United States Army Materiel Command

U.S. 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 materiel capabilities for the Army
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
Website	AMC — The Army's Materiel Integrator www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/amc/
Commanders
Current; commander	LTG Christopher Mohan (acting)
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Jimmy J. Sellers
Notable; commanders	Frank S. Besson, Jr.; Ferdinand J. Chesarek
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The 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.^[4]

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.

Locations

AMC is currently headquartered at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, and has operations in approximately 149 locations worldwide including more than 49 American States and 50 countries. AMC employs upwards of 70,000 military and civilian employees. AMC was located at Fort Belvoir, Virginia between 2003 and 2005 before being relocated to Alabama by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. From 1973 to 2003, AMC was headquartered in a building at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, Virginia, and prior to 1973, it was headquartered at what is now Reagan National Airport.^[5] Between January 1976 and August 1984, AMC was officially designated the United States Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (commonly referred to as DARCOM).^[6]

Commanders

General Charles R. Hamilton assumes command of AMC from General Edward M. Daly on 16 March 2023.

No.	Commander^[7]		Term
No.	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.^[8]	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	16 March 2023	2 years, 257 days
21		General Charles R. Hamilton	16 March 2023	22 March 2024	1 year, 6 days
-		Lieutenant General Christopher Mohan Acting	22 March 2024	Incumbent	245 days