joint Systems Manufacturing Center – Lima

1155 Buckeye Road

Lima, Ohio 45804

www.tacom.army.mil/lima
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RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT

The Red River Army Depot 

(RRAD) sustains the joint 

warfighter’s combat power by 

providing ground combat and 

tactical systems sustainment 

maintenance operations.

INTRODUCTION

RRAD is a strategic national 

asset with more than 80 years 

of service to America’s Armed 

Forces. Designated as the Center 

for Industrial and Technical 

Excellence for tactical wheeled 

vehicles, Bradley Fighting Vehicle 

System, Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), Small 

Emplacement Excavator, rough terrain forklift and a 

multitude of secondary items, the depot also oversees 

the remanufacture of road wheels and tracks for various 

vehicle systems.

RRAD was established in 1941 as an ammunition 

storage depot. Because of the demands of World War 

II, the mission was expanded to include general supply 

storage and tank repair. Throughout the years, the 

depot’s missions have evolved, and today Red River 

is aggressively pacing its performance to accomplish 

the goals of the Army’s transformation by engaging 

innovative initiatives, such as Lean Six Sigma, extensive 

partnering with industry and enhanced business 

management techniques.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

RRAD employees conduct full spectrum maintenance 

operations on supported platforms at its Texas facility. 

Whether the requirement is for depot overhaul, 10/20 

maintenance, or Inspect and Repair Only as Necessary 

programs, the RRAD team performs work to the 

standards specified by customers. RRAD experts also 

travel beyond the depot gates to augment or establish 

LOCATION

• Texarkana, Texas

Red River Army Depot's fire suppression team is 

capable of reworking fire bottles helping to save more 

than $400 per system. Each bottle goes through a 

complete overhaul, from removal of erosion, to extensive 

pressure testing. (U.S. Army photo by Adrienne Brown)

maintenance and logistics programs in support of the 

joint warfighter and national military strategic partners. 

RRAD has more than 1,400 buildings and structures 

with over eight million square feet of floor space to 

accommodate repair/overhaul. The depot’s multiskilled workforce possesses a wide range of technical 

resources including the capability to design, fabricate and 

manufacture a wide range of items, from specialty parts 

to unique prototype weapon systems and vehicles. The 

dedicated workforce provides continuous on-site support 

throughout the world.

FIND OUT MORE

Red River Army Depot

100 James Carlow Dr.

Texarkana, TX 75507-5000

https://www.redriver.army.mil

/RRADTX

@RRAD_TX

warfighter requirements emanating from all of the joint 

services. RIA-JMTC’s business model to support any 

weapon system allows the manufacture of parts from 

raw material to finished product within a single facility. 

Located on a 946-acre island in the Mississippi River 

between Illinois and Iowa, RIA has more than 3 million 

square feet of manufacturing space and one of the largest 

warehouse facilities with more than 770,000 square feet 

under one roof, and additional storage space available 

outside. 

RIA-JMTC is a full service, one-stop shop, saving 

customers time and money by eliminating the need to 

outsource services. The capabilities range from having an 

advanced and additive manufacturing center, full-purpose 

foundry, to fabrication and welding of various metals, to 

heat treating, machining, painting and engineering. 

The Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing 

and Technology Center (RIA-JMTC) develops, 

manufactures and delivers readiness solutions through 

conventional and advanced manufacturing processes for 

the U.S. Army and DOD systems globally.

INTRODUCTION

RIA-JMTC is designated as a Center of Industrial and 

Technical Excellence for Mobile Maintenance Systems, 

add-on armor and foundry operations, as well as the 

Center of Excellence for the Army in Advanced and 

Additive Manufacturing. Located in the facilities of RIAJMTC are various blends of manufacturing techniques, 

such as 3D printing, traditional forge and foundry 

work combined with the most innovative and advanced 

technologies, processes and equipment in the machining, 

weld, fabrication and assembly manufacturing sector 

today.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

RIA-JMTC functions as a shop with facilities possessing 

the technical expertise and equipment to provide fullservice production engineering; prototype fabrication; 

complex, tight tolerance component part manufacturing; 

and weapons live-fire testing and simulation. This full 

range of capabilities allows for a rapid response to 

Temperature is key when working with metal. This Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center artisan pulls metal out of a furnace to cool before it flattened by a hammer. RIAJMTC is a vertically-integrated metal manufacturer capable of taking raw material and bringing it to a finished product all under one roof. Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology 

Center develops, manufactures and delivers readiness to the warfighter through both conventional and advanced manufacturing processes.(U.S. Army photo by Hayley Smith)

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL - JOINT 

MANUFACTURING AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER

LOCATION

• Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois

FIND OUT MORE 

Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing and 

Technology Center

1 Rock Island Arsenal, Building 210

Rock Island, IL 61299

www.ria-jmtc.ria.army.mil

/RIAJMTC

@RIA_JMTC

/RIAJMTC
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Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) provides a unique readiness 

platform to the Army and joint force. SIAD performs 

a wide variety of long-term logistics and sustainment 

missions, ranging from equipment receipt and asset 

visibility to long-term care, storage and sustainment, to 

repair/reset of all Army fuel and water systems.

INTRODUCTION

Designated as a Center for Industrial and Technical 

Excellence for all Petroleum and Water Systems, and 

Operational Project Stocks, the depot offers an enterprisewide competitive solution to logistics challenges and fills 

a critical void in materiel and equipment management 

nearing the end of its first life. These unique operations 

provide a readiness and operational value to the DOD 

through management and controlled redistribution of 

this equipment.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION 

SIAD is highly experienced with equipment reset, 

new assembly/kitting operations, training operations, 

maintaining operational project stocks, and a 

redistribution mission for Class VII and Class IX items. 

It has established an end-of-first life cycle center for 

combat and non-combat vehicles. SIAD supports similar 

functions for Organizational Clothing and Individual 

Equipment (OCIE) and Central Management Office 

(CMO) to receive, identify, classify, receipt/record 

clothing for multiple agencies such as the Program 

Execution Office, the CMO, the Defense Logistics 

Agency, and the Air Force. The depot can process 

"excess" OCIE from these agencies and various clothing 

issue facilities (CIF) as well as returned items from 

Southwest Asia, including posts, camps and stations. 

These capabilities have enabled the depot to become 

a consolidation and distribution center for the CMO, 

supporting brigade-level OCIE reset operations and the 

U.S. Army Reserve CIF. The depot also repairs defective 

Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert plates at a 

considerable cost savings to the Army.

SIERRA ARMY DEPOT

Sierra Army Depot hosted the U.S. Army TACOM deputy to the commander, as well as the deputies from four other TACOM Organic Industrial Base installations. (Courtesy photo)

LOCATION

• Herlong, California

FIND OUT MORE

Sierra Army Depot

74 Currant Street

Herlong, CA 96113

www.sierra.army.mil

/SierraArmyDepot

@TACOMSIAD

WATERVLIET ARSENAL

Watervliet Arsenal (WVA) provides manufacturing, 

engineering, procurement and quality assurance for 

cannons, mortars and associated materiel throughout the 

acquisition life cycle. 

INTRODUCTION

Established in 1813, WVA is the Army’s oldest, active 

arsenal.

WVA, widely known as “America’s Cannon Factory,” 

is ISO 9001:2015 certified and is designated as a Center 

for Industrial and Technical Excellence for cannon and 

mortar systems.

WVA’s workforce is highly skilled in all facets of cannon 

manufacturing including: rotary forging, heat treatment, 

surface coating, composite fabrication, milling, turning, 

boring, grinding and inspection.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

The arsenal supports the Army’s fighting force with 

direct fire tank guns, indirect fire artillery cannons, 

mortars and components, sustainment parts, and 

spares for all weapon systems produced at WVA. WVA 

is also home to Combat Capabilities Development 

Command Benét Laboratories, whose mission includes 

the development of arsenal products and technology 

for future weapon systems. The co-location of research, 

design, development, engineering and manufacturing 

provides customers with quick, seamless transition from 

concept design through prototyping to production. 

WVA readily offers a full complement of modern 

manufacturing and laboratory equipment, along with a 

highly trained staff of scientists, engineers, technicians 

and machinists. 

The arsenal partners with the entire acquisition 

community, private industry and government in the 

design and prototyping of large-caliber weapon systems.

Customer expectations are exceeded by the arsenal’s 

expertise in ultra-high-pressure components and 

advanced coatings that are stronger and lighter with 

longer service lives. 

LOCATION

• Watervliet, New York

FIND OUT MORE

Watervliet Arsenal

1 Buffington Street

Watervliet, NY 12189-4050

www.wva.army.mil

/WatervlietArsenal

@Watervliet_Army

A 155mm Howitzer tube being moved from the Watervliet Arsenal's rotary forge to a cooling area. 

The forging operation, which heats tubes up to nearly 2,000 degrees, is the first critical machining 

operation performed on large caliber Howitzer. (Courtesy photo)

A 155mm Howitzer tube being moved from the Watervliet Arsenal's rotary forge to a 

cooling area. The forging operation, which heats tubes up to nearly 2,000 degrees, is the 

first critical machining operation performed on large caliber Howitzer. (Courtesy photo)
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U.S. ARMY FINANCIAL 

MANAGEMENT COMMAND

U.S. Army Financial Management Command (USAFMCOM) enables the 

readiness of America’s Army by serving as its focal point for all finance 

and comptroller (FC) operations while providing FC capabilities that facilitate 

accountability, auditability and stewardship.

INTRODUCTION

USAFMCOM conducts enterprise-level financial operations and 

provides technical coordination for FC units and commands across the 

Army, ensuring the effective implementation of policies and programs 

to support optimal resourcing.

USAFMCOM is responsible for Army FC functional support in the 

areas of systems, audit and compliance, financial operations, and 

enterprise resource planning business standardization. The command 

also provides Army-wide, unique actions such as operational oversight 

of field FC activities, FC unit technical training, electronic commerce, 

classified finance and accounting oversight. The command provides 

FC expertise and coordination on the adequacy of finance policies, 

as well as systems and reporting requirements to units at all levels 

throughout the Army, and to the Defense Finance and Accounting 

Service (DFAS).

USAFMCOM is comprised of five directorates, each serving a distinct 

– but equally vital – task within both Army finance and information 

systems support.

Army Financial Services (AFS): AFS oversees enterprise-wide 

finance support to expeditionary and garrison FC organizations, 

sustains electronic commerce and banking capabilities, provides 

technical training and evaluation of financial management units, 

and provides oversight and support to Army classified finance and 

accounting operations. 

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Indianapolis, Indiana 

(co-located with DFAS)

• Systems Support Operations – 

Arlington, Virginia

• Strategic Initiatives Group/G3 

Cell – Fort Jackson, South Carolina 

(co-located with the Army Financial 

Management School)

• SSO Global Combat Support SystemArmy Finance – Fort Lee, Virginia 

• USAFMCOM DMPOs – 49 locations in 

the U.S. and Japan

ABOVE: Sgt. Maj. Julie Harris, U.S. Army Financial Management 

Command operations senior enlisted advisor, uses a table device 

with her myPay pin and password to access the Defense Finance 

and Accounting Service’s SmartVoucher at the Maj. Gen. Emmett 

J. Bean Federal Center. In August 2022, DFAS will add responsive 

design to SmartVoucher, which will make it even easier to use on 

personal devices. (U.S. Army photo by Mark Orders-Woempner)

OPPOSITE PAGE: From left to right, Spencer Powell, Joyce Dean, 

Eddra Peoples, Cynthia Price and Scott Ferge, U.S. Army Financial 

Management Command systems accountants, talk through a 

problem during the Army’s mock fiscal yearend closeout at the Maj. 

Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center. (U.S. Army photo by Mark 

Orders-Woempner)

The directorate maintains oversight of the Army’s 

disbursing and entitling operations, as well as 

manages the Army network of civilian pay customer 

service representatives, Improper Payments 

Elimination and Recovery Program, and Army Mass 

Transportation Benefits Program. Additionally, AFS 

serves as the lead activity on all external and Armywide finance operational audits.

The AFS Accounting Division provides oversight for 

DFAS’ accounting and reporting that impacts the 

Army financial statements, as well as Army audit 

initiatives. 

The E-Commerce Division develops, fields, trains 

and sustains electronic commerce capabilities in 

cooperation with the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve 

Banks, credit unions and commercial banks. These 

systems include the EagleCash and EZpay stored 

value cards, as well as financial systems for processing 

electronic international and domestic payments and 

collections. The E-Commerce Division also manages 

the Army banking program.

The Operational Support Team, conducts predeployment FC operations and resource management 

training to Reserve and National Guard FC units; 

provides pre-deployment technical evaluations for 

all three components; and supports units throughout 

their deployment cycle. The team also evaluates 

units’ abilities to meet their standards for training 

proficiency and helps prepare them for Multi-Domain 

Operations during Large Scale Combat Operations by 

providing external technical evaluations.

The Finance Oversight and Operations Division 

performs oversight of the Army’s service provider 

for disbursing and entitling operations, manages 

disbursing and entitling operations conducted by 

Army organizations, manages the Army network 

of civilian pay customer service representatives, 

and coordinates with the DOD and national service 

providers on the execution of disbursing and 

entitlement functions. 

The Budget Analysis Division provides administrative 

control and technical oversight directed by the Army 

Budget Office, and the Army Lead Defense Travel 

Administrators provide annual permission-level 

reviews, provide the Army Defense Travel System Tier 

2.5 help desk support, and create and maintain all 

DTS Army training course material.

System Support Operations (SSO): SSO's provides 

headquarters-level FC domain systems support, 

end user support and governance of the Army’s 

modernized and deployed FC domain Enterprise 

Resource Planning systems (ERPs). This ensures 

technological capabilities, maturation and evolution 

align with Army and FC domain objectives. 

This mission is carried out by providing business 

process subject matter expertise to the end user for the 

General Funds Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), 

GFEBS-Sensitive Activities and the Global Combat 

Support System-Army finance portion. 

SSO facilitates governance over FC requirements 

impacting the FC ERPs and shepherds functional 

improvements through the system development and 

deployment process in conjunction with the Army 

Shared Services Center (ASSC) and respective project 

management offices. 

SSO is responsible for designing and deploying 

value-added dashboards and reports via the GFEBS 

business intelligence toolset; providing instructorled, end-user refresher training for the GFEBS 

and GFEBS-SA transactional and data analytics 

capabilities; and supporting all end users in Army’s 

financial statement audit endeavors and the ASSC and 

the GFEBS program management office in the system 

and organization controls audits.

Business Process Management (BPM): BPM's role 

is to provide end-to-end (E2E) standardized process 

maps and documentation, field implementation 

support and conduct compliance validation for the 

Army’s business processes that have a financial 

impact. BPM drives continuous process improvement 

by leveraging the Army’s E2E business process 

standards to address external findings and identify 

process deficiencies as well as maximize Army time, 

resources and manpower for readiness, reform and 

modernization.

The directorate improves and optimizes Army 

standardized processes that pertain to finance policies, 

systems and reporting requirements; provides E2E 
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FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Financial Management Command

8899 East 56th Street

Indianapolis, IN 46249

www.usafmcom.army.mil

/USAFMCOM

@USAFMCOM

field implementation support for processes; and 

delivers campaigns that improve readiness and 

establish a culture of audit success. It also established 

and maintains the Army Process Portal, a website 

developed to provide Army-wide access to signed 

business process standardization documentation and 

other information about the Army business process 

standardization initiative.

BPM is comprised of four key functional areas 

including Business Process Standardization (BPS), 

Business Process Assurance (BPA), Business Process 

Improvement (BPI), and Integration and Governance 

(I&G).

BPS partners with stakeholders to standardize the 

business processes that have the most significant 

impacts on the general ledger and Army financial 

statements, including civilian pay, disbursing, 

contract and vendor pay, reimbursable work orders 

and military pay. BPS assembles the Army’s E2E 

business process standards, to include process maps, 

process details, process cycle memos and all things 

audit content. Army process standards support audit 

walkthroughs, process improvement and reform by 

identifying duplications and gaps in a process which 

allows leaders to reduce cost, increase efficiencies and 

eliminate weaknesses.

BPA reduces direct and indirect audit costs by 

increasing auditor reliance on the Army’s control 

environment. BPI capitalizes on opportunities to 

reduce cost through process efficiencies and cycle time 

reduction, delivering more buying power across the 

Army. 

I&G provides program management, change control, 

and systems and sustainment support for all BPMrelated activities, ensuring overarching alignment.

Audit Response Center (ARC): ARC executes and 

implements FC audit policies, providing oversight 

and evaluation of enterprise compliance preparedness 

for audit-of-business processes through discovery, 

testing and training. By doing so, ARC helps the 

Army navigate the annual financial statement audit 

through operational initiatives aimed at planning, 

preparing and reporting. Through collaboration with 

multiple stakeholders in the Army and the DOD, 

ARC facilitates the determination and elimination of 

key weaknesses in Army FM, such as reconciling and 

reporting on fund balance with the Department of the 

Treasury.

ARC also supports independent public accountant 

activities including walkthroughs, population and 

audit samples, findings and corrective action plans. 

The directorate monitors, inspects and reports on 

corrective actions to completion, as well as supports 

resolution and oversight of service providers’ critical 

audit issues.

Military Pay Operations (MPO): MPO performs 

the installation-level military support for the Army 

across the U.S. and Japan. The MPO headquarters in 

Indianapolis manages 35 Defense Military Pay Offices 

(DMPOs) and 14 satellite offices at 49 locations.

The AMPOs perform the full range of military pay 

services to include in and out-processing, input of 

transactions generated by orders and forms from 

Army units and activities, and separations. 

At select installations, the AMPOs process accession 

transactions for new Soldiers. The AMPOs also 

support the strategic readiness of the Army through 

support of mobilization/demobilization and Soldier 

readiness processing prior to deployments. When 

collocated with a financial management support 

unit or finance battalion, the AMPO and FMSU 

or battalion work as a team to provide installation 

military pay support.

Master Sgt. Eva Miranda Bernard, U.S. Army Financial Management Command 

senior financial management systems instructor, checks her leave and earnings 

statement on myPay at the Maj. Gen. Emmett J. Bean Federal Center in Indianapolis. 

(U.S. Army photo by Mark Orders-Woempner)

U.S. ARMY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

COMMAND Continued
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U.S. ARMY SECURITY 

ASSISTANCE COMMAND

U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) manages security assistance 

programs and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) for the Army – acting as the primary 

entry point for Army materiel and service-related FMS requirements.

INTRODUCTION

USASAC leads AMC’s security assistance enterprise. The command develops 

and manages security assistance programs and FMS cases to build partner 

capacity, support geographical combatant command engagement strategies 

and strengthen U.S. global partnerships.

USASAC implements approved Army security assistance programs, including 

FMS of defense articles and services to eligible and partners. The command is 

responsible for life cycle management of FMS cases, from pre-letter of request 

to development, execution and closure.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

To carry out the Army security assistance mission, USASAC relies on all 

AMC Life Cycle Management Commands (LCMCs), as well as DOD 

agencies and industry to support its processes. Sale of equipment to overseas 

customers includes the opportunity for the “total package” of quality 

materiel, parts, training, publications, technical documentation, sustainment 

and other services that AMC provides to Army units. By synchronizing efforts 

across the Army security assistance enterprise and within the AMC LCMCs, 

the enterprise is ensuring FMS requirements are not competing with Army 

requirements and FMS does not hurt readiness. 

If handled in accordance with Army Regulations, FMS requirements enhance 

the Army supply chain by providing opportunities for economies of scale, 

support to the industrial base, refresh of stock with a shelf life and general 

support to the health of the Army Working Capital Fund.

USASAC supports Army and allied efforts from its headquarters at Redstone 

PRIMARY LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Redstone Arsenal, 

Alabama

• New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

• Fort Belvoir, Virginia

• Fort Bragg, North Carolina 

• Saudi Arabia 

ABOVE: UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-1 Cobra helicopters are 

refurbished, Huntsville, Alabama. They're part of a Foreign 

Military Sales agreement with the U.S. (U.S. Army photo by 

Richard Bumgardner)

OPPOSITE PAGE: USASAC Commander Col. Jason Brad 

Nicholson and his senior enlisted advisor, Command Sgt. 

Major Sean Rice, hosts a Polish delegation to discuss 

Foreign Military Sales and security assistance at Redstone 

Arsenal, Alabama. (U.S. Army photo by Tim Hanson) 

Arsenal, Alabama, and its two former headquarters 

at New Cumberland, Pennsylvania and Fort Belvoir, 

Virginia. 

Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is home to the U.S. 

Army Security Assistance Training Management 

Organization, a USASAC subordinate organization that 

facilitates deployment of training teams throughout the 

world in support of equipment purchased through FMS.

The Office of the Program Manager-Saudi Arabian 

National Guard and the U.S. Army Military Assistance 

Group, also USASAC subordinate organizations, 

operate out of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both offices 

provide on-the-ground support to our Saudi .

HISTORY

Security assistance, a national program administered 

by the Department of State, is a major component of 

U.S. foreign policy. While foreign aid functions of the 

U.S. Army had been around for decades, they were not 

formalized under AMC until 1965.

Since its formation, USASAC has supported major 

military operations and helped spearhead international 

peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts. The organization 

continues to enable Army readiness by building partner 

capacity of and partners, which supports greater 

interoperability for more effective operations.

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Security Assistance Command

4402 Martin Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 

www.usasac.army.mil

 /USASAC

@USASAC

/company/us-army-security-assistance-command

/U.S. Army Security Assistance Command
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U.S. ARMY MILITARY ASSISTANCE GROUP

The U.S. Army Military Assistance Group (USA-MAG) is a USASAC subordinate organization that trains and 

provides technical assistance to the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) qualified sectors of the Saudi Ministry of Interior.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Stovell, left, and his brother Staff Sgt. Daryl Stovell, right, ask questions from their Kingdom of Saudi Arabian students at a training site in Saudi Arabia. The Stovell 

brothers, along with about a hundred other training instructors, are deployed to support the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command's Military Assistance Group (MAG), tasked with training and 

advising the Saudi Ministry of Interior security forces. Called USA-MAG, the DOD program teaches Saudi security forces how to defend their country's critical infrastructure sites like ports, airports, 

bridges, oil pipelines and refineries. (U.S. Army photo by Richard Bumgardner)

INTRODUCTION

USA-MAG (formerly called Facilities Security ForcesTraining Advisor Group, or FSF-TAG) was restructured, 

and transitioned from the administrative control of U.S. 

Army Central Command to USASAC in 2015. The 

change in designation and mission expansion was fueled 

by the heightened security environment and physical 

threats in, around and within the borders of the Kingdom 

of Saudi Arabia. 

USA-MAG provides technical assistance to the FMS 

qualified sectors of the Saudi Ministry of Interior 

through institutional military training programs, 

engineering and design support, explosive ordnance, 

Ranger and Special Operations Forces training, aviation 

advisory support, and participation in the International 

Military Education and Training program.

The Saudi Ministry of Interior contributes to regional 

and global stability, strengthens military support for 

strategic partners and limits the spread of transnational 

threats, including terrorism and trafficking of narcotics, 

weapons and people.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

In coordination with mission partners, the USA-MAG 

supports 14 cases valued at $303.2 million to train and 

advise Saudi’s Facilities Security Forces, special security 

forces, border guard and its General Security Aviation 

Command. 

The protection of critical infrastructure facilities has a 

considerable impact on the global economy and stability 

throughout the Middle East. 

This partnership advances the strategic relationship 

between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The renewal and 

expansion of USA-MAG in 2015 speaks to the continued 

commitment of U.S.-Saudi relations. USA-MAG bolsters 

the Army Operating Concept 2020-2040 by shaping 

the environments in support of U.S. Army Central 

Command to further develop partner capacity.

FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Military Assistance Group

PSC 1203 Unit 61308

APO AE 09803

www.army.mil/usa-mag

LOCATION

• Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

OFFICE OF THE PROGRAM MANAGER- SAUDI 

ARABIAN NATIONAL GUARD MODERNIZATION 

PROGRAM

The Office of the Program ManagerSaudi Arabian National Guard 

Modernization Program (OPMSANG) is a USASAC subordinate 

organization that provides advice 

and assistance in modernizing the 

Kingdom’s Ministry of the National 

Guard (MNG).

Peter Skillings, DLA Troop Support Medical’s Collective and 

Foreign Military Sales branch chief, speaks to representatives 

of the Saudi Arabia National Guard Health Affairs during a 

warehouse tour at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Courtesy photo)

INTRODUCTION

OPM-SANG’s mission is to maintain and enhance the 

relationship between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

(KSA) and the U.S. The program exists to advise and 

assist, increasing the capacity of the MNG to defend 

KSA, while continuing to improve the enduring 

partnership between the two nations.

OPM-SANG helps build international partner capacity, 

providing both interoperability and independent 

capability for the KSA. This mission is vital to achieving 

U.S. national security objectives and stability throughout 

the Middle East.

Within the framework of the Army’s prevent, shape and 

win strategy, OPM-SANG is a dynamic shaping entity 

that assists in building the capacity of a strategically 

important partner within the region. The modernization 

program will continue to develop the MNG’s capability 

to unilaterally initiate, sustain and operate modern 

military organizations and security contingency in 

defense of the KSA.

The modernization of the full-time Saudi Arabian 

National Guard encompasses training, equipment, 

maintenance, supply, procurement, management, 

organization, health care and facilities. It is fully funded 

by the government of Saudi Arabia through Foreign 

Military Sales (FMS) cases executed by USASAC.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

OPM-SANG is comprised of Soldiers, Army Civilians 

and contractor personnel, many of whom serve as 

advisers and come from a diverse background with 

numerous military occupational skills. Using their 

military expertise and diplomatic skills, these advisers are 

fully embedded within their organizations and meet daily 

with their Saudi counterparts to provide advice in the 

areas of personnel, training, logistics and equipment. To 

date, OPM-SANG has managed more than $31 billion 

in FMS cases that purchased weapons, vehicles, training 

and rotary-wing aircraft.

OPM-SANG is a security assistance success story, in part 

due to its close working relationship with the MNG at all 

levels of leadership. With the continued support of the 

Army, the DOD and Department of State, the OPMSANG Modernization Program will continue to build 

upon its past progress and success.

FIND OUT MORE

Office of the Program Manager-Saudi Arabian 

National Guard Modernization Program

Unit 61304 

APO AE 09803-1304

www.army.mil/OPM-SANG

LOCATION

• Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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USASATMO’s ability to employ active duty and 

reserve component Soldiers, along with Army Civilians 

and contractors gives the unit flexibility in developing 

customized training solutions. The ability to PCS 

Soldiers to locations outside the continental U.S. under 

Title 22 authorities is unique within the Army Security 

Assistance enterprise. USASATMO’s flexibility allows 

their SATs to train a wide variety of subjects and skillsets 

including aviation, waterborne operations, defense 

education and advisory efforts, air defense, small unit 

tactical training and other technical disciplines. 

USASATMO’s motto is “train the world” and 

consistently has teams employed worldwide supporting 

all geographic combatant commands.

U.S. ARMY SECURITY ASSISTANCE TRAINING 

MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION

LOCATION

• Fort Bragg, North Carolina 

Maj. Matthew Boyd and Sgt. 1st Class Micah Gillett 

demonstrate proper techniques on entering and clearing 

rooms during close-quarter battle training. Boyd and Gillett 

are members of the SATMO security assistance team that 

provided training to Panamanian officials. (U.S. Army photo 

by Sgt. 1st Class John Martinez)

The U.S. Army Security Assistance 

Organization (USASATMO) employs 

security assistance training teams 

throughout the world to provide custom 

training solutions for partner nations to 

build their organic defense capabilities.

INTRODUCTION

USASATMO is a brigade-level 

subordinate command of USASAC that 

employs Security Assistance Teams (SAT) worldwide 

to support Army security assistance requirements for 

non-institutional training, technical advice, support and 

assistance. USASATMO missions are primarily outside 

the continental U.S. and are comprised of SAT training 

partner nation soldiers.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

USASATMO supports security assistance requirements 

with military personnel, Army Civilians and contractors. 

SATs receive their support through an appropriate 

Foreign Military Sales (FMS)/ Foreign Military 

Financing (FMF) or Building Partner Capacity (BPC) 

case and train using partner nation equipment. 

The SAT request process begins with a letter of request 

from the host nation outlining the training requirement. 

USASATMO then develops, forms, prepares and 

employs geographically dispersed SATs that provide 

tactical level expertise and creative training solutions in 

accordance with USASAC priorities. The lead time for 

SAT is typically 12-24 months and missions can have a 

duration from a few weeks to several years, depending on 

the specific requirement. 

FIND OUT MORE 

U.S. Army Security Assistance Training 

Management Organization 

3004 Ardennes Rd, Stop A

Fort Bragg, NC 28310

www.usasac.army.mil/satmo
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CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

Comply – Chemical Weapons Convention

The CMA Director is assigned as the Army 

Implementing Agent for the treaty known as the 

Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered 

into force April 29, 1997. The U.S. and 86 other nations 

were the first to sign and ratify the CWC; today, nearly 

every nation in the world is a member. CMA’s Center 

for Treaty Implementation and Compliance (CTIC) 

is a vital link between the U.S. and the Organization 

for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 

the international organization that oversees the 

CWC. OPCW teams, which verify compliance during 

inspections of declared U.S. storage, destruction and 

Schedule 1 facilities, are met by a host team that includes 

CTIC personnel who manage the inspection on behalf of 

the U.S.

Assess/Destroy – Recovered Chemical Warfare 

Materiel

CMA’s Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate 

(RCMD) provides centralized management and direction 

to the DOD for assessment and destruction of RCWM 

in a safe, environmentally compliant manner. RCMD 

develops and maintains the equipment, personnel and 

expertise to destroy RCWM, deploying teams to support 

missions around the country. RCMD’s trained personnel 

and mobile assessment and treatment systems identify 

and destroy RCWM. RCMD’s research, development, 

test and evaluation team continually enhances, expands 

and develops technologies to meet the needs of the 

RCWM Program.

Store – Chemical Stockpile

CMA is responsible for safe storage of the nation’s 

two remaining chemical weapon stockpiles until they 

are destroyed. BGCA and PCD store the stockpiles 

in specially designed storage igloos. Both BGCA and 

PCD maintain highly trained personnel to protect the 

stockpile, requiring specific, extensive qualifications and 

certification. Both locations maintain readiness to deliver 

munitions for destruction. CMA also is responsible for 

depot management of PCD.

Protect – Workers, Public and Environment

The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness 

Program (CSEPP) educates and enhances emergency 

preparedness in communities surrounding the chemical 

stockpiles in Kentucky and Colorado. CSEPP was 

created in 1985 when Congress passed a law directing 

the Army to dispose of its aging chemical weapons 

inventory with maximum protection of the public and 

environment as its primary consideration. Since the 

program began, state and local emergency management 

officials have teamed up with the Army and Federal 

Emergency Management Agency to protect communities 

near the chemical stockpiles. This partnership enhances 

emergency planning and provides response equipment 

and warning systems.

UNIQUE SYSTEMS AND CAPABILITIES

Chemical Accountability Management Information 

Network (CAMIN) - This CMA database tracks 

the quantity, location and destruction status of both 

stockpiled and recovered chemical munitions, supporting 

Army regulations and the CWC. 

Explosive Destruction System (EDS) - This destruction 

technology can be transported to locations across the 

nation to safely destroy RCWM. 

Single Chemical Agent Identification Set Access and 

Neutralization System (SCANS) - This handheld 

chemical treatment system neutralizes the agent in 

recovered (CAIS) bottles.

Interim Holding Facilities (IHF) - IHFs provide safe, 

temporary storage for RCWM where facilities such as 

igloos and bunkers are unavailable.

Project Manager William Jackson briefs Pine Bluff Arsenal Director of Risk Management and 

Regulatory Affairs Kevin Dorman and PBA Director of Business Operations and Planning 

Mr. Mark Lumpkin on the mission to destroy chemical warfare materiel recovered during 

environmental remediation efforts at PBA. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Selby)

FIND OUT MORE

U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity

8435 Hoadley Road (Bldg E4585)

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010

www.cma.army.mil

/USArmyCMA

@usarmycma

U.S. ARMY CHEMICAL 

MATERIALS ACTIVITY

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) safely stores the chemical weapon 

stockpile and assesses and destroys Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel (RCWM) 

around the nation supporting the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

INTRODUCTION

As an AMC separate reporting activity, CMA safely stores the nation’s 

chemical stockpiles; supports the stockpile destruction mission; protects 

the public, workers and environment near those stockpiles; supports the 

international treaty overseeing chemical weapons elimination; and assesses 

and destroys Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel.

CMA’s headquarters management team, research development testing and 

evaluation team and support staff is based at Aberdeen Proving GroundSouth, Maryland. Dedicated personnel fulfill CMA’s mission at the remaining 

chemical stockpile storage sites at Blue Grass Chemical Activity (BGCA), 

Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) and at RCWM locations across the nation. 

BGCA ensures safe, secure storage of the chemical weapons stockpile until 

the ongoing destruction mission is complete. BGCA is a Blue Grass Army 

Depot tenant, located on 250 acres of the 15,000-acre depot and stores 

approximately 2% of the nation’s declared chemical weapon stockpile. PCD 

safely and securely stores approximately 8% of the nation’s declared chemical 

weapon stockpile, delivering munitions in support of the ongoing destruction 

mission.

Prior to 2012, CMA stored and destroyed chemical weapons at seven 

chemical stockpile sites, representing nearly 90% of the declared U.S. 

chemical stockpile, and eliminated the nation’s former production facilities 

and binary chemical weapons inventory. CMA will continue its enduring 

missions after the chemical weapons stockpile storage mission completion, 

targeted by September 30, 2023.

PRIMARY LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Aberdeen Proving 

Ground, Maryland

• Pueblo Chemical Depot – Pueblo, 

Colorado

• Blue Grass Army Depot – Richmond, 

Kentucky

• Recovered Chemical Warfare 

Materiel Treatment – Treatment 

locations worldwide

ABOVE: Blue Grass Chemical Activity toxic materials handlers guide the last of the H overpacked projectiles into an enhanced on-site container for delivery to the Blue Grass Chemical AgentDestruction Pilot Plant for demilitarization. (U.S. Army photo by Jana Feltz)
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capabilities to provide trusted business intelligence 

and analytic decision support tools needed to optimize 

Army Strategic Support Area effectiveness.

Installation Readiness Office – Provides capabilities 

to improve enterprise strategy development and 

execution in support of installation, Soldier, civilian 

and family readiness.

Program Management Division – Provides technical 

and programmatic oversight of solution design, 

development, testing, implementation, enhancements 

and sustainment activities through the use of current 

and emerging technologies to deliver trusted business 

intelligence and analytics decision support tools to 

optimize Army SSA effectiveness.

Life Cycle Support Division – Enables the transition 

to sustainment across product support development 

and execution through the standardization of 

product support analysis and logistics product data; 

acquisition and logistics software tools; and ensuring 

adequate logistics product support is available for 

systems to soon be fielded or transitioned to AMC.

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement from Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, is lowered onto the U.S. Army Logistics Support Vessel-3 (LSV-3) “Gen. Brehon B. Somervell” 

assigned to the Transportation Company Pacific-Provisional, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, during preparations for exercise Koolendong 22 at Darwin Port, NT, Australia.The preparations 

included the loading of vehicles and equipment onto LSV-3 with the help of U.S. Army Soldiers and members of the Australian Defence Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Hermanet)

LOGISTICS DATA ANALYSIS 

CENTER

The Logistics Data Analysis Center (LDAC) provides sustainment data, information 

technology and decision support to improve readiness and enable effective Army 

senior leader decision-making from the Strategic Support Area (SSA) to the tactical 

point of need. 

INTRODUCTION

An U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) separate reporting activity, 

LDAC, formerly the Logistics Support Activity, refocused its mission, 

shifting its emphasis from logistics execution to data management, 

business intelligence, and data science/information analytics. This 

includes decision support analysis, tools, data and acquisition support. 

LDAC's efforts to synchronize, integrate and conduct analysis of 

sustainment data will provide materiel solutions to assist senior leader 

decision making, while improving Army readiness.

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

To accomplish its mission, LDAC has reorganized into the following 

functionally diverse areas:

Data Management Division – Provides a centralized activity for 

integral authoritative logistics data that allows the Army to operate its 

automated logistics systems, yield data integration services and improve 

data quality across the Army enterprise.

Strategic Readiness Division – Provides functional equipping, 

supply and maintenance subject matter expertise associated with 

the development, delivery and sustainment of logistic solutions and 

LOCATION 

• Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

ABOVE: An an operations research analyst at Army Materiel Command looks at her computer screen while analyzing data. able 

to assist by leveraging big data platforms like Army Vantage, which hold millions of different data points. (U.S. Army photo by 

Alyssa Crockett)

FIND OUT MORE

Logistics Data Analysis Center

3305 Redeye Road

Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898

www.logsa.army.mil

/AMC.LDAC

FORT HUACHUCA, Arizona - Maj. Gen. Mitchell Kilgo, Commanding General of the U.S. 

Army Communications-Electronics Command, visits the 40th ESB as the prepare for 

departure to Germany to support Defender 20. (U.S. Army photo by Sean Kief)
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U.S. ARMY RESERVE 

SUSTAINMENT COMMAND

The U.S. Army Reserve Sustainment Command (ARSC) delivers cross-trained, 

modular and functionally deployable global materiel readiness, contracting, 

acquisition and Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) capability in 

support of the warfighter through Army Materiel Command (AMC) and Defense 

Contract Management Agency (DCMA) in order to sustain land dominance.

INTRODUCTION

The ARSC delivers cross-trained, multi-functional Army Reserve 

Soldiers in support of worldwide mission requirements for AMC, 

DCMA, U.S. Army Sustainment Command (ASC), LOGCAP and 

Acquisition Contracting Management Command. ARSC provides 

mission command, training oversight, certification, validation and 

mobilization provisions in support of mission requirements. 

The command is composed of Army Reserve elements and the 

LOGCAP Support Brigade (LSB) that are aligned and embedded 

with active duty partners across the AMC enterprise, serving as 

strategic assets, force multipliers and support liaisons The ARSC is a 

force provider that possesses 75% of the Army Reserve’s acquisition 

professionals (51 series Soldiers) and is the only LOGCAP brigade 

in the Army’s formation. Additionally, ARSC provides test pilots for 

UH-60 testing, UH-60 warrant officers for maintenance and other UH60 related special projects.

From the strategic to tactical level, ARSC integrates a broad spectrum 

of capability, in support of AMC and DCMA across the sustainment 

enterprise.

LOCATIONS 

• Headquarters – Birmingham, 

Alabama

• Army Materiel Command – Army 

Reserve Element - Huntsville, 

Alabama

• Army Contracting Command 

– Army Reserve Element 

(Provisional) - Redstone Arsenal, 

Alabama

• LOGCAP Support BDE and Army 

Sustainment Command – Army 

Reserve Element - Rock Island 

Arsenal, Illinois

• Defense Contract Management 

Agency – Army Reserve Element - 

Fort Lee, Virginia

Army Master Sgt. Roger Hamilton, with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), zeros his M16 rifles during an M16 qualification course on Camp Bullis in San Antonio, Texas. The M16 

weapons qualification is part of the Contracting Operational Readiness Exercise that validates Soldiers through different events that tests Army Warrior tasks and skills and prepares them to deploy 

within the coming months and next fiscal year. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Larissa Peterson)

HISTORY

The ARSC was created in 2007 from existing individual 

mobilization augmentee positions assigned to the AMC 

enterprise, DCMA and the Assistant Secretary of the 

Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology. In 

2008, the ARSC merged with the Multi-functional 

Support Command, which was originally established 

to provide Army Reserve augmentation to ASC. 

The merger enabled the Army Reserve Command, 

as the proponent for troop program units, to better 

manage AMC support requirements.The ARSC is 

assigned to the 377th Theater Sustainment Command 

for administrative control and aligned to AMC for 

operational control. The ARSC, specifically the Army 

Reserve Elements (ARE) and the LOGCAP Support 

Brigade, is the primary sourcing solution for AMC 

Reserve component augmentation requirements 

worldwide. 

CAPABILITIES & MISSION EXECUTION

Army Materiel Command – Army Reserve Element 

AMC-ARE provides an integrated force of trained 

Soldiers to AMC in order to augment the sustainment 

capabilities of the AMC mission. The AMC-ARE 

additionally provides direct support to the Aviation 

and Missile Command, Corpus Christi Army Depot, 

Letterkenny Army Depot, Logistics Data Analysis 

Center, Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, 

Communications-Electronics Command, U.S. Army 

Security Assistance Command and Joint Munitions 

Command. 

Army Contracting Command – Army Reserve 

Element - ACC-ARE provides ready contingency 

contracting headquarters (brigade and battalion), 

contracting teams and individuals to Army 

contracting and joint commands inside and outside of 

the continental U.S. 

LOGCAP Support Brigade - LOGCAP LSB and its 

five subordinate battalions deploys globally to assist 

supported commanders with operational contacting 

support and LOGCAP program management during 

wartime and contingencies in support of unified land 

operations. 

Army Sustainment Command – Army Reserve 

Element (Provisional) - ASC-ARE provides ready 

Soldiers by integrating into ASC Army Field Support 

Brigades in order to support mission requirements.

Defense Contract Management Agency – Army 

Reserve Element - DCMA provides trained personnel 

and teams in support of operational contingencies, 

foreign and domestic, for a joint force commander 

or joint task force to execute theater wide acquisition 

contract support, delivering equipment to the global 

warfighter. DMCA-ARE provides Soldiers with a 

Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act 

certification (levels 1-3) of contracting, program 

manager, engineer, test and evaluation and facilities.

FIND OUT MORE

Army Reserve Sustainment Command

255 West Oxmoor Road

Birmingham, AL 35209-6383

/Army-Reserve-Sustainment-Command

Soldiers with the Army Sustainment Command-Army Reserve Element read directions in preparation for crossing from one 

platform to another during a leadership reaction course that was part of Contracting Operational Readiness Exercise-21 

at Camp Bullis, Texas. The unit regularly deploys Soldiers to augment worldwide missions that support Army Sustainment 

Command requirements. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Eric Kestner)
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NOTES NOTES
ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND DELIVERS PRECISION 

SUSTAINMENT AND MATERIEL READINESS