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

Army medical maintenance teams provide 'invaluable' support to National Guard
February 25, 2020 — With the overall goal of ensuring readiness for National Guard units across 23 states and territories, teams from Tobyhanna Army Depot in northeast Pennsylvania spend roughly 17 weeks a year on the road to handle medical maintenance tasks. In total, they aim to service some 6,000 to 8,000 pieces of equipment twice annually. MORE

Fort Detrick contractor donates hair for cancer patient wigs
February 18, 2020 — After retiring from the U.S. Navy in 2014, Fernando Trujillo quit cutting his hair. For the Fort Detrick defense contractor, nearly six years of growth resulted in his long dark locks hanging all the way down to his waist. Then he decided to cut his hair and rather than simply hack it off, Trujillo, a survivor of salivary gland cancer, decided to donate his hair to help cancer patients. MORE

Medical Logistics drills on sustainment as DEFENDER-20 preparations continue
February 10, 2020 — U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency leaders participated in a Sustainment Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill on Jan. 16 to prepare for the kick off of DEFENDER-Europe 20, the area's largest military exercise in 25 years. The sustainment-focused drill allowed participating units, including foreign partners, to work through the operational plan to expose "weak links" and create a "shared understanding" of what each unit would be doing. MORE

Overhauling medical maintenance
January 16, 2019 — When the Army sends Soldiers into harm's way, it promises that if those Soldiers fall sick or get injured, the Army will do everything possible to save and restore their lives. In recent years, military leaders have honored this assurance by placing the most sophisticated health care equipment and providers as close to the front lines as possible. MORE

Army Adds Medical Materiel to European Prepositioned Stocks
November 29, 2018 — Army prepositioned stocks (APS) 2 in Europe -- the Army's newest APS site -- is now equipped with life-saving medical equipment and supplies in support of theater readiness. MORE

Army Medical Logistics Course Hosts 'USAMMA Day'
November 8, 2018 — Bringing together the newest with the most experienced medical logisticians in the Army, experts from U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency visited the Army Medical Department Center and School, U.S. Army Health Readiness Center of Excellence, to enhance training for officers joining the medical logistics community. MORE

Army Medical Device Cyber Team Balances Benefits and Risks of Technology
October 22, 2018 — Access to advanced medical care directly supports the readiness of the Army's Warfighters by ensuring troops are fit and healthy on and off the battlefield. MORE

USAMMA Hosts Change of Command Ceremony
August 13, 2018 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, a subordinate agency of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, hosted a Change of Command ceremony at Fort Detrick, Maryland, Aug. 10, where Col. Lynn Marm relinquished command to Col. Timothy Walsh. MORE

Army Tests Readiness of Medical Prepositioned Stocks
August 9, 2018 — Putting readiness to the test, members of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency exercised their ability to rapidly issue Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) medical materiel in both Korea and South West Asia, May - July 2018. MORE

Soldiers test Army's newest transport telemedicine technology
July 18, 2018 — Army Medicine is developing a technology to improve patient triage and communication during medical evacuations -- and looking for units willing to test the system. MORE

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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