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University Course Helps 'Build the Bench' of Future Government Leaders
June 26, 2018 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency is leveraging a 10-week university-based program called "Hacking 4 Defense" that not only gives students a chance to tackle some of the government's biggest problems, but also serves as a way to build interest in future military or civil service. MORE

Army Medical Maintenance Depots Enable Unit-level Readiness
May 21, 2018 — Soldiers gather around a piece of equipment that looks like a front-loading washing machine -- only it's Army green and looks rugged enough to survive an explosion. MORE

Ready People to Hand off Ready 'Stuff'
May 9, 2018 — Can you imagine moving a whole hospital from one continent to the next with little or no notice? MORE

Army Surgeon General's Contingency Programs Provide Rapid Medical Readiness
May 9, 2018 — Today's Army faces complex, worldwide threats that set the conditions for varied missions in numerous environments -- all under continuing budget reform. Being able to medically support Soldiers anywhere in the world at any given time demands a commitment to readiness -- all the time. Readiness determines the Army's ability to fight and win our Nation's wars; it is the capability of forces to conduct the full range of military operations to defeat all enemies regardless of the threats they pose. MORE

USAMMA Medical Logistics Officer Named Master Logistician
May 4, 2018 — Maj. Torrance Beck, the Military Deputy of the Modernization Project Management Office at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, achieved the designation of "Demonstrated Master Logistician" March 15, through the Demonstrated Logistician Program offered by the International Society of Logistics (SOLE). MORE

Medical Maintenance Training Prepares Soldiers for Operational Environment
March 27, 2018 — Soldiers from the 215th Brigade Support Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas, and the 115th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Polk, Louisiana, completed hands-on medical equipment training at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency's Medical Maintenance Operations Division - Tracy located at Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin, California, March 2. MORE

Ever Wonder How Army Decides What Medical Equipment to Field?
March 15, 2018 — Army clinicians and medics often ask about what the process is for deciding what equipment or supplies end up in a combat medic's kit or field operating room set. To help explain the process, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency's Chief of Assemblage Management Division Marie Cochran provided plain-language answers to some of our most commonly asked questions. MORE

Army upgrades frontline surgical teams
February 23, 2018 — The 745th Forward Surgical Team, a detachment of the 31st Combat Support Hospital, became the Army's first unit to upgrade into a Forward Resuscitation and Surgical Team at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 6. MORE

USAMMA's Medical Maintenance Directorate Updates Quality Certification
January 24, 2018 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency's Medical Maintenance Management Directorate earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 certification Dec. 19. MORE

New Class Graduates from USAMMA Medical Logistics Management Internship as Program Readies for Revam
December 21, 2017 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, a subordinate agency of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, honored its 101st graduating class of the Medical Logistics Management Internship Program (MLMIP) during a ceremony at Fort Detrick, Maryland, Dec. 15. MORE