USAMMA's mission is to deliver medical materiel readiness, synchronizing and integrating strategic sustainment, supply support and maintenance capabilities to enable global health care operations.

Headquartered at Fort Detrick, Maryland, USAMMA operations are worldwide. USAMMA has approx. 400 personnel total, including workforce at our stateside medical maintenance operations divisions or overseas locations where we have prepositioned medical stock.

USAMMA news

Afloat Army Prepositioned Stocks increase power projection
March 29, 2023 — The length of three football fields and seven decks high, the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) is no doubt a big ship -- but it’s also a floating warehouse. MORE

An Army Field Support Battalion-Charleston team member walks up the roll on/roll off ramp of the USNS Pomeroy (T-AKR 316) as the ship is docked and prepared to receive its load of military equipment and supplies as part of the Army Prepositioned Stocks, or APS, program. (Ellen Crown)

USAMMA hosts detachment change of command ceremony
March 22, 2023 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency hosted a Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, or HHD, change of command and responsibility ceremony March 17, celebrating the successes of the outgoing command team while welcoming the new. MORE

1st Lt. Andrew Whittenbarger, center left, passes the unit colors of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment to Sgt. 1st Class Tie Wu during a change of command ceremony March 17 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Whittenbarger assumed command during the event, with Wu taking responsibility as detachment sergeant. Also pictured are USAMMA Commander Col. Gary Cooper, left, and outgoing detachment commander, Maj. Chris Wright.

USAMMC-E supports APS-2 medical maintenance mission
March 15, 2023 — Two medical maintenance technicians from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe completed an assignment at the Army’s prepositioned stocks, or APS, site in Europe, bringing more than 400 pieces of medical equipment up to full mission capability. MORE

Spc. Joel Velasco, a biomedical equipment specialist from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, is pictured performing maintenance on a medical device at an Army prepositioned stocks site in Dulmen, Germany, March 1.

Training, quality data improve MEDLOG catalog
February 27, 2023 — In medical logistics, there are many moving parts -- each as important as the next -- to help U.S. Army medical professionals receive equipment and supplies they need to protect and save lives. MORE

Juan Flores, right, a general supply specialist with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Business Support Office, leads a discussion during online training on the Defense Medical Logistics Item Identification System, or DMLIIS. Also pictured is Matthew Diggs, a supply management specialist for the BSO. Flores and Diggs have been collaborating with Defense Health Agency’s Medical Logistics Directorate to provide DMLIIS training on an ongoing basis for supply specialists and clinical analysts.

USAMMA names Civilian of the Year
February 24, 2023 — On a day-to-day basis, there’s little that happens at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base without John Jeske’s oversight. MORE

John Jeske, interim production controller at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, has been named USAMMA’s Civilian of the Year for 2022. Jeske also has worked as inventory manager and transportation coordinator over his five-plus years at MMOD-Hill.

Building relocation opens space, modernizes Army medical maintenance facility
November 18, 2022 — Just in time for the holiday season, the workforce at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s medical maintenance facility in Tracy will be receiving a welcomed gift in the form of a more spacious and modernized building. MORE

Biomedical equipment specialists at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division in Tracy, California, calibrate medical equipment in the special purpose Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment, or TMDE, lab.

Retiring Army medical logistics leader reflects on importance of education
September 6, 2022 — After three decades of service to the U.S. Army, Col. John “Ryan” Bailey said the key to his career success is simple -- never say no to education, training and new experiences. MORE

John “Ryan” Bailey receives his shoulder boards from his parents, John and Linda Bailey, as he’s commissioned as 2nd lieutenant in the Army Medical Service Corps in 1993.

USAMMA hosts change of command
August 24, 2022 — The past two years have been filled with new operational environments with unique mission opportunities for the U.S. Army’s medical logistics enterprise. MORE

Col. Ryan Bailey, left, outgoing commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, shakes hands with Col. Tony Nesbitt, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, during a change of command ceremony Aug. 19 at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Bailey, who will retire in September after more than 30 years of service, relinquished command to Col. Gary Cooper. The ceremony also served as an assumption of responsibility for Sgt. Maj. Hugo Roman, USAMMA’s new senior enlisted leader.

Medical Logistics ensures readiness in Europe
July 19, 2022 — It’s often said that medical logistics is a team sport. That was never truer than in recent months when members of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency were part of the effort to support both a real-world situation and a large-scale training exercise that happened simultaneously in Europe. MORE

Cpl. Thien Nguyen, left, medical supply technician with the 551st Medical Logistics Company, and Karl Posley, a general supply specialist with the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, prepare shipments of medical supplies at the Army Prepositioned Stocks site in Germany, known as APS-2.

Survey helps Army medical maintenance gather feedback, improve service
July 11, 2022 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency is working to make it easier to gather feedback and improve processes to better serve its customer base. MORE

A biomedical equipment technician works on a portable centrifuge at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania.

about us

MISSION

Delivers medical materiel readiness, synchronizing and integrating strategic sustainment, supply support and maintenance capabilities to enable global health care operations.

VISION

USAMMA is the leading strategic medical sustainer, supported by a diverse and innovative workforce that is globally responsive, ready, and resilient.

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