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.

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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[1]
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[2]
Website	AMC — The Army's Materiel Integrator www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/amc/
Commanders
Current commander	LTG Christopher Mohan (acting)[3]
Command Sergeant Major	CSM Jimmy J. Sellers
Notable commanders	Frank S. Besson, Jr. Ferdinand J. Chesarek
Insignia
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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.

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]

• United States Army Contracting Command
• United States Army Sustainment Command
• United States Army Aviation and Missile Command
• United States Army Communications-Electronics Command,^[10]
• United States Army Chemical Materials Activity
• Joint Munitions Command^[11][12]
• United States Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command^[13]
• United States Army Security Assistance Command
• United States Army Medical Logistics Command
• United States Army Financial Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, is now subordinate to AMC, effective 1 Oct. 2019^[14]
• United States Army Installation Management Command, formerly a direct reporting unit of the Department of the Army, will now be part of AMC^[15][16]
• Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
• See also: United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (an LCMC)

• Combat Capabilities Development Command or CCDC (formerly United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command) completed its transfer to United States Army Futures Command on 3 February 2019, which operates research and development engineering centers; Army Research Laboratories supports the centers' activities.

• Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives

Comparable organizations U.S. Armed Forces systems commands

• Marine Corps Systems Command
• United States Navy systems commands
  • Naval Sea Systems Command
  • Naval Air Systems Command
  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command
  • Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command
  • Naval Supply Systems Command
• Air Force Materiel Command
• Space Systems Command