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Army Medical Logistics Command recognizes sacrifice, service of veterans
November 9, 2020 — Missing the birth of a child is a sacrifice some military families make, but for Bill Sovitsky, history repeated itself. MORE

Warrant Officer 2 Bernard Sovitsky’s 27-year career in the Army, Army air corps and U.S. Merchant Marine spanned World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Sovitsky is the father of Bill Sovitsky, a retired Air Force veteran and biomedical equipment specialist at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command. (Photo courtesy Bill Sovitsky)

Army distributes 1.6 million flu vaccines, reaffirms importance during COVID-19 fight
November 5, 2020 — With the annual flu season now upon us, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency is working to distribute nearly 1.6 million doses of influenza vaccine to protect Soldiers, their Families and retirees. MORE

Col. John “Ryan” Bailey, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, receives a flu shot during a mass vaccination clinic on Oct. 29 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. USAMMA’s Distribution Operations Center, or DOC, oversees the yearly distribution of flu vaccine for the Army, supporting active-duty and reserve Soldiers, Families, civilian employees and retirees.

USAMMA recognizes longest-serving civilian employee after 46-year career
October 7, 2020 — In the 46 years that U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency has called Fort Detrick home, Linda Foltz has been there. MORE

Linda Foltz speaks during her retirement ceremony on Sept. 30 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Foltz retired after 46 years working as a civilian in various roles at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency. She was the agency’s longest-tenured civilian employee.

Army Medical Logistics Command celebrates first year
September 17, 2020 — Leaders at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command gathered on Sept. 17 to celebrate the organization’s official one-year anniversary. MORE

Deputy Commander Col. Timothy Walsh and Sgt. Maj. Danyell Walters cut a cake to mark the first anniversary of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command. AMLC was officially activated Sept. 17, 2019 as the Army’s primary medical logistics and sustainment command, responsible for managing the global supply chain and medical materiel readiness across the total force.

Army Medical Logistics Command commander pins on first star
September 15, 2020 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command leaders and staff gathered in ceremony on Sept. 11 to celebrate the promotion of their commander, Col. Michael B. Lalor, to the rank of brigadier general. MORE

Army Medical Logistics Command Commander Brig. Gen. Michael Lalor, center, receives his one-star shoulder boards from Army Materiel Command Commanding Gen. Ed Daly, left, and his wife, Michelle, during a promotion ceremony at Fort Detrick, Maryland, on Sept. 11. (Photo Credit: Ellen Crown)

Soldiers drill medical logistics procedures, readiness in event of conflict in Korea
September 8, 2020 — Soldiers with the 563rd Medical Logistics Company loaded up and hit the road to test its transition-to-hostilities readiness on the Korean Peninsula as part of a field training exercise in August. MORE

Soldiers with the 563rd Medical Logistics Company's forward logistics element load power distribution cables as part of a field training exercise, held Aug. 15-22 in South Korea.

Army recognizes medical logistics leader’s 45-year career as Soldier, civilian
September 1, 2020 — David Williams’ career in the U.S. Army actually began on a football field in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio, in the 1970s. MORE

Dave Williams retirement ceremony at Fort Detrick, Maryland, Aug. 21.

Exercise tests 95th Medical Detachment’s readiness, builds emergency blood donor pool
August 27, 2020 — In terms of medical readiness, the 95th Medical Detachment-Blood Support is literally the lifeblood of U.S. Forces on the Korean Peninsula. MORE

Spc. Riley Jackson administers a blood draw on Lt. Col. Marcus D. Perkins, commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, during a field training exercise, held Aug. 10-14. The 95th Medical Detachment-Blood Support, a component of USAMMC-K, conducted the exercise to drill its prescreening procedures and practice operations for a large-scale blood collection event.

USAMMA hosts Change of Command
August 11, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency hosted a Change of Command ceremony Aug. 7, honoring outgoing commander Col. Timothy Walsh and welcoming incoming commander Col. John “Ryan” Bailey. MORE

Master Sgt. Stacey Varga passes the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency colors to Col. Timothy Walsh during a Change of Command ceremony Aug. 7 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Walsh relinquished command of USAMMA, a direct reporting unit to Army Medical Logistics Command, to Col. John “Ryan” Bailey. In the foreground are Bailey, left, and AMLC Commander Col. Michael Lalor. The ceremony also served as a Change of Responsibility for Varga and new USAMMA Sgt. Maj. Monnet Bushner.

U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea reduces medication costs through ‘brand-to-generic’ initiative
August 10, 2020 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea has embraced cost-effective measures to change the way it procures medications and educates patients, reducing costs by more than $3 million over the past year. MORE