The 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (6MLMC), a direct reporting unit of U.S. Army Forces Command

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, with administrative control and training readiness authority to the Medical Research and Material Command USAMRMC

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serves as the Army's only deployable medical materiel management center worldwide.

Mission

When directed, 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (MLMC) deploys to provide centralized medical materiel lifecycle management to designated forces in order to sustain worldwide Geographical Combatant Command (GCC) contingency operations and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA).

Lineage and honors information

*Lineage ** Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 6th Convalescent Hospital ** Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois ** Inactivated 4 November 1945 at the

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** Redesignated 29 November 1954 as the 6th Convalescent Center and allotted to the Regular Army ** Activated 17 January 1955 in Germany ** Inactivated 20 September 1958 in Germany ** Activated 29 November 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas ** Inactivated 30 October 1971 in Vietnam ** Redesignated 16 November 1994 as the 6th Theater Medical Materiel Management Center (TMMMC) and activated at Fort Detrick, Maryland ** Redesignated 16 October 2000 as the 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (MLMC) and activated at Fort Detrick, Maryland *6th Medical Center Honors, campaign participation credit ** World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe ** Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I **Global War on Terror: Campaigns to be Determined *Decorations ** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER ** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967 ** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970 ** Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) (Forward Team/Detachment) for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom 1 JAN 2003 - 31 JAN 2004

Commanders

6th Convalescent Center,

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The Commander of the 98th General Hospital also served as the commander of the 6th Convalescent Center, which was co-located 6th Convalescent Center,

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Annual Army Medical Service Activities Reports, 6th Medical Center (Convalescent) 1966-1971, Record Group 472, Entry A1 1659, Box 186, National Archives II at College Park, Maryland 6th Medical Logistics Management Center

References

External links

6th MLMC Website
Frederick County, Maryland 006th Medical Logistics Management Center 1943 establishments in Illinois {{US-Army-stub