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Army major earns black belt, stays combat-ready with jiu-jitsu
April 1, 2025 — Maj. Chris Wright, an operations officer at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, recently earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or BJJ, a combat sport he’s grown to love thanks, in part, to opportunities afforded by the Army.

Army medical maintainers highlight career field at Tobyhanna event
March 31, 2025 — Medical maintainers from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, or MMOD-PA, showcased the career field to dozens of local students during a two-day “Explore and Know More” event at Tobyhanna Army Depot.

‘Special purpose’ TMDE keeps complex medical devices ready to support the fight
March 26, 2025 — When using highly complex medical devices, proper calibration ensures U.S. Army medical personnel can quickly treat battlefield casualties and get Soldiers back into the fight.

Army improving medical readiness through repair parts catalog initiative
March 25, 2025 — When a medical device breaks down, a quick and effective repair is essential to ensuring readiness. That can be a difficult prospect when a field-level maintainer must spend time tracking down a part to requisition locally. U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command’s Integrated Logistics Support Center is taking steps to improve this process.

USAMMC-K integrates MEDLOG into Freedom Shield 25
March 20, 2025 — In a real-world scenario on the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea serves as a major theater medical distribution node and provides the customer support interface for medical logistics and supply chain management. USAMMC-K, in concert with partner agencies, demonstrated this capability throughout the Korean Theater of Operations, or KTO, during Freedom Shield 2025.

Navy vet-turned-Army Civilian participates in second Invictus Games
March 3, 2025 — Although he literally no longer has a stomach, Carlos Valerio remains as hungry as ever for competition. Valerio, a retired 21-year Navy hospital corpsman and current civilian employee at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, participated and medaled as a member of Team U.S. at the 2025 Invictus Games, held Feb. 8-16 in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada.

Medical maintainer: Joining Army Esports Team 'a dream come true'
February 27, 2025 — Growing up, Sgt. Nicholas McKinley always enjoyed video games. He thought maybe one day it could be more than just a hobby. Those dreams were largely put on hold as he entered adulthood, but the Army is offering him the opportunity to revive some of those childhood dreams while improving his skillsets as a Soldier and showcasing what service has to offer.

USAMMA holds detachment change of command ceremony
February 25, 2025 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency held a Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment change of command ceremony Feb. 21, recognizing outgoing commander, Capt. Andrew Whittenbarger, and welcoming the unit’s new commander, Capt. Paul Abucher.

USAMMC-K conducts sling load training with 2nd CAB
February 24, 2025 — Soldiers at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea conducted a joint sling load training Feb. 13 with the 2nd Combat Aviation Battalion to allow both units to enhance proficiency in this essential task.

Air Force veteran brings expertise to Army, takes lead of MEDLOG data science team
February 7, 2025 — With a grandfather who worked on planes in the Army Air Corps during World War II, Aaron Widner already had a pedigree of service in the maintenance field. Add in his extensive IT and data analytics experience during his own 25-year Air Force career, and it’s a perfect recipe for one of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command’s newest data scientists.