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Symposium brings together MEDLOG community at Fort Detrick
August 15, 2024 — As new technology emerges and global threats grow, it’s critical that medical logisticians across the joint force communicate and collaborate to sustain the military’s greatest asset -- people. MORE

Col. Joselito “Joe” Lim, incoming commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, speaks during USAMMA’s change of command ceremony Aug. 9 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Lim most recently served as chief of staff at U.S. Army Medical... (C.J. Lovelace)

Army Medical Logistics Command improving maintenance processes for life-saving medical devices
August 12, 2024 — Sustainment experts at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command have developed new maintenance handbooks aimed at improving resource management practices and overall readiness for dozens of crucial life-saving medical devices in the field. MORE

Joseph Wargo, lead electronics technician at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania, performs sustainment-level maintenance on a steam sterilizer May 2, 2024. (C.J. Lovelace)

USAMMC-E recognized as Army safety ‘Star’ site
July 25, 2024 — High standards of safety and occupational health support high levels of readiness. MORE

The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe recently earned the title as an “Army SOH Star” site by meeting the criteria of the Army Safety and Occupational Health Management System, or ASOHMS. In honor of the achievement, USAMMC-E Commander... (Courtesy)

USAMMC-E holds change of command ceremony
July 22, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe held a change of command ceremony July 10, recognizing its outgoing commander, Col. Deon Maxwell, and welcoming the unit’s next leader. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, prepares to pass the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe colors to Col. Chad Vermillion, signifying his confidence in him as the next USAMMC-E commander during a change of... (Holger Koelsch)

World’s oldest living former racehorse living out final years on farm of AMLC Civilian, wife
July 2, 2024 — Military families are accustomed to multiple moves over the course of a career. It almost becomes second nature. MORE

Julie Izzo is pictured with her thoroughbred, Axl, the world’s oldest known living former racehorse at 38 years old. Izzo and her husband, Carmine, a retired 21-year Army veteran, have owned Axl since he was 7 years old. (Sarah K. Andrew/Thoroughbred Daily News)

Grandfather’s Army story inspires retiring colonel to serve, mentor over his own 37-year career
July 2, 2024 — High above Europe and the front lines of World War II, then-1st Lt. Walter P. Markot piloted his B-26 Marauder toward another Nazi target. MORE

Col. Peter B. Markot is pictured as a fresh U.S. Army enlistee in 1987, left, and as a seasoned leader at the rank of colonel in 2019, right. In the center, Markot's grandfather, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Walter P. Markot, is pictured in 1941... (C.J. Lovelace)

USAMMC-K holds change of command ceremony
July 1, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea team members bid farewell to their outgoing commander and welcomed a new leader during a change of command ceremony June 24. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, left, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, accepts the unit colors from Lt. Col. Mark Sander, outgoing commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, during a change of command ceremony June 24 at Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea. Welde then passed the colors to the new commander, Lt. Col. Nathan Wagner, center, signifying the transfer of command.

USAMMA Soldier graduates Drill Sergeant Academy
June 11, 2024 — Lots of yelling. That was Staff Sgt. Vontrella Jeffries’ first memory of drill sergeants when she arrived at basic training 13 years ago. MORE

Staff Sgt. Vontrella Jeffries, right, graduates from the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy, April 10, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The Drill Sergeant Academy is a nine-week course that turns noncommissioned officers into drill sergeants. (Courtesy)

USAMMA Soldier named CECOM’s NCO of the Year
June 11, 2024 — Sgt. Jason Paglia, a biomedical equipment specialist with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, was named CECOM’s NCO of the Year following its 2024 Best Warrior Competition. MORE

Sgt. Jason R. Paglia and Sgt. Charles C. Roberts, biomedical equipment specialists with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division (MMOD-UT), practice assembling the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during the Best Warrior Competition on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, May 8. Paglia and Roberts, who are both stationed at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, also competed for the best time in assembling and disassembling the M17 Pistol and the M4 Carbine Assault Rifle. (U.S. Army photo by Marshall R. Mason)

AMLC supports MEDLOG integration in African Lion 24
June 11, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command experts coordinated the critical handoff of life-saving medical materiel to Army Reserve units participating in African Lion 2024, a training exercise that concluded in May. MORE

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 909th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment conduct a medical evacuation rehearsal with the Tunisian Armed Forces in Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia, on May 3, 2024. African Lion 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of U.S. Africa Command’s premier joint exercise led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), running from April 19 to May 31 across Ghana, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia, with over 8,100 participants from 27 nations and NATO contingents. (Pfc. Trevor Seiler)