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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.
AMSAA was withdrawn from the Aberdeen Research and Development Center in 1972 and reassigned directly to the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC). During the 1970s, the AMSAA mission expanded to include the test design and independent evaluation of the development tests of all major, designated non-major and selected other materiel systems ...
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 ...
From October 2002 thru May 2003, the Command supported Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, moving over 15,000,000 square feet (1,400,000 m 2) of cargo, operating from 16 seaports and power projection platforms worldwide. Throughout the 1990s the Command worked continuously to reengineer its Household Goods Moving Program.
A Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) is a combat service support battalion of the United States Army.A CSSB can be attached to a sustainment brigade to support the brigade combat teams and support brigades assigned to a corps with maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, and distribution functions.
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 United States Army Ordnance Corps, formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department, is a sustainment branch of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. The broad mission of the Ordnance Corps is to supply Army combat units with weapons and ammunition, including at times, their procurements and maintenance.
Each sale to overseas customers comprises the same "total package" of quality material, spare parts, training, publications, technical documentation, maintenance support, and other services that United States Army Materiel Command (AMC) provides to United States Army units. USASAC manages about 4,600 FMS cases valued at more than $134 billion.