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AMC 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.
In April 1986 the Logistics Assistance Office-Far East (LAO-FE) was established as an Army Materiel Command (AMC) Forward presence in the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM); in July 1987 LAO-FE was renamed AMC-FE with the mission of providing oversight of AMC activities in the PACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR) and serving as the AMC focal point for logistics and readiness issues in support of US ...
The AMSAA traces its lineage back through the Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL), established in 1938, where most of the U.S. Army’s early system analysis work was accomplished during the 1930s-1950s. Over the years, the system analysis group continued to grow in size and in importance until January 1, 1968 when BRL’s Weapons Systems ...
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) pronounced A-salt) is known as OASA(ALT).OASA(ALT) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army.
An Army general has been suspended from his job for allegedly trying to use his power to influence the selection of a lower-ranking officer for a command job, according to the Army. Army Secretary ...
The brigade traces its history back to the activation of the Combat Equipment Group - Southwest Asia, in October 1997. The command was formed as a result of the Chief of Staff's decision to expand the United States Army Materiel Command's responsibility for war reserve stocks to include the Persian Gulf region.
The Army Science Board studied the technology in 1991 and found a central management structure was necessary to ensure an integrated system. The Board's recommendation resulted in the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and United States Army Materiel Command (AMC) sharing management responsibility for the new system. TRADOC ...
Army Service Component Command: Part of: United States Army Materiel Command and United States Transportation Command: Garrison/HQ: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois: Nickname(s) Surface Warriors: Motto(s) Deliver Readiness and Lethality: Commanders; Commander: MG Lance G. Curtis: Deputy to the Commander: Kristina M. O'Brien: Deputy Commanding ...