Ammunition plants realign.The Joint Munitions Command (JMC), a component of the Army Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command, Army Materiel Command Army Materiel Command can refer to:
Under the plan, Radford Army Ammunition Plant (AAP) in Virginia and Holston AAP in Tennessee will report to Pine Bluff Arsenal The Pine Bluff Arsenal is an active military arsenal, that stores 12.5% of the nation's obsolete chemical weapons. In an incident after WWII, several captured German rockets containing nerve agents were accidentally launched into the surrounding countryside. in Arkansas. Both plants currently are managed by Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. Blue Grass Army Depot will assume responsibility for Scranton AAP in Pennsylvania and will continue to manage Anniston Defense Munitions Center in Alabama. Milan AAP in Tennessee and Mississippi AAP, which is located at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, will report to Crane Army Ammunition Activity in Indiana. (The commander of Milan AAP also commands Mississippi AAR) Milan and Mississippi AAPs are now subordinate to Blue Grass Army Depot. Lake City AAP in Missouri will operate under McAlester AAP in Oklahoma. McAlester AAP will continue to manage Red River Army Depot and Lone Star AAP in Texas and Kansas AAP, which are scheduled to close under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Base Realignment and Closure (or BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress to close excess military installations and realign Commission's decisions. Riverbank AAP in California and Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada will continue report to Tooele Army Depot, Utah. |
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