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Army Medical Logistics Command supports rapid deployment exercise in Korea
August 28, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command supported an Eighth Army deployment readiness exercise July 31, supplying medical sets and equipment to an armored division unit participating in Operation Pacific Fortitude. MORE

A medic with the 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, loads a medical set case onto an armored personnel carrier at the Army Prepositioned Stocks site in Korea, known as APS-4K, during Operation Pacific Fortitude. (Photo Credit: Courtesy Shawn Hardiek)

AMLC team member completes DOD leadership course
August 27, 2024 — Katie Ellis-Warfield, deputy director of Public and Congressional Affairs at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, graduated Aug. 9 from the Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program, or DCELP MORE

Katie Ellis-Warfield, deputy director of Public and Congressional Affairs at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, receives her certificate for completing the Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program (DCELP) during a graduation ceremony Aug. 9 at the National Center for Employee Development in Norman, Oklahoma. Pictured with Ellis-Warfield is Jim Buchman, DOD chief learning officer/director of talent development, Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service.

AMLC integrates medical readiness into Operation Patriot Press training exercise
August 20, 2024 — Seventeen Army Reserve Soldiers out of Utah trained alongside U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command team members for two weeks during Operation Patriot Press in July, helping to preserve readiness of forward-positioned medical equipment and supplies. MORE

Soldiers with the 308th Medical Logistics Company, a reserve unit out of Utah, inventory equipment and supplies in military hospital sets during care of supplies in storage (COSIS) operation training at an Army Prepositioned Stocks site in Japan, known as APS-4J. Pictured, from left, are Spc. Michelle Romero, Spc. Brennon Wilder, Spc. Dasia Jones and Sgt. Preston Cook.

USAMMA holds change of command ceremony
August 15, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency held a change of command ceremony Aug. 9, celebrating its outgoing leader, Col. Gary Cooper, and welcoming its new commander, Col. Joselito “Joe” Lim. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, center, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, takes part in a panel discussion during the 2024 MEDLOG Leadership Symposium, held Aug. 7-8 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Also pictured, from left, are Derek Cooper, AMLC’s civilian deputy to the commander; retired Brig. Gen. Richard Ursone; AMLC Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Wright; and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Deanna Hughes, 670A consultant to the Army Surgeon General. (Photo Credit: C.J. Lovelace)

Symposium brings together MEDLOG community at Fort Detrick
August 15, 2024 — As new technology emerges and global threats grow, it’s critical that medical logisticians across the joint force communicate and collaborate to sustain the military’s greatest asset -- people. MORE

Col. Joselito “Joe” Lim, incoming commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, speaks during USAMMA’s change of command ceremony Aug. 9 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Lim most recently served as chief of staff at U.S. Army Medical... (C.J. Lovelace)

Army Medical Logistics Command improving maintenance processes for life-saving medical devices
August 12, 2024 — Sustainment experts at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command have developed new maintenance handbooks aimed at improving resource management practices and overall readiness for dozens of crucial life-saving medical devices in the field. MORE

Joseph Wargo, lead electronics technician at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, performs sustainment-level maintenance on a steam sterilizer May 2, 2024. (C.J. Lovelace)

USAMMC-E recognized as Army safety ‘Star’ site
July 25, 2024 — High standards of safety and occupational health support high levels of readiness. MORE

The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe recently earned the title as an “Army SOH Star” site by meeting the criteria of the Army Safety and Occupational Health Management System, or ASOHMS. In honor of the achievement, USAMMC-E Commander... (Courtesy)

USAMMC-E holds change of command ceremony
July 22, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe held a change of command ceremony July 10, recognizing its outgoing commander, Col. Deon Maxwell, and welcoming the unit’s next leader. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, prepares to pass the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe colors to Col. Chad Vermillion, signifying his confidence in him as the next USAMMC-E commander during a change of... (Holger Koelsch)

World’s oldest living former racehorse living out final years on farm of AMLC Civilian, wife
July 2, 2024 — Military families are accustomed to multiple moves over the course of a career. It almost becomes second nature. MORE

Julie Izzo is pictured with her thoroughbred, Axl, the world’s oldest known living former racehorse at 38 years old. Izzo and her husband, Carmine, a retired 21-year Army veteran, have owned Axl since he was 7 years old. (Sarah K. Andrew/Thoroughbred Daily News)

Grandfather’s Army story inspires retiring colonel to serve, mentor over his own 37-year career
July 2, 2024 — High above Europe and the front lines of World War II, then-1st Lt. Walter P. Markot piloted his B-26 Marauder toward another Nazi target. MORE

Col. Peter B. Markot is pictured as a fresh U.S. Army enlistee in 1987, left, and as a seasoned leader at the rank of colonel in 2019, right. In the center, Markot's grandfather, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Walter P. Markot, is pictured in 1941... (C.J. Lovelace)