Army Contracting Command

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Army Contracting Command
ACC Logo.jpg
ACC's distinctive unit insignia
Country United States
Allegiance United States Army
Type Contracting Command
RoleArranging Contracts
Part of AMC shoulder insignia.svg U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ Redstone Arsenal, AL
Motto(s)"COMPARATOR, ARMATI, CUSTOS" (Soldier, Emptor, Guardian) [1]
Website www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/acc
Commanders
Current
commander		 MG Douglas S. Lowrey

The Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a contracting services command of the United States Army. "On October 1, 2008, the Army recognized the formal establishment of the Army Contracting Command as a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. This new Army organization performs the majority of contracting work for the U.S. Army, and consists of two subordinate commands responsible for installation and expeditionary contracting, and other Army contracting elements." [2]

Contents

There are three parts to the Army Contracting Command: Expeditionary Contracting Command Brigades, Mission Installation Contracting Commands, and Contracting centers.

Expeditionary Contracting Command

Expeditionary Contracting Command was a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Contracting Command headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The one-star command was organized to accomplish its global operational missions through its nine Contracting Support Brigades, seventeen Contingency Contracting Battalions, sixteen Senior Contingency Contracting Teams, and ninety-two Contingency Contracting Teams. [3] Expeditionary Contracting Command was discontinued and merged with Army Contracting Command on October 1, 2017. [4]

Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)

Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) [5] is a one-star command. It is made up of more than 1,500 military and civilian members assigned to three contracting support brigades, one field directorate office and 33 field offices throughout the nation and Puerto Rico that provide contracting support across the Army.

Headquarters:

Contracting Support Brigades, Field Directorate Office and Subordinate Activities: [7]

Contracting Centers

Major Contracting Center Locations:

List of commanders

No.CommanderTerm
PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeDuration
Executive Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command
1
Jeffrey P. Parsons.jpg
Jeffrey P. Parsons March 13, 2008 [8] September 27, 20113 years, 198 days
2
Carol E. Lowman.jpg
Carol E. Lowman September 27, 2011 [9] May 17, 2012 [10] 233 days
Commanding General, U.S. Army Contracting Command
1
Camille M. Nichols (5).jpg
Major General
Camille M. Nichols 		May 17, 2012 [11] October 2, 20131 year, 138 days
2
Theodore C. Harrison (2).jpg
Major General
Theodore Harrison III 		October 2, 2013 [12] August 19, 20151 year, 321 days
3
James E. Simpson (2).jpg
Major General
James E. Simpson 		August 19, 2015 [13] May 31, 20182 years, 285 days
4
Paul H. Pardew (2).jpg
Major General
Paul H. Pardew [15] 		May 31, 2018 [16] June 21, 20213 years, 21 days
5
Christine A. Beeler (4).jpg
Brigadier General
Christine A. Beeler [18] 		June 21, 2021 [19] June 14, 20242 years, 359 days
6
MG Douglas S. Lowrey.jpg
Major General
Douglas S. Lowrey 		June 14, 2024 [20] Incumbent1 day

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References

  1. ↑ Army Contracting Command's Heraldry Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine , The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), Washington, DC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ U.S. Army Expeditionary Command Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine , About. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Expeditionary Contracting Command Archived 2014-08-17 at the Wayback Machine , accessed March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Expeditionary Contracting Command Cases Colors". www.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command | MIC". www.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Leader's Perspective: MRI restores contracting structure, recovers customer base". www.army.mil. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
  7. ↑ MICC Fact Sheet Archived August 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , 21 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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  10. ↑ Became deputy to the commanding general of ACC until her retirement in August 2012.
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