United States Army Medical Materiel Agency

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The United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), is a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and serves as the U.S. Army's life cycle management command (LCMC) and executive agent for strategic medical acquisition, project management and logistics programs.

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The USAMMA manages strategic programs across the globe; equips and sustains the medical force within the Active Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard components; and develops medical technologies/devices/materiel innovations for use across the battlefield and at fixed Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs). The Agency also centrally manages the Army Prepositioned Stocks and The Office of the Surgeon General's contingency programs as well as other readiness support programs designed for all Army components during full spectrum operations. The Agency deploys Medical Logistics Support Teams (MLST) and/or Forward Repair Activity-Medical (FRA-M) as required to support Joint operations in the different theaters.

The Agency also provides Army Medical Department National Maintenance Program expertise and Sustainment Maintenance technical proficiency to ensure medical maintenance supportability and training requirements, equipment reliability and maintainability, and the maintenance repair and services of medical equipment and technologies.

History

USAMMA's origin is traced to the early part of World War II when the Army Surgeon General recognized the need to develop Army medical materiel support to the rapidly expanding mobilization forces. The genesis of USAMMA began in 1943 when the Procurement Division of the Supply Service, Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG), was renamed the Purchase Division and transferred to the Army Medical Purchasing Office in Manhattan, New York. Later that year, the Inventory Control Branch, Distribution and Requirements Division, OTSG, was also transferred to the Army Medical Purchasing Office. The Medical Testing Laboratory transferred from Binghamton, New York, in February 1943. Later that year, the Contract Termination Branch was added. In 1944, the Renegotiation and Stock Control Divisions were moved from the OTSG to New York.

On 21 May 1953, the Army Medical Supply Control Office was organized at Brooklyn, New York, and assigned to the Surgeon General. On 30 April 1965, the unit was re-designated the Army Medical Supply Control Office and on 1 January 1957, the office was again re-designated as the Army Medical Supply Support Activity, a Class II off-post activity of the Surgeon General.

On 2 April 1965, the activity transferred from Brooklyn to Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and was renamed the United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), effective 15 April 1965.

In 1974, USAMMA moved to Fort Detrick, Maryland and in 1994 was placed under the newly formed United States Army Medical Research and Development Command. In addition to the USAMMA headquarters located at Fort Detrick, USAMMA has operational maintenance and storage locations in Camp Carroll, South Korea; Sagami General Depot, Japan; Defense Depot Tracy, California; Sierra Army Depot, California; Defense Depot Hill, Utah; Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania; Naval Weapons Station Charleston, South Carolina; Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens, Germany; As Saliyah Army Base, Qatar; and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

Commanders of USAMMA and its precursors

No.NameDates of TenureMilitary Rank
1 Alfred R. Cannon 1942–1943Captain
2 Ellsworth W. Pohl 1943–1945Major
3 Leonard H. Beers 1945 - 1945Major
4 C. Bower 1945–1946Lieutenant Colonel
5 Clark B. Williams 1946 - 1946Colonel
6 George T.O. Reilly 1946 - 1946Lieutenant Colonel
7 Augustus J.D. Guenther 1946–1947Lieutenant Colonel
8 Alfred R. Cannon 1947 - 1947Major
9 John H. Trenholm 1947–1950Major
10 Bernard J. Kotte 1950–1951Colonel
11 Alfred R. Cannon 1951–1953Lieutenant Colonel
12 John J. Zurchur III 1953–1955Lieutenant Colonel
13 Eli E. Daman 1955–1956Colonel
14 Jesse N. Butler 1956–1959Colonel
15 Edward J. Anderson, Jr. 1959–1962Lieutenant Colonel
16 Alfred G. Emond 1962–1965Lieutenant Colonel
17 Harry T. Whitaker 1965–1966Lieutenant Colonel
18 Russell E. Julian 1966–1969Colonel
19 F. Bruce Wells 1969–1973Colonel
20 Fred L. Walter 1973–1975Colonel
21 Frank W.B. Axtens 1975–1977Colonel
22 James C. Huff, Jr. 1977–1983Colonel
23 Lawrence J. Ryan 1983–1985Colonel
24 Leon L. Holland 1985–1988Colonel
25 Philip E. Livermore 1988–1990Colonel
26 Mack C. Hill 1990–1992Colonel
27 Richard I. Donahue 1992–1994Colonel
28 James P. Normile 1994–1996Colonel
29 Daryl W. Lloyd 1996–1998Colonel
30 James J. Canella 1998–2000Colonel
31 Roger W. Olsen 2000 - 25 May 2000Lieutenant Colonel (Promotable)
32David W. Williams25 May 2000 - 2002Colonel
33 Michael D. Daley 2002 - 18 June 2004Colonel
34 William R. Fry 18 June 2004 - 22 September 2006Colonel
35 Timothy E. Lamb 22 September 2006 - 15 August 2008Colonel
36Jeffrey Unger15 August 2008 - 13 August 2010Colonel
37Gregory Evans13 August 2010 - 20 July 2012Colonel
38Alejandro Lopez-Duke20 July 2012 - July 2014Colonel
39David GibsonJuly 2014 - 5 August 2016Colonel
40Lynn E. Marm5 August 2016 - 10 August 2018Colonel
41Timothy Walsh10 August 2018 - 2020Colonel
42Ryan Bailey2020-2022Colonel
43Gary Cooper2022 - 09 August 2024Colonel
44Joselito (Joe) Lim09 August 2024- PresentColonel

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