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USAMMA command team reflect on careers, importance of Black History Month
February 6, 2024 — Col. Gary Cooper and Lt. Col. Nikki Davis pride themselves in leading a diverse organization that values its workforce. MORE

Col. Gary Cooper, center left, and Lt. Col. Nikki Davis, far left, are pictured in an Army Medical Logistics Command command group photo in 2023. Cooper, commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Agency, served as interim AMLC commander for several months, while Davis, USAMMA deputy commander, assumed interim command of USAMMA in Cooper’s stead. USAMMA is one of three direct reporting units to AMLC.

KATUSA program provides manpower boost to Army units, serves as reminder of alliance
January 31, 2024 — Shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War, U.S. military leaders forged an agreement with Korean allies that continues to benefit both countries to this day. MORE

A Korean Soldier, serving under the Korean Augmentation to the United States Army, or KATUSA, program, briefs senior leaders on his work in the temperature-sensitive medical product section during a visit to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea. USAMMC-K is one of numerous locations around the peninsula where KATUSA Soldiers serve alongside their U.S. counterparts, training and serving as a reminder of the alliance and partnership between the two nations.

New request procedures for sustainment-level medical maintenance
January 29, 2024 — When U.S. Army units need sustainment-level maintenance support for their medical equipment, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency is there to help. MORE

A biomedical equipment technician works on a medical device at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (C.J. Lovelace)

Army medical maintenance facility offers vast professional development opportunity
January 5, 2024 — On a sprawling base in northern Utah, there’s a large warehouse and medical maintenance shop that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nora Martinez has grown to love. MORE

Daniel Nightingale, a contract biomedical equipment technician and Army Reserve sergeant, works inside the shop at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Nov. 14, 2023. (C.J. Lovelace)

AMLC NCO wins quarterly award, recognized for work as unit prevention leader
December 19, 2023 — Readiness is a primary responsibility for every Soldier, both mentally and physically. Part of that requirement is remaining drug free. MORE

Michelle Laska, left, drug test coordinator for the Army Substance Abuse Program, or ASAP, at Fort Detrick and Forest Glen Annex, presents Staff Sgt. Chantele Kemp with the Fort Detrick UPL Challenge award for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022-23. The UPL, or unit prevention leader, serves as a liaison for each Army unit to ASAP's drug screening program. (C.J. Lovelace)

Army Medical Logistics Command event emphasizes importance of ‘safety culture’
December 13, 2023 — Like other U.S. Army units, Army Medical Logistics Command is continuing to build a culture of safety throughout the command’s global footprint that puts the wellbeing of its workforce first. MORE

Safety Manager Ralph Davis leads U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command’s safety stand-down event Dec. 7, 2023, at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

AMLC welcomes new senior enlisted leader, recognizes work of outgoing SGM
December 11, 2023 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command held a change of responsibility ceremony Dec. 8, signifying the changeout of senior enlisted leadership for the Army’s Life Cycle Management Command for medical materiel. MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Wright accepts the Army Medical Logistics Command unit colors from Commander Col. Marc Welde during a change of responsibility ceremony Dec. 8, 2023, at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Wright is the new senior enlisted leader for AMLC, replacing outgoing Sgt. Maj. Akram Shaheed. (C.J. Lovelace)

USAMMA Soldiers-turned-civilians share love for medical maintenance, each other
December 5, 2023 — In some cases, working with your spouse isn’t always the best idea since it tends to mix the stresses of the workplace environment with life at home. MORE

Kayla Colfax and Joe Tincher, both former Soldiers who married when the couple were still in uniform, serve together as civilian biomedical equipment technicians at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. MMOD-Hill was their last duty station in uniform before transitioning to civilian service in recent years. (C.J. Lovelace)

Realigning medical maintenance recordkeeping to improve visibility, efficiency
November 27, 2023 — Starting in the first quarter of 2024, U.S. Army units will be able to track sustainment-level maintenance operations of their medical devices in real time through Global Combat Support System-Army, or GCSS-Army. MORE

Sgt. Jason Paglia and Staff Sgt. Nora Martinez perform maintenance on patient monitors at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency's Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Nov. 14, 2023.

Training for AMLC logisticians helps bolster medical support to operational force
October 31, 2023 — Before new medical devices arrive to operational units, U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command’s sustainers need to know what it’s going to take to keep those life-saving devices working. MORE

Soldiers with the 6th Medical Logistics Management Center inspect the new Expeditionary Deployable Oxygen Concentration System, or EDOCS, during a training event in late September at Fort Detrick, Maryland. (C.J. Lovelace)