Army Contracting Command

Army Contracting Command
Country	United States
Allegiance	United States Army
Type	Support brigade
Role	Arranging Contracts
Part of	U.S. Army Materiel Command
Website	www.army.mil/info/organization/unitsandcommands/commandstructure/acc
Commanders
Current commander	Major General

The Army Contracting Command 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."([2])

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

Expeditionary Contracting Command is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Contracting Command headquartered at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. The one-star command is organized through its nine Contracting Support Brigades, seventeen Contingency Contracting Battalions, sixteen Senior Contingency Contracting Teams, and ninety-two Contingency Contracting Teams.

ECC brigades include:

• 408th Contracting Support Brigade, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
• 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 903rd Contingency Contracting Battalion
• 410th Contracting Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• 411th Contracting Brigade, Yongsan, Korea
• 412th Contracting Brigade, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
  • 900th Contingency Contracting Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C.
• 413th Contracting Brigade, Fort Shafter, Hawaii
• 414th Contracting Brigade, Vicenza, Italy
• two other brigades

Mission Installation Contracting Command

Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command 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 goods and services in austere environments.

Headquarters:

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

Contracting Support Brigades, Field Directorate Office and Subordinate Activities:

• 419th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Bragg, N.C.
  • MICC-Fort Belvoir, Fort Belvoir, Va.
  • MICC-Fort Meade, Fort George G. Meade, Md.
  • MICC-Fort Bragg, Fort Bragg, N.C.
  • MICC-Fort Campbell, Fort Campbell, Ky.
  • MICC-Fort Drum, Fort Drum, N.Y.
  • MICC-Fort Polk, Fort Polk, La.
  • MICC-Fort Stewart, Fort Stewart, Ga.
• 418th Contracting Support Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas
  • MICC-Fort Bliss, Fort Bliss, Texas
  • MICC-Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
  • MICC-Fort Irwin, Fort Irwin, Calif.
  • MICC-Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas
  • MICC-Fort Carson, Fort Carson, Colo.
  • MICC-Fort Riley, Fort Riley, Kansas
  • MICC-White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
  • MICC-Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Ariz.
  • MICC-Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.
• 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, S.C.
  • MICC-Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Ky.
  • MICC-Fort McCoy, Fort McCoy, Wis.
  • MICC-Moffett Field, Moffett Field, Calif.
• Field Directorate Office-Fort Eustis, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
  • MICC-Carlisle Barracks, Carlisle, Pa.
  • MICC-Fort Benning, Fort Benning, Ga.
  • MICC-Fort Eustis, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.
  • MICC-Fort Gordon, Fort Gordon, Ga.
  • MICC-Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
  • MICC-Fort Lee, Fort Lee, Va.
  • MICC-Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
  • MICC-Fort Rucker, Fort Rucker, Ala.
  • MICC-Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Okla.
  • MICC-Presidio of Monterey, Seaside, Calif.
  • MICC-West Point, West Point, N.Y.

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.

External links

• U.S. Army Contracting Command Website
• U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command Website
• 409th Support Brigade at the Institute of Heraldry
• Army Contracting Command factsheet