u.s. army medical materiel center – korea u.s. army medical materiel center – korea the united states army medical materiel center-korea (usammc-k), a subordinate unit of army medical logistics command (amlc) at fort detrick, maryland, serves as the theater lead agent for medical materiel (tlamm) in south korea. united states army medical materiel center-korea (usammc-k)collage of the usammc-k missionsactive1928 - present day usammc-k's mission is to provide continuous medical logistics support to united states forces korea (usfk). history the 6th medical logistics depot was constituted as an inactive unit of the regular army on 21 december 1928, fort sam houston, texas. during world war ii, the unit served in the european theater and was known as the 6th medical depot company. following world war ii, the unit was inactivated at camp kilmer, new jersey on 18 january 1946 and later reactivated at fort jackson, south carolina on 15 july 1946. following reorganization as the 6th army medical depot on 1 march 1949, the depot arrived in japan on 28 august 1950. it was immediately assigned to the korean theater and landed in pusan, korea on 11 september 1950. during the korean war, platoons of the 6th army medical depot were deployed throughout korea. following the war, the depot was re-designated as the 6th medical depot (army) on 11 april 1954 and in november 1955 was relocated to ascom city, korea. the 6th medical depot (army) was assigned to the eighth united states army from 1950 until april 1960, when it was reassigned to the 7th logistical command. in may 1963, it was reassigned to the 65th medical group under the operational control of the eighth united states army surgeon. the 6th medical depot was reassigned from the 65th medical group to the eighth united states army medical command-korea on 21 june 1971. the medical depot moved to yongsan military reservation supply point 51 on 1 june 1973. on 1 january 1978, the medical depot was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th medical supply, optical and maintenance unit (medsom). the 6th medsom battalion relocated its battalion headquarters company, stock control division, and optical division on 11 january 1988 to camp carroll (waegwan, korea). the move of the distribution division and the quality control division to camp carroll was completed on 8 february 1990. the 16th medical logistics battalion (logistics, forward) was deactivated in october 2008 and was replaced by the us army medical materiel center-korea. commanders of the u.s. army medical materiel center-korea and its precursors no. name dates of tenure military rank 1 edwin mcmeen 1953 - 1953 lieutenant colonel 2 edward martin 1954-1954 lieutenant colonel 3 cedric parker 1968–1969 lieutenant colonel 4 charles segars 1970-1970 lieutenant colonel 5 scott clark 1971–1972 lieutenant colonel 6 william fulton 1974–1975 major 7 leon holland 1975–1976 major 8 walter barnes, jr. 1978–1979 lieutenant colonel 9 james dolbier 1979–1980 lieutenant colonel 10 george waters, jr. 1980–1981 lieutenant colonel 11 edwin gayagas 1982–1984 lieutenant colonel 12 kenneth goldman 1984–1986 lieutenant colonel 13 william "larry" speer 1986–1988 lieutenant colonel 14 thaddious goodman 1988–1990 lieutenant colonel 15 ted hussey 1990–1992 lieutenant colonel 16 james olson 1992–1994 lieutenant colonel 17 michael g. johnson 1994–1996 lieutenant colonel 18 michael daley 1996–1998 lieutenant colonel 19 thomas brown 1998–2000 lieutenant colonel 20 james gier 2000–2001 lieutenant colonel 21 brian kueter 2001–2002 major 22 jeffrey unger 2002–2004 lieutenant colonel 23 william ackerman 2004–2006 lieutenant colonel 24 thomas c. slade 2006–2009 lieutenant colonel 25 shon-neil severns 2009-2012 lieutenant colonel 26 kevin e. cooper 2012-2014 lieutenant colonel 27 jonathan b. butler 2014-2016 lieutenant colonel 28 steven a. meadow 2016-2018 lieutenant colonel 29 marc r. welde 2018-2020 lieutenant colonel 30 marcus d. perkins 2020- 2022 lieutenant colonel