u.s. army medical materiel center – southwest asia u.s. army medical materiel center – southwest asia the u.s. army medical materiel center-southwest asia (usammc-swa), located at camp as sayliyah, qatar, a subordinate unit of the united states army central command at camp arifjan, kuwait, serves as the theater lead agent for medical materiel (tlamm) for us forces and select us department of state activities throughout the us central command area of operations (aor). us army medical materiel center-southwest asiathe usammc-swa logoactive2003 - present daycountryunited statesbranchunited states army history usammc-swa was established as a provisional unit just before the start of operation iraqi freedom, manned by the soldiers assigned to the 6th medical logistics management center (6mlmc) from fort detrick, maryland, the 388th medical battalion (logistics) from hays, kansas and the 424th medical battalion (logistics) from coraopolis, pennsylvania. commanders of the u.s. army medical materiel center-southwest asia no. name dates of tenure military rank 1 william r. fry january 2003 - february 2004 colonel 2 marsha langlois february 2004 - july 2004 lieutenant colonel 3 thomas c. slade july 2004 - july 2005 lieutenant colonel 4 marie t. cochran july 2005 - july 2006 lieutenant colonel 5 jonathan e. branch july 2006 - july 2007 lieutenant colonel 6 scott a. carpenter july 2007 - june 2008 lieutenant colonel 7 sam e. haddad july 2008 - august 2009 lieutenant colonel 8 thomas s. hines august 2009 - july 2010 lieutenant colonel 9 kevin e. cooper july 2010 - june 2011 lieutenant colonel 10 david l. sloniker june 2011 - may 2012 lieutenant colonel 11 jason r. sepanic may 2012 - feb 2013 lieutenant colonel 12 victor a. suarez feb 2013 - oct 2013 lieutenant colonel