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The Command's mission includes the research & development of weapons systems as well as maintenance and parts distribution. AMC operates research & development engineering centers; Army Research Laboratories; depots; arsenals; ammunition plants; and other facilities, and maintains the Army’s prepositioned stocks, both on land and afloat. The command is also the Department of Defense Executive Agent for the chemical weapons stockpile and for conventional ammunition. AMC is responsible within the United States Department of Defense for the business of selling Army equipment and services to allies of the United States and negotiates and implements agreements for co-production of U.S. weapons systems by foreign nations. AMC is currently headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., and is located in approximately 149 locations worldwide, including more than 40 American States and 50 countries. AMC maintains employment of upwards of 60,000 military and civilian employees. The U.S. Army Materiel Command was established on May 8, 1962 and was activated on August 1 of that year as a major field command of the U.S. Army. Lieutenant General Frank S. Besson, Jr., who directed the implementation of the Department of Army study that recommended creation of a "materiel development and logistics command", served as its first commander. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision relocated AMC to Redstone Arsenal, Ala. Personnel began relocating to Redstone in 2006 and the command will be completely relocated by July 2011. |
