The United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) at Fort Detrick, Maryland, serves as the U.S. Army's executive agent for strategic medical acquisition and logistics programs.
The US Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) serves as the U.S. Army's life cycle management command (LCMC) for strategic medical acquisition, project management and logistics programs. The USAMMA manages strategic programs across the globe; equips and sustains the medical force within the Active Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard components; and develops medical technologies/devices/materiel innovations for use across the battlefield and at fixed Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs). The Agency also centrally manages the Army Prepositioned Stocks and The Office of the Surgeon General’s contingency programs as well as other readiness support programs designed for all Army components during full spectrum operations. The Agency deploys Medical Logistics Support Teams (MLST) and/or Forward Repair Activity-Medical (FRA-M) as required to support Joint operations in the different theaters. The Agency also provides Army Medical Department National Maintenance Program expertise and Sustainment Maintenance technical proficiency to ensure medical maintenance supportability and training requirements, equipment reliability and maintainability, and the maintenance repair and services of medical equipment and technologies.
Vision: To be a recognized leader in the Department of Defense for the acquisition and sustainment of medical equipment and technology
Mission: To develop, acquire, provide, and sustain world class solutions and capabilities to enable medical readiness globally
The USAMMA focuses on two Core Competencies: Equipping the Medical Force and Sustaining the Medical Force.
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