The

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), and its subordinate Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC),Lieutenant Colonel James O. Winbush, Jr., Christopher S. Rinaldi, and Antonia R. Giardina (2005-01-05) Life Cycle Management: Integrating Acquisition and Sustainment
documents the 2001 intention, now moot as of 2018, to combine acquisition and sustainment headquartered at the

Detroit Arsenal Detroit Arsenal may refer to: * Detroit Arsenal (Dearborn), a 19th-century arsenal in Dearborn, Michigan, United States * Detroit Arsenal (soccer), a defunct American soccer team * Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant Detroit Arsenal (DTA), formerly Det ...

http://garrison-michigan.army.mil/sites/garrison/garrison%20main.htm in

Warren, Michigan Warren is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2020 Census places the city's population at 139,387, making Warren the largest city in Macomb County, the third largest city in Michigan, and Metro Detroit's largest suburb. ...

, is part of the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC). The entire complex that houses TACOM's headquarters is located on what is known as the

. TACOM has subordinate installations located at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama,

Red River Army Depot The Red River Army Depot (RRAD) is an (24 sq. mi) depot-level maintenance facility west of Texarkana, Texas, in Bowie County. History RRAD was activated in 1941 to create an ammunition storage facility. Due to the demands of WWII, the mi ...

in Texas,

Sierra Army Depot Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and military equipment storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California. It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far en ...

in California, and

Watervliet Arsenal The Watervliet Arsenal is an arsenal of the United States Army located in Watervliet, New York, on the west bank of the Hudson River. It is the oldest continuously active arsenal in the United States, and today produces much of the artillery for ...

in New York, and has significant numbers of personnel located at

Rock Island Arsenal The Rock Island Arsenal comprises , located on Arsenal Island, originally known as Rock Island, on the Mississippi River between the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. It lies within the state of Illinois. Rock Islan ...

, Illinois, and Natick Soldier Center, Massachusetts. The

also houses the laboratories and facilities of TACOM's partner for ground vehicle technology and engineering, the United States Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), formerly known as United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), an element of the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC).

Defense Acquisition University The Defense Acquisition University (DAU) is a corporate university of the United States Department of Defense offering "acquisition, technology, and logistics" (AT&L) training to military and Federal civilian staff and Federal contractors. DAU is ...

(DAU) has a branch at TACOM, which assists with the training and certification of employees in necessary logistics and acquisition methods for the U.S. federal government. This training and certification is made possible by many highly trained instructors on TACOM and elsewhere, providing lectures and briefings on these crucial logistic and acquisition areas.

Ground Combat Vehicle

The BCT Ground Combat Vehicle Program is overseen by TACOM.

List of commanding generals

References

External links

TACOM website

Defense Acquisition University

GVSC Website

TARDEC website
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