United States Army Materiel Command

U.S. Army Materiel Command
AMC Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1962–present
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Army Command
Role	Develops, maintains, and supports material capabilities for the Army[1]
Size	more than 60,000 military and civilians
Garrison/HQ	Redstone Arsenal
Motto(s)	If a Soldier shoots it, drives it, flies it, wears it, communicates with it, or eats it – AMC provides it.
March	Arsenal for the Brave[2]
Website	AMC — The Army's Materiel Integrator www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/amc/
Commanders
Current commander	GEN Edward M. Daly
Deputy Commanding General	LTG Flem Walker
Command Sergeant Major	CSM
Notable commanders	Frank S. Besson, Jr. Ferdinand J. Chesarek
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the primary provider of materiel to the United States Army. The Command's mission includes the management of installations, as well as maintenance and parts distribution. It was established on 8 May 1962 and was activated on 1 August of that year as a major field command of the U.S. Army. Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr., who directed the implementation of the Department of Army study that recommended creation of a "materiel development and logistics command", served as its first commander.

AMC operates depots; arsenals; ammunition plants; and other facilities, and maintains the Army's prepositioned stocks, both on land and afloat.^[3]

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

AMC is responsible within the United States Department of Defense for the business of selling Army equipment and services to allies of the United States and negotiates and implements agreements for co-production of U.S. weapons systems by foreign nations.

Materiel for the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, arriving in Gdańsk, Poland.

Locations[]

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

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

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

Commanders[]

No.	Commander[6]		Term
	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Term length
1		General Frank S. Besson Jr.	2 April 1962	10 March 1969	6 years, 342 days
2		General Ferdinand J. Chesarek	10 March 1969	1 November 1970	1 year, 236 days
3		General Henry A. Miley Jr.	1 November 1970	12 February 1975	4 years, 103 days
4		General John R. Deane Jr.	12 February 1975	1 February 1977	1 year, 355 days
5		Lieutenant General George Sammet Jr.[7]	1 February 1977	1 May 1977	89 days
6		General John R. Guthrie	1 May 1977	1 August 1981	4 years, 92 days
7		General Donald R. Keith	1 August 1981	29 June 1984	2 years, 333 days
8		General Richard H. Thompson	29 June 1984	13 April 1987	2 years, 288 days
9		General Louis C. Wagner Jr.	13 April 1987	27 September 1989	2 years, 167 days
10		General William G.T. Tuttle Jr.	27 September 1989	31 January 1992	2 years, 126 days
11		General Jimmy D. Ross	31 January 1992	11 February 1994	2 years, 11 days
12		General Leon E. Salomon	11 February 1994	27 March 1996	2 years, 45 days
13		General Johnnie E. Wilson	27 March 1996	14 May 1999	3 years, 48 days
14		General John G. Coburn	14 May 1999	30 October 2001	2 years, 169 days
15		General Paul J. Kern	30 October 2001	5 November 2004	3 years, 6 days
16		General Benjamin S. Griffin	5 November 2004	14 November 2008	4 years, 9 days
17		General Ann E. Dunwoody	14 November 2008	28 June 2012	3 years, 227 days
18		General Dennis L. Via	28 June 2012	30 September 2016	4 years, 94 days
19		General Gustave F. Perna	30 September 2016	2 July 2020	3 years, 276 days
20		General Edward M. Daly	2 July 2020	Incumbent	1 year, 62 days

Major subordinate commands[]

• United States Army Contracting Command
• United States Army Sustainment Command
• United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
• United States Army Communications-Electronics Command,^[8]
• United States Army Chemical Materials Activity
• Joint Munitions Command^[9][10]
• United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command^[11]
• United States Army Security Assistance Command
• 
• , formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, is now subordinate to AMC, effective 1 Oct. 2019^[12]
• United States Army Installation Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, will now be part of AMC^[13][14]
• Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

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

Formerly subordinate commands[]

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

Other commands[]

• Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives

See also[]

Comparable organizations

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

Notes[]

References[]

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

External links[]

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