US Army Joint Munitions Command stood up.On 17 January, the Army celebrated the provisional stand up of the US Army Joint Munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. Command (JMC JMC Joint Military Commission JMC Jefferson Medical College JMC Jax Money Crew (computer gaming) JMC Joint Munitions Command (US Army; Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island IL) JMC James Madison College ) at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois Rock Island Arsenal is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 145 at the 2000 census. The island contains the Rock Island National Cemetery. , the site of the new command. It is the Department of the Defense's field operating agency for the "single manager for conventional munitions" mission. As such, the command manages the production, storage, issue and demilitarization de·mil·i·ta·rize tr.v. de·mil·i·ta·rized, de·mil·i·ta·riz·ing, de·mil·i·ta·riz·es 1. To eliminate the military character of. 2. of conventional ammunition for all US military services To meet the needs of the transformed fighting forces of the 21st century, JMC is developing and modernizing systems to provide theater and field commanders accurate, up-to-the minute information on the status of munitions. Through its Army Field Support Command (AFSC AFSC American Friends Service Committee AFSC Alaska Fisheries Science Center AFSC Air Force Systems Command AFSC Air Force Specialty Code AFSC Air Force Space Command AFSC Armed Forces Services Corporation AFSC Army Field Support Command ) component, JMC serves as a platform for projecting logistics power anywhere in the world. AFSC maintains prepositioned stocks of weapons and equipment stored at land-based sites around the world and aboard ships. AFSC also provides direct support to combat units deployed to the front lines and operates sites near forward areas, such as logistic support elements (LSEs). Taken from the JMC News Release, 22 January 2003 |
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