U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center – Korea

United States Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea (USAMMC-K)

Collage of the USAMMC-K Missions
Active 1928 - present day
Country United States
Branch United States Army

The United States Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea (USAMMC-K), a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, serves as the Defense Logistics Agency's Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel (TLAMM) for Korea.

USAMMC-K's mission is to provide the best medical logistics support to the U.S. Forces Korea.

History

The 6th Medical Logistics Depot was constituted as an inactive unit of the Regular Army on 21 December 1928, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

During World War II, the unit served in the European Theater and was known as the 6th Medical Depot Company.

Following World War II, the unit was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on 18 January 1946 and later reactivated at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 15 July 1946.

Following reorganization as the 6th Army medical Depot on 1 March 1949, the Depot arrived in Japan on 28 August 1950. It was immediately assigned to the Korean Theater and landed in Pusan, Korea on 11 September 1950. During the Korean War, platoons of the 6th Army Medical Depot were deployed throughout Korea.

Following the war, the Depot was re-designated as the 6th Medical Depot (Army) on 11 April 1954 and in November 1955 was relocated to Ascom City, Korea.

The 6th Medical Depot (Army) was assigned to the Eighth United States Army from 1950 until April 1960, when it was reassigned to the 7th Logistical Command. In May 1963, it was reassigned to the 65th Medical Group under the operational control of the Eighth United States Army Surgeon. The 6th Medical Depot was reassigned from the 65th Medical Group to the Eighth United States Army Medical Command-Korea on 21 June 1971.

The Medical Depot moved to Yongsan Military Reservation Supply Point 51 on 1 June 1973. On 1 January 1978, the Medical Depot was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Medical Supply, Optical and Maintenance Unit (MEDSOM).

The 6th MEDSOM Battalion relocated its Battalion Headquarters Company, Stock Control Division, and Optical Division on 11 January 1988 to Camp Carroll (Waegwan, Korea). The move of the Distribution Division and the Quality Control Division to Camp Carroll was completed on 8 February 1990.

The 16th Medical Battalion (Logistics, Forward) was deactivated in October 2008 and was replaced by the US Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea.

Commanders of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea and its precursors

No. Name Dates of Tenure Military Rank
1 Edwin McMeen 1953 - 1953 Lieutenant Colonel
2 Edward Martin 1954-1954 Lieutenant Colonel
3 Cedric Parker 1968–1969 Lieutenant Colonel
4 Charles Segars 1970-1970 Lieutenant Colonel
5 Scott Clark 1971–1972 Lieutenant Colonel
6 William Fulton 1974–1975 Major
7 Leon Holland 1975–1976 Major
8 Walter Barnes, Jr. 1978–1979 Lieutenant Colonel
9 James Dolbier 1979–1980 Lieutenant Colonel
10 George Waters, Jr. 1980–1981 Lieutenant Colonel
11 Edwin Gayagas 1982–1984 Lieutenant Colonel
12 Kenneth Goldman 1984–1986 Lieutenant Colonel
13 William "Larry" Speer 1986–1988 Lieutenant Colonel
14 Thaddeus Goodman 1988–1990 Lieutenant Colonel
15 Ted Hussey 1990–1992 Lieutenant Colonel
16 James Olson 1992–1994 Lieutenant Colonel
17 Michael G. Johnson 1994–1996 Lieutenant Colonel
18 Michael Daley 1996–1998 Lieutenant Colonel
19 Thomas Brown 1998–2000 Lieutenant Colonel
20 James Gier 2000–2001 Lieutenant Colonel
21 Brian Kueter 2001–2002 Major
22 Jeffrey Unger 2002–2004 Lieutenant Colonel
23 William Ackerman 2004–2006 Lieutenant Colonel
24 Thomas C. Slade 2006–2009 Lieutenant Colonel
25 Shon-Neil Severns 2009-2012 Lieutenant Colonel
26 Kevin E. Cooper 2012- Lieutenant Colonel

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