Army Materiel Command

Take a load off! A Crane Army Ammunition Activity employee attaches lifting lugs to 155mm rounds prior to disassembly and recycling. Crane Army works to maximize the value of every taxpayer dollar and use our r More

Saori Komura, right, an art instructor for the Camp Zama Arts and Crafts Center, helps Camryn Rosa, 11, make a washi paper box at Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 23.

Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, deputy commander for the Army Materiel Command, enlisted in the Army in 1975. He later attended Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, where he commissioned as a Quartermaster officer in 198 More

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In the late 1880s, the Watervliet Arsenal began a transformation from a maker of saddles to a maker of cannons. This 19th century post card depicts the first 16-inch gun being manufactured at the Watervliet Ar More

Watervliet Arsenal town hall conducted this month in the Big Gun Shop honored and recognized nine Veterans who had served in the Vietnam Theater of Operations in the 1960s and 70s.

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The Hon. Nelson Ford, Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin and Army Material Command's Commanding General (Forward), Brig. Gen. James Hodge were briefed on Retrograde operations at the Retrograde Sorting Yard by U.S. Third More

The Iraqi and U.S. delegation members pose at the Oregon Solar Highway Project in Portland, Ore., during their August 2009 visit.

An infographic details the U.S. Army Financial Management Command’s business process standardization efforts. USAFMCOM’s Business Process Management directorate completed a three-year mission of documenting and More

Arsenal employees preparing the final shipment of armor kits leaving the Watervliet Arsenal in 2010, thus ending a $100 million order that save countless lives.

Maj. Darcy Schnack, support operations officer, 2nd Battalion, 402nd AFSB, briefs the battalion’s mission during the United States Equipment Transfer to Iraq Rehearsal of Concept Drill hosted by the 402nd Army More

Dr. G. Richard Price

At the conclusion of her tour of the camp, Brig. Gen. Camille M. Nichols, commanding general, Joint Contracting Command, United States Forces

Adam Fosbre, weld supervisor for the General Dynamics Land Systems-run Stryker Battle Damage Assessment and Repair Facility, explains general repair procedures to Teresa Gerton, the Army Materiel Command Execut More

A Military Police T-wall display at West Liberty on Victory Base Complex, Baghdad.

Author Bill M. Oakley poses with an APS-4 Large Tug at Yokohama North Dock, Japan.

Esteban Ramos, team chief, Theater Property Book Team 2, 2nd Battalion, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, makes a point during the 2011 Responsible Officer/Team Chief Conference at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, March More

An MRAP is processed at the 2nd Battalion, 40nd Army Field Support Brigade, RPAT Yard at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.

(From left) Capt. Charlene Cheney, chaplain, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command; Staff Sgt. Kristin Harris, CRAM Detachment; Karessa Luke, 160th Signal Brigade; and Lorese Dudley, 402nd Army Field Support More

Personnel from the 2nd Battalion, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, conduct a joint inventory with soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 197th Field Artillery, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, RPAT Y More

Maj. Virgel F. Christian, native of Mobile, Ala., holds a copy Clifford the Big Red Dog, that was donated through the 401st Army Field Support Brigade's United Through Reading Program.

Soldiers and contractors from the 401st Army Field Support Battalion-Kandahar gave a tour to Maj. Mohammad Zahir and his coalition mentors of the maintenance facility where Humvees that are being turned over th More

Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, commander of U.S. Army Materiel Command and the first female four-star general in Army history (center), presents a coin to Sgt. Kristena Williams, a logistics non-commissioned officer wit More

Teams of U.S. Soldiers with the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) assist in vehicle and equipment retrograde operations at bases across Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2012. The Soldiers work as part of Redistrib More

United States Army Benelux Safety and Occupational Health Manager Rudy Magain makes a speech to introduce Safety Day to Belgian host nation employees from the United States Army Benelux area of responsibility a More

Dahab Gebreyohannes, a physical science technician with the Army Oil Analysis Program (AOAP) Laboratory Europe looks at an oil sample at 100-times amplification through a microscope at the AOAP Laboratory at Ka More

Col. Anna Rego, assistant deputy program director, Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, Logistics Capability - Afghanistan and 1st Lt. Harry Cambrelen, 359th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 101st Sustainment Br More

JOHNNY STEPHENSON, RIGHT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER'S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC ANALYSIS & COMMUNICATIONS, GREETS GENERAL DENNIS VIA, COMMANDER OF THE U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND (AMC) ON RED More

Drums of used fuel are loaded onto a truck at an Army Field Support Battalion-Bagram yard to be taken by an AC First safety coordinator to the hazardous materials yard operated by Logistics Civil Augmentation P More

Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of Army Materiel Command, spoke with Soldiers at the 401st Army Field Support Brigade Oct. 23 at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Via was visiting Bagram to see the progress More

Soldiers from 33rd Mountain Battalion (Romania) become familiar with basic issue items that will accompany vehicles they will be using in missions in their area of responsibility March 2. The equipment is part More

David S. Arnold, TACOM Armaments Logistics Assistance Representative deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C., provides hands on training March 2 on mounting weapons on a vehicle to Sgt. Maj. Cristian Doltu, a member of More

Electrician Leader Robert Mascola, has been installing and certifying new wireless technology at a number of locations in the United States since 2015.

Spc. Ramir Baysa, 802nd Ordnance Company, a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Gainesville, Ga., looks into a vehicle June 3 during an ammo abatement inspection to ensure the vehicle is clear of ammunition, brass and More

Gen. Dennis L. Via (left), Commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command, meets with Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Seamands, U.S. Army Human Resources Command Commanding General, and his senior staff at the Maude Complex on Fort More

Lt. Col. Mark W. Susnis, Army Field Support Battalion-Afghanistan, passes the battalion colors to Col. Christopher L. Day, 401st AFSB commander during a change of command ceremony Aug. 5, 2015 at battalion head More

A local national worker drains glycerin from the system. Glycerin is a byproduct of the process to convert used cooking oil at Bagram Air Field into biodiesel that is used to power solid waste incinerators at B More

U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Joshua Garner, 316th Mobility Augmentation Company, Chatanooga, Tennessee, was among the commanders of several M113 Armored Personnel Carriers participating in a Combined Arms Breach d More

A Bradley Fighting Vehicle and M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank recently used by the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, are stored in a facility at the European More

A 155mm howitzer tube is leaving an arsenal furnace where it was heated to nearly 2,000 degrees en route to the rotary forge. After an approximate 15 minutes of forging, the tube will have the near finished sh More

Some of the personnel deployed to 401st Army Field Support Brigade and Army Field Support Battalion Kuwait from Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal. Front row, Lt. Col. Daniel T. Davis, Tina D. Schm More

Gen. Dennis Via, (left) commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command, greets 7th Infantry Division Commander Maj. Gen. Thomas James, Feb. 8. Via came to Joint Base Lewis-McChord to see Communication Electronics Comma More

Army Materiel Command’s Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Edward Daly visits his alma mater, Saint Peter’s Preparatory School to speak with the school’s juniors and seniors about the current geopolitical climate. U.S. More

Jung Jang-seon, Pyeongtaek City mayor, and USAG Humphreys commander, Col. Michael F. Tremblay, visit the Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital tertiary tent, April 9. The mayor also visited the intensive car More

Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow talking to Times Union newspaper reporter Larry Rulison at a recent job fair that was hosted by the Watervliet Arsenal. These media engagements have significantly contribut More

Army Materiel Command's Command Chief Warrant Officer 5 Darren Cook discusses ongoing Army-wide maintenance changes, and charges Tennessee National Guard sustainers with taking command of the transition at the More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Darren Cook and Capt. Joseph Koennecke discuss changes to the maintenance culture before CW5 Cook’s presentation to more than 120 Officers in the Captain’s Career course Feb. 15, 2017, a More

In this monthly newsletter called The Salvo, are the key stories and photos for the Army's arsenal at Watervliet, N.Y. for February 2017. The key story is about the value that Foreign Military Sales have on the More

Lt. Gen. Edward Cardon, Director, Office of Business Transformation, and Maj. Gen. Steven Shapiro, Army Materiel Command Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/4, lead a roundtable session with several Army Materiel Comman More

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley visits Anniston Army Depot, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., April 17, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jamill Ford)

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Jeffrey Davis, an emergency management specialist with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and taekwondo black belt master, leads students through various martial arts techniques and exercises.

Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, deputy commander of the Army Materiel Command, addresses the importance of cyber assurance while speaking to members of the National Space Club-Huntsville at the Jackson Center in Huntsville May 15.

Darrin Lampman works during a deployment to Israel in 2017. He was selected as the Army’s Fiscal Year 2018 Quality Assurance Specialist (Ammunition Surveillance) of the Year.

Master Mechanic Rafael Velez, right, is training Arsenal Machine Inspectors Shane Forkel, right, Joe Santoro, second from left, and Production Machinery Mechanic Bill Root on how to measure the adjustments that More

A quintet of Soldiers from the Army Materiel Command Band provide entertainment during the Armed Forces Celebration Week luncheon hosted by the Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce June 28, 2017, in Hu More

Arsenal Machinist and Quality Control Inspector Steve Cusano, right, is walking intern Murphey Zhang through a quality operation on a howitzer tube. Zhang is a student at the University of Southern California.

Government Quality Assurance Inspectors, John Michaels, left, and Robert Powers, conducting an unannounced audit on a machine operation earlier this month.

U.S. Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville is welcomed by Gen. Gus Perna to the Army Materiel Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, Aug. 3, 2017. This marks McConvile's first visit to AMC More

Maj. Gen. Allan Elliott, Army Materiel Command deputy chief staff, speaks Saturday at the Purple Heart Memorial in Hartselle.

North Carolina National Guard 1450th Transportation Company Soldier Pvt. Shaun Wilkins conducts diesel engine maintenance during convoy operations at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) near Southport, More

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Gen. Gus Perna, Army Materiel Command commander, speaks to nearly 300 Solders tied to Army sustainment efforts during the inaugural National Guard Sustainment Commander's Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturda More

Crane Army Ammunition Activity Commander Col. Michael Garlington administers the Army Civilian Oath to rail workers as Naval Facilities Engineering Command Crane’s rail operations transfer over to the U.S. Army More

U.S. Army Materiel Command Commanding Generals throughout History

Lt. Gen. Edward Daly serves a dual-hatted role as the deputy commanding general of Army Materiel Command and the Senior Commander of Redstone Arsenal.

Arsenal Commander Col. Joseph Morrow explaining to Hudson Valley Community College President Andrew Matonak about some of the challenges the Arsenal is experiencing in finding highly qualified machinists and ma More

U.S. Army Gen. Gus Perna, Army Materiel Command commanding general, takes a picture with Korean War Veterans during their 12th Annual Luncheon Nov. 9, 2017 at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The event was hosted by More

An M1070 A1 Heavy Equipment Transporter System truck is in static display for the ribbon cutting ceremony of the Army pre-positioned stock (APS) 2 site, in Zutendaal, Belgium, Nov. 21, 2017. The APS sites are More

Salvo cover for November 2017

Maj. Gen. Elizabeth Austin welcomes distinguished guests to her retirement ceremony at the North Carolina National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 1.

Courtesy photo John “Boone” Ruffing is the Security Assistance Command’s Employee of 1st Quarter for fiscal 2018.

Hundreds of concertgoers enjoy a holiday concert by the Army Materiel Command's band at Randolph School's Thurber Arts Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Dec. 12, 2017. The concert featured classic holiday songs an More

Lara Zilafro, (right) explains the pyrotechnic fabrication process to visitors during a tour of the Crane Army Ammunition Activity pyrotechnics facility. Women’s contributions to CAAA help the Activity provide More

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Scott Evertsen, the Arsenal’s energy manager, right, discussing with contract representative Joseph LaVigne about the scope of the contract that will reduce energy costs by replacing hundreds of vapor and fluor More

Gen. Gustave F. Perna, commanding general of Army Materiel Command, congratulates newly promoted Brig. Gen. James S. Moore Jan. 17, 2018, at American Lake Conference Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Perna admi More

Lauren Aggen (right), an equal employment specialist in the U.S. Army Sustainment Command Equal Employment Office who is hard-of-hearing, and Karen Stephenson, an administrative support assistant with Joint Mun More

Crane Army Ammunition Activity workers burn aircraft flares to ensure accurate burn times. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy use the flares and depend on sufficient burn periods to produce infrared (IR) signatur More

Crane Army Ammunition Activity employees remove explosives from retired 105 mm white phosphorus rounds. The nut holding each explosive burster in place is drilled out of the round, allowing the burster to be de More

Rail workers were sworn in as Crane Army Ammunition Activity employees last October, forty years after the U.S. Army took over conventional munitions at Crane. This week, Crane Army trains received the U.S. Arm More

Crane Army Ammunition Activity employees remove 2000 lb. bombs from storage, load them and prepare them for transport to support the U.S. Air Force. Crane Army Ammunition Activity provides conventional munition More

The Army Materiel Command’s Master Sgt. Clifton Williams receives a Community of the Year award from program organizer Charley Douglas during the 16th annual Black History Enrichment and Enlightenment Festival More

Col. Michael Garlington, commander of Crane Army Ammunition Activity, thanks CAAA employees for all their hard work and extra hours during the recent outload increase to ensure Warfighters are supplied with the More

Crane Army Ammunition Activity employees unthread base fuzes from 105 mm white phosphorus projectiles with a machine designed and built by CAAA engineers. All material except the white phosphorus must be remove More

Army Materiel Command’s Gen. Gus Perna addresses senior leaders from across the materiel enterprise during the AMC Commander’s Forum at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., Feb. 7-8.