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USAMMC-E senior enlisted leader lives Army motto to ‘Be All You Can Be’
April 11, 2023 — In the early 2000s, U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Andrew Colburn got some great news, although it didn’t feel that way initially. MORE

The children of Sgt. Maj. Andrew Colburn affix his new rank to his jacket sleeves during a ceremony to promote the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe’s senior enlisted adviser to the rank of sergeant major March 3, 2023, at USAMMC-E in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Also pictured is USAMMC-E Commander Col. Deon Maxwell. (Courtesy)

AMLC Soldiers conquer Norwegian Foot March, reflect on accomplishment
April 6, 2023 — A pair of noncommissioned officers with U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command took on the challenge of the Norwegian Foot March on April 2, conquering the physically demanding 18.6-mile trek at Fort Belvoir. MORE

About 450 Soldiers, including two from U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, took part in the Norwegian Foot March at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, April 2, 2023. The endurance test, inspired by the Norwegian Army and dating back to 1915, requires Soldiers to cover 18.6 miles with a 25-pound rucksack under a specified time based on age and gender. (U.S. Army photo courtesy Sgt. 1st Class Peung Kim)

Technicians leverage ‘telemaintenance’ channels to support forward units
April 4, 2023 — Even in overseas locations, expert sustainment-level medical maintenance support is just a phone call or email away. MORE

A biomedical equipment technician works on a portable X-ray machine at U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tracy, California. (U.S. Army photo by Katie Ellis-Warfield/Released)

Afloat Army Prepositioned Stocks increase power projection
March 29, 2023 — The length of three football fields and seven decks high, the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) is no doubt a big ship -- but it’s also a floating warehouse. MORE

An Army Field Support Battalion-Charleston team member walks up the roll on/roll off ramp of the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) as the ship is docked and prepared to receive its load of military equipment and supplies as part of the Army Prepositioned Stocks, or APS, program. (Ellen Crown)

USAMMA hosts detachment change of command ceremony
March 22, 2023 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency hosted a Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, or HHD, change of command and responsibility ceremony March 17, celebrating the successes of the outgoing command team while welcoming the new. MORE

1st Lt. Andrew Whittenbarger, center left, passes the unit colors of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment to Sgt. 1st Class Tie Wu during a change of command ceremony March 17 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Whittenbarger assumed command during the event, with Wu taking responsibility as detachment sergeant. Also pictured are USAMMA Commander Col. Gary Cooper, left, and outgoing detachment commander, Maj. Chris Wright.

AMLC holds relinquishment of command ceremony
March 17, 2023 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command held a relinquishment of command ceremony March 10 at Fort Detrick, bidding farewell to outgoing Commander Col. Tony Nesbitt. MORE

Col. Tony Nesbitt, outgoing commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, embraces Col. Clayton Carr, AMLC’s assistant chief of staff for operations, following a relinquishment of command ceremony March 10 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Nesbitt, who is retiring, passed the baton to Col. Gary Cooper, who assumed interim command for the organization.

USAMMC-E supports APS-2 medical maintenance mission
March 15, 2023 — Two medical maintenance technicians from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe completed an assignment at the Army’s prepositioned stocks, or APS, site in Europe, bringing more than 400 pieces of medical equipment up to full mission capability. MORE

Spc. Joel Velasco, a biomedical equipment specialist from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, is pictured performing maintenance on a medical device at an Army prepositioned stocks site in Dulmen, Germany, March 1.

AMLC’s Integrated Logistics Support Center expands capability, support for warfighter
March 1, 2023 — The U.S. Army’s life cycle management command for medical materiel is boosting its customer service and technical information capabilities to improve support for the operational force. MORE

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.