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

USAMMA command team reflect on careers, importance of Black History Month
February 6, 2024 — Col. Gary Cooper and Lt. Col. Nikki Davis pride themselves in leading a diverse organization that values its workforce. MORE

Col. Gary Cooper, center left, and Lt. Col. Nikki Davis, far left, are pictured in an Army Medical Logistics Command command group photo in 2023. Cooper, commander of the U.S. Army Materiel Agency, served as interim AMLC commander for several months, while Davis, USAMMA deputy commander, assumed interim command of USAMMA in Cooper’s stead. USAMMA is one of three direct reporting units to AMLC.

New request procedures for sustainment-level medical maintenance
January 29, 2024 — When U.S. Army units need sustainment-level maintenance support for their medical equipment, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency is there to help. MORE

A biomedical equipment technician works on a medical device at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (C.J. Lovelace)

Army medical maintenance facility offers vast professional development opportunity
January 5, 2024 — On a sprawling base in northern Utah, there’s a large warehouse and medical maintenance shop that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nora Martinez has grown to love. MORE

Daniel Nightingale, a contract biomedical equipment technician and Army Reserve sergeant, works inside the shop at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Nov. 14, 2023. (C.J. Lovelace)

USAMMA Soldiers-turned-civilians share love for medical maintenance, each other
December 5, 2023 — In some cases, working with your spouse isn’t always the best idea since it tends to mix the stresses of the workplace environment with life at home. MORE

Kayla Colfax and Joe Tincher, both former Soldiers who married when the couple were still in uniform, serve together as civilian biomedical equipment technicians at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. MMOD-Hill was their last duty station in uniform before transitioning to civilian service in recent years. (C.J. Lovelace)

Realigning medical maintenance recordkeeping to improve visibility, efficiency
November 27, 2023 — Starting in the first quarter of 2024, U.S. Army units will be able to track sustainment-level maintenance operations of their medical devices in real time through Global Combat Support System-Army, or GCSS-Army. MORE

Sgt. Jason Paglia and Staff Sgt. Nora Martinez perform maintenance on patient monitors at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency's Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Nov. 14, 2023.

Army distributes nearly 1.4 million vaccines to combat expected annual flu spike
October 31, 2023 — The cooler temperatures of fall traditionally usher in yearly influenza spikes all around the globe, and this year is expected to be much of the same. MORE

Leaders and Soldiers receive their influenza vaccination as the annual flu shot campaign kicks off, at the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence headquarters at Fort Novosel, Ala., October 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Kelly Morris)

‘T.E.A.M.’ mantra empowers workforce, builds morale at Army medical maintenance division
October 4, 2023 — As the saying goes, “Together, Everyone Achieve More.” MORE

Sandhya Suresh, a civilian biomedical equipment technician, works alongside a teammate at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tracy, California. The facility has embraced the “Together, Everyone Achieves More,” or T.E.A.M., philosophy and it’s been paying dividends throughout the workforce. (Katie Ellis-Warfield)

USAMMA hosts observance in recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 2, 2023 — Dr. Raymond Vazquez is proud of his military and federal civilian service, spanning nearly 40 years. MORE

Dr. Raymond Vazquez, chief of staff at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency, served as the guest speaker during a National Hispanic Heritage Month observance at Fort Detrick, Maryland, on Sept. 28. Vazquez chronicled his family history, shared personal experiences and recognized numerous individuals of Puerto Rican descent. (C.J. Lovelace)

Effective procurement practices ‘an integral part’ of Army medical maintenance mission
August 9, 2023 — When working on highly complex medical devices, the repair bills for new parts can rack up quickly. MORE

A biomedical equipment technician at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division in Tracy, California, performs maintenance on a computed tomography machine. (Photo Credit: Katie Ellis-Warfield)

Army Civilian to retire after 41 years of service in medical maintenance field
August 7, 2023 — Since he was 17 years old, Wayne Collins has devoted his life to the U.S. Army, including over 20 years in uniform. MORE

Wayne Collins, director of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency’s Medical Maintenance Operations Division at Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, will retire at the end of August after more than 41 years of combined military and federal service. (C.J. Lovelace)

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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