After 64 years of medical logistics support to the healthcare mission in Korea and throughout the Pacific Rim, on October 16, 2008, the Department of the Army inactivated the 16th Medical Logistics Battalion and activated the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea (USAMMC-K) in an effort to realign the Institutional Army healthcare mission in Korea.

USAMMC-K provides direct medical materiel support to theater medical forces, ensures and assists tactical units are integrated into the end-to-end medical supply chain and assists the Combatant Commands in Health Logistics Support planning.

USAMMC-K provides continuous medical logistics support to sustain the readiness of United States Forces Korea throughout the full range of military operations.

The USAMMC-K team includes approximately 150 personnel, including U.S. and Republic of Korea military, local Korean civilians and Department of the Army civilians.

USAMMC-K NEWS

USAMMC-K supports Special Operations COSIS mission
May 9, 2025 — Medical maintainers from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea stepped up to support U.S. Army Special Operations Command with its care of supplies in storage, or COSIS, mission in April. MORE

Medical maintainers from the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea stepped in to support a U.S. Army Special Operations Command care of supplies in storage, or COSIS, mission in April. The operation included a thorough inventory and maintenance of forward-staged equipment at USAMMC-K, which ensures USASOC Soldiers can quickly deploy and respond to threats on the Korean Peninsula.

USAMMC-K earns Army’s safety excellence streamer
May 2, 2025 — If you look out for your people, they will look out for the mission. That’s the mindset for leaders at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, which earned the Army’s annual safety streamer for consistently setting – and achieving – high standards for safety excellence in its military support operations. MORE

Wally Edwards, center, safety and occupational health manager for U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, presents the safety excellence streamer award to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea on April 22 at Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea. Receiving the award are USAMMC-K Commander Lt. Col. Nathan Wagner, left, and Master Sgt. Jojo Ada, senior enlisted adviser.

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. MORE

Members of the Korean Service Corps, local national employees working at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, prepare a shipment of medical supplies during Freedom Shield 2025. USAMMC-K demonstrated its capability as the theater lead agent for medical materiel, or TLAMM, during the joint 11-day exercise in March.

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. MORE

Soldiers at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea take part in joint sling load training Feb. 13 with the 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea. The Army Sling Load Program provides the skills to rig and securely attach various loads to a helicopter, ensuring rapid transport of supplies, equipment and vehicles.

Forward optical fabrication keeps Soldiers in the fight
November 5, 2024 — In a combat setting, situational awareness is everything. Being able to see clearly, no matter the situation, is a crucial part of staying ready to fight and win against an adversary. MORE

An employee in the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea’s optical fabrication lab works on orders for new prescription glasses. USAMMC-K and its sister organization, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Europe, produce thousands of sets of eyewear for service members and their Families each month. (Photo Credit: Ellen Crown)

USAMMC-K supports Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise in Korea
September 26, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea provided medical logistics support and training for an Army Reserve unit during Ulchi Freedom Shield in August. MORE

Several U.S. Army Soldiers stand in a warehouse, receiving a tour from another Soldier.

Army Medical Logistics Command supports rapid deployment exercise in Korea
August 28, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command supported an Eighth Army deployment readiness exercise July 31, supplying medical sets and equipment to an armored division unit participating in Operation Pacific Fortitude. MORE

A medic with the 4th Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, loads a medical set case onto an armored personnel carrier at the Army Prepositioned Stocks site in Korea, known as APS-4K, during Operation Pacific Fortitude. (Photo Credit: Courtesy Shawn Hardiek)

USAMMC-K holds change of command ceremony
July 1, 2024 — U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea team members bid farewell to their outgoing commander and welcomed a new leader during a change of command ceremony June 24. MORE

Col. Marc Welde, left, commander of U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command, accepts the unit colors from Lt. Col. Mark Sander, outgoing commander of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea, during a change of command ceremony June 24 at Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea. Welde then passed the colors to the new commander, Lt. Col. Nathan Wagner, center, signifying the transfer of command.

USAMMC-K hosts summit to synchronize theater MEDLOG efforts
May 13, 2024 — The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea recently served as host of a two-day summit to help synchronize medical logistics and readiness efforts across the Korean Peninsula. MORE

Attendees of a Medical Logistics Summit at the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea April 29-30 pose for a group photo at the conclusion of the event. The two-day summit helps synchronize MEDLOG and readiness efforts across the Korean Peninsula. (Courtesy)

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)

about us

MISSION

USAMMC-K plans, synchronizes, and provides medical logistics to sustain theater CL VIII readiness in support of United States Forces Korea.

VISION
The preeminent medical logistics sustainer providing CL VIII readiness to United States Forces Korea.

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