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First impressions matter: AMLC launches comprehensive onboarding program
May 1, 2024 — A group of Army Civilians filed into the command conference room at U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, center, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, talks with new AMLC team members at the command’s first new employee welcome brief on April 24.

USAMMC-E Soldier honors mother’s memory in service
May 1, 2024 — U.S. Army Maj. Brenda S. Sumner joined the military as a tribute to her late mother, following her unexpected death in 1999. MORE

Maj. Brenda S. Sumner is pictured in 2018 while serving as aide-de-camp to the 44th Army Surgeon General, now-retired Lt. Gen. Nadja West. Sumner is currently serving as deputy commander for operations and the senior female Soldier at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe.

Army medical logistics transformation focuses on readiness
April 18, 2024 — Transformational change was the focus of a three-day exercise that brought together more than 100 stakeholders from throughout the Army. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, closes out a three-day MEDLOG in Campaigning, or MiC, initial proof-of-concept event at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. MiC is an effort aimed at streamlining medical materiel... (Katie Ellis-Warfield)

USAMMC-K provides MEDLOG support during Freedom Shield 2024
April 1, 2024 — Sustainers at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea exercised their role as the theater lead agent for medical materiel for U.S. Forces Korea during Freedom Shield 2024. MORE

A Republic of Korea Soldier and U.S. Soldier work in the shipping area of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, March 8. The two Soldiers took part in training activities as part of Freedom Shield 2024, an annual joint exercise held March 4-14, to enhance alliances and ensure defense fortification abilities on the Korean Peninsula. (Courtesy)

Army medical logistics integration takes center stage at AUSA Global Force
April 1, 2024 — If you are looking for an example of “transformation in contact,” you won’t find a better one than Army medical logistics, Maj. Gen. Robert Edmonson II told audience members at AUSA’s Global Force Symposium March 27. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, briefs the MEDLOG in Campaigning concept during a Warrior’s Corner presentation at AUSA Global Force Symposium, March 27, in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. (Courtesy)

AMLC’s revamped recycling program cuts tons of metal, electronic waste headed to landfill
March 28, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command has revamped its headquarters recycling programs to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in local landfills. MORE

Chris Borrell, facilities operations specialist for U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, tosses a box of old cables and other office supplies into a bin to be recycled March 25 at AMLC headquarters at Fort Detrick, Maryland. (C.J. Lovelace)

Retiring Army Civilian shares experience, expertise of 40-year career through mentorship
March 4, 2024 — As a senior U.S. Air Force NCO, Bill Sovitsky was a medical maintenance subject-matter expert and enjoyed teaching, training and mentoring younger Airmen. MORE

Bill Sovitsky, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran, is pictured in 2014 at Stead Field, home to a Nevada Army National Guard MEDEVAC unit. One of Sovitsky’s federal civilian roles over his total 40 years of combined service included equipment testing for the Air Force and Army. He will retire from Army Medical Logistics Command at the end of March. (Courtesy)

Army Medical Logistics Command celebrates Enlisted Medical Corps’ 137th birthday
March 4, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command joined the Army Medical Department in celebrating the Enlisted Medical Corps’ 137th birthday on March 1. MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Wright, center, senior enlisted adviser of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, addresses the participants of an early-morning PT session and fitness challenge in observance of the Army Medical Department's Enlisted Medical Corps birthday March 1 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The friendly competition included several relay team events across 137 meters, symbolizing the 137th anniversary, on Blue & Gray Field. While competing, evaluators asked participants questions about the AMEDD Enlisted Corps history. (Katie Ellis-Warfield)

Army Medical Logistics Command officer inducted into O2M3
March 1, 2024 — Lt. Col. Ibrahim Kabbah joined prestigious company Feb. 29, as he was inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit during an Army Medical Logistics Command awards ceremony at Fort Detrick. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, right, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, places the Order of Military Medical Merit medallion over the head of Lt. Col. Ibrahim Kabbah, symbolizing his induction into the prestigious organization, during an AMLC awards ceremony Feb. 29 at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

USAMMC-E modernization efforts improve efficiency, visibility of medical materiel
March 1, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe is modernizing its distribution operations through new technologies, exploring ways to improve efficiency, while saving time and money. MORE

Jeanette Hoeh, a supply technician at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, scans a box of medical supplies using a new scale system being piloted to streamline warehousing and distribution operations. The new “dimensioner” system incorporates a high-tech scale with optical features that can capture images and calculate the exact dimensions and weight of items being inventoried or readied for shipment.