6th Medical Logistics Management Center (United States Army)

The 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (6MLMC), a direct reporting unit of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with administrative control and training readiness authority to the Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and serves as the Army's only deployable medical materiel management center worldwide.

6th Medical Logistics Management Center (6MLMC)
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Active25 May 1943 - 4 November 1945

17 January 1955 - 20 September 1958
29 November 1965 - 30 October 1971

16 November 1994 - Present
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army
Motto(s)"One Team!"

Mission

When directed, 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (MLMC) deploys to provide centralized medical materiel lifecycle management to designated forces in order to sustain worldwide Geographical Combatant Command (GCC) contingency operations and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA).

Lineage and honors information
  • Lineage
    • Constituted 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 6th Convalescent Hospital
    • Activated 25 May 1943 at Camp Ellis, Illinois
    • Inactivated 4 November 1945 at the New York Port of Embarkation
    • Redesignated 29 November 1954 as the 6th Convalescent Center and allotted to the Regular Army
    • Activated 17 January 1955 in Germany
    • Inactivated 20 September 1958 in Germany
    • Activated 29 November 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
    • Inactivated 30 October 1971 in Vietnam
    • Redesignated 16 November 1994 as the 6th Theater Medical Materiel Management Center (TMMMC) and activated at Fort Detrick, Maryland
    • Redesignated 16 October 2000 as the 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (MLMC) and activated at Fort Detrick, Maryland
  • 6th Medical Center Honors, campaign participation credit
    • World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
    • Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I
    • Global War on Terror: Campaigns to be Determined
  • Decorations
    • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for EUROPEAN THEATER
    • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
    • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970
    • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) (Forward Team/Detachment) for Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom 1 JAN 2003 - 31 JAN 2004

Commanders

6th Convalescent Center, Baumholder Kasserne, Federal Republic of Germany
The Commander of the 98th General Hospital also served as the commander of the 6th Convalescent Center, which was co-located

No. Name Dates of tenure Rank
1 Albert H. Robinson 17 January 1955 - June 1956 Colonel[1][2]
2 Rollin L. Bauchspies October 1957 - 20 September 1958 Colonel[3][4]

6th Convalescent Center, Republic of Vietnam[5]

6th Convalescent Center, Cam Ranh Bay
No. Name Dates of tenure Rank
1 Sigmunder E. Dalberg 1965-1967 Lieutenant Colonel
2 Anton L. Hitzelberger 1967 Lieutenant Colonel
3 Bruce T. Bowers 1967-1968 Lieutenant Colonel
4 James B. Lindahl 1968-18 July 1969 Lieutenant Colonel
5 James A. Shafer 19 July 1969 – 18 July 1970 Colonel
6 Joseph E. Kmiecik 19 July 1970 – 10 January 1971 Colonel
7 John S. Schaub 11 January 1971 – 14 July 1971 Major
8 Robert M. Fike 15 July 1971 – 30 October 1971 Lieutenant Colonel

6th Medical Logistics Management Center

No. Name Dates of tenure Rank
1 Hank Cintron 1994–1997 Lieutenant colonel
2 Roger W. Olsen 1997–1999 Lieutenant colonel
3 Vikki Stocker 1999–2001 Lieutenant colonel
4 William R. Fry 2001–2004 Colonel
5 Ralph H. Sees 2004–2006 Colonel
6 William E. Ackerman 2006–2007 Lieutenant colonel
7 Michael S. McDonald 2007–2009 Colonel
8 Michael P. Ryan 2009-2011 Colonel
9 Michael J. Talley 2011-2013 Colonel
10 Anthony R. Nesbitt 2013–2015 Colonel
11 Derek C. Cooper 2015–2017 Colonel
12 David L. Sloniker 2017-MAY 2019 Colonel
13 Ross A. Davidson May 2019 – May 2021 Colonel
14 Victor A. Suarez May 2021 – Present Colonel

References
  1. "6th Convalescent Center [Staff Roster] | U.S. Army Installations - Baumholder | USAREUR Units and Kasernes | U.S. Army in Germany 1945 - 1991".
  2. ""All around the town" by the Star Staff, The Hope Star, (Hope, Arkansas), 19 June 1956".
  3. ""Colonel Rollin Bauchspies Assigned to U.S. Army Hospital in Germany," Jim Thorpe Times News (Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania), 1 July 1957".
  4. "Recognition . . . | Medical Bulletin of the U.S. Army Europe, Vol. 16, no. 2, Feb. 1959, p. 24".
  5. Annual Army Medical Service Activities Reports, 6th Medical Center (Convalescent) 1966-1971, Record Group 472, Entry A1 1659, Box 186, National Archives II at College Park, Maryland

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