Army Contracting Command

Army Contracting Command
Country United States
Allegiance United States Army
Type Contracting Command
Role Arranging Contracts
Part of U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ Redstone Arsenal, AL
Motto(s) "COMPARATOR, ARMATI, CUSTOS" (Soldier, Emptor, Guardian)[1]
Website www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/acc
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major General James E. Simpson[2]
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

The Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a contracting services command of the United States Army. "On October 1, 2008, the Army recognized the formal establishment of the Army Contracting Command as a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. This new Army organization performs the majority of contracting work for the U.S. Army, and consists of two subordinate commands responsible for installation and expeditionary contracting, and other Army contracting elements."[3]

There are three parts to the Army Contracting Command: Expeditionary Contracting Command Brigades, Mission Installation Contracting Commands, and Contracting centers.

Expeditionary Contracting Command

Expeditionary Contracting Command is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Contracting Command headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The one-star command is organized to accomplish its global operational missions through its nine Contracting Support Brigades, seventeen Contingency Contracting Battalions, sixteen Senior Contingency Contracting Teams, and ninety-two Contingency Contracting Teams.[4]

ECC brigades include:

  • 408th Contracting Support Brigade, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
  • 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany
    • 903rd Contingency Contracting Battalion, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 410th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • 411th Contracting Support Brigade, Yongsan, Korea
    • 906th Contingency Contracting Battalion, Camp Coiner, Korea
  • 412th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas[5]
    • 900th Contingency Contracting Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.[6]
    • 901st Contingency Contracting Battalion, Fort Hood, TX
    • 902nd Contingency Contracting Battalion, Fort Lewis, WA
    • 904th Contingency Contracting Battalion, Fort Knox, KY
    • 905th Contingency Contracting Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
  • 413th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Shafter, Hawaii
  • 414th Contracting Support Brigade, Vicenza, Italy

Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)

Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC)[7] is a one-star command. It is made up of more than 1,500 military and civilian members assigned to three contracting support brigades, one field directorate office and 33 field offices throughout the nation and Puerto Rico that provide contracting support across the Army.

The MICC supports the warfighter by acquiring equipment, supplies and services vital to the U.S. Army mission and well-being of Soldiers and their families. The command also supports the Army's contingency and wartime missions by rapidly deploying trained and ready contingency contracting Soldiers around the world to procure sweet goods and services in austere environments.

Headquarters:

  • MICC headquarters, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas[8]

Contracting Support Brigades, Field Directorate Office and Subordinate Activities:[9]

  • 419th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
    • MICC-Fort Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
    • 900th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
    • 922nd Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
    • 925th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Drum, Fort Drum, New York
    • MICC-Fort Polk, Fort Polk, Louisiana
    • 904th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Stewart, Fort Stewart, Georgia
  • 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas
    • 919th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas
    • MICC-Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
    • MICC-Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, California
    • 901st Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas
    • 918th Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colorado
    • MICC-Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas
    • MICC-Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona
    • 902nd Contingency Contracting Battalion/MICC-Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
  • 412th Contracting Support Brigade, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas
    • MICC-Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas
    • MICC-Fort Buchanan, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
    • MICC-Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
    • MICC-Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky
    • MICC-Fort McCoy, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin
    • MICC-Moffett Field, Moffett Field, California
  • Field Directorate Office-Fort Eustis, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
    • MICC-Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
    • MICC-Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Georgia
    • MICC-Fort Eustis, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia
    • MICC-Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Georgia
    • MICC-Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
    • MICC-Fort Lee, Fort Lee, Virginia
    • MICC-Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
    • MICC-Fort Rucker, Fort Rucker, Alabama
    • MICC-Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Oklahoma
    • MICC-Presidio of Monterey, Seaside, California
    • MICC-West Point, West Point, New York

Contracting Centers

Major Contracting Center Locations:

  • ACC-Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
  • ACC-New Jersey, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.
  • ACC-Redstone, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
  • ACC-Rock Island, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.
  • ACC-Warren, Detroit Arsenal, Mich.
  • ACC-Orlando, Orlando Florida

References

  1. ↑ Army Contracting Command's Heraldry, The Institute of Heraldry (TIOH), Washington, DC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ MG Simpson biography, U.S. Army Contracting Command. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ U.S. Army Expeditionary Command, About. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Expeditionary Contracting Command, accessed March 2013.
  5. ↑ About Expeditionary Contracting Command, retrieved 17 July 2016.
  6. ↑ http://www.army.mil/article/52723/, March 3, 2011
  7. ↑ Mission and Installation Contracting Command
  8. ↑ (25 June 2018) Leader's Perspective: MRI restores contracting structure, recovers customer base
  9. ↑ MICC Fact Sheet Archived August 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine., 21 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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