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Training, quality data improve MEDLOG catalog
February 27, 2023 — In medical logistics, there are many moving parts -- each as important as the next -- to help U.S. Army medical professionals receive equipment and supplies they need to protect and save lives. MORE

Juan Flores, right, a general supply specialist with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Business Support Office, leads a discussion during online training on the Defense Medical Logistics Item Identification System, or DMLIIS. Also pictured is Matthew Diggs, a supply management specialist for the BSO. Flores and Diggs have been collaborating with Defense Health Agency’s Medical Logistics Directorate to provide DMLIIS training on an ongoing basis for supply specialists and clinical analysts.

USAMMA names Civilian of the Year
February 24, 2023 — On a day-to-day basis, there’s little that happens at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base without John Jeske’s oversight. MORE

John Jeske, interim production controller at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, has been named USAMMA’s Civilian of the Year for 2022. Jeske also has worked as inventory manager and transportation coordinator over his five-plus years at MMOD-Hill.

AMLC Human Resources leader draws on coaching experience to build teams
February 6, 2023 — With just 4.3 seconds remaining in a tie game, Arkansas senior guard Makayla Daniels took the inbounds pass, quickly dribbled up the court and launched a last-second shot against conference rival Vanderbilt. MORE

Kenneth Daniels is pictured with his daughter, Makayla, a senior guard for the University of Arkansas women’s basketball team, and wife, Wynetta, following a tournament in 2022. Daniels, a seasoned human resources professional and 21-year Army veteran, serves as interim director of the G-1 at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, drawing on past coaching with kids in sports growing up as he supports strong and cohesive teams at AMLC.

USAMMC-K wins Army Materiel Command safety award
January 30, 2023 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea has received U.S. Army Materiel Command’s battalion-level Exceptional Organization Safety Award. MORE

Workers at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea conduct a routine air-quality inspection. USAMMC-K was recently recognized by Army Materiel Command with its Exceptional Organization Safety Award at the battalion level.

USAMMC-E Soldier follows in father’s footsteps, earns Air Assault badge
January 25, 2023 — U.S. Army Spc. Jason Riley, a biomedical equipment specialist assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, recently earned his Air Assault badge, learning a host of new skills that will translate to future roles and responsibilities in his military career MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Riley stands with his father, retired Command Sgt. Maj. Kenneth Riley, after the pinning ceremony to celebrate his graduation Nov. 3, 2022, from The Sabalauski Air Assault School, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Riley is a biomedical equipment specialist assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe. (U.S. Army photo courtesy Spc. Jason Riley)

AMLC focuses on medical readiness of National Guard, Reserve units
January 3, 2023 — Army Medical Logistics Command leaders are tackling the challenge of standardizing the processes and technology Army units, including the National Guard and Reserve, use to order medical equipment and supplies. MORE

Attendees listen as subject-matter experts present courses of action to the council of colonels during a workshop on Medical Logistics in Campaigning and its impact on the National Guard and Reserve at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Dec. 1. MEDLOG in Campaigning is an effort aimed at streamlining medical materiel ordering and medical device maintenance while posturing the Army to be ready to transition quickly from peacetime at home station to an active operational environment.

USAMMC-E recognized for safety culture, earns annual streamer award
December 14, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment received the Army’s Safety Excellence Streamer award Nov. 18 in recognition of its strong safety practices. MORE

Col. Deon Maxwell, right, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, attaches an Army Safety Excellence Streamer to the USAMMC-E HHD unit colors during a ceremony Nov. 18 at Kaiserslautern Army Depot, Germany. The center recently earned the streamer for its strong safety culture, including 12 consecutive incident-free months and 100% participation in required risk management training among its personnel.

Building relocation opens space, modernizes Army medical maintenance facility
November 18, 2022 — Just in time for the holiday season, the workforce at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s medical maintenance facility in Tracy will be receiving a welcomed gift in the form of a more spacious and modernized building. MORE

Biomedical equipment specialists at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division in Tracy, California, calibrate medical equipment in the special purpose Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment, or TMDE, lab.

Army civilians provide continuity, play key support role for MEDLOG Soldiers
November 3, 2022 — Department of the Army Civilians and contractors provide a crucial support mechanism to medical logistics forces when they deploy, assisting Soldiers wherever the fight may take them. MORE

George Takacs, a biomedical equipment technician with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, works on a field aspirator Nov. 2 while on a temporary duty, or TDY, assignment to Army Prepositioned Stocks-2, known as APS-2, in Germany. Takacs is an experienced technician from USAMMA’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, who has gone TDY on many occasions to support medical readiness over his 19 years of federal civilian service, including to many sites outside of the continental U.S.

Collaboration ensures focus on sustainment for new Army medical devices
October 27, 2022 — Collaboration between U.S. Army medical materiel developers and sustainers means that new devices fielded to the warfighter not only provide the required capabilities, but also longevity and durability in the field, as well as value to the American taxpayer. MORE

Soldiers and civilians assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA), U.S. Army Medical Test and Evaluation Activity, U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command and 72nd Medical Veterinary Service Support Detachment collaborated to test the Vet X-ray Apparatus-Small at Fort Campbell, Ky., Sept. 29, 2022. The collaboration tested the feasibility of expeditionary lab equipment to fill a critical gap in U.S. military veterinary medicine in austere environments. USAMMDA, is the U.S. Army’s premier developer of new drugs, vaccines, devices and medical support equipment, routinely partners with both U.S. Department of Defense units and non-DOD organizations to provide Warfighters high-quality medical capabilities. (Courtesy Photo by Austin Langdon/Released)