WASHINGTON -- Participating in a panel discussion, the senior noncommissioned officer of the U.S. Army Materiel Command shared how AMC is delivering readiness to help NCOs and the Army operate in a complex world.
Command Sgt. Maj. James K. Sims joined seven others in the military forum, "NCOs Operating in a Complex World," during the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, Oct. 14.
"AMC is all about delivering global sustainment in a complex world," said Sims. "We want to ensure that we deliver the decisive edge to sustain today's force and the force of the future."
Sims highlighted several AMC activities including the Organic Industrial Base, which consists of 23 geographically-dispersed depots, arsenals and ammunition plants.
The OIB gives us the capacities to respond to a critical surge and is essential to our global contingency plan, Sims said.
"We see our OIB as the Army's national insurance policy," he said. "The facilities and workforce provide critical capabilities that aren't available anywhere else in the world."
Sims also discussed AMC's support to field and the Unified Combatant Commands.
"AMC is strategically positioned and regionally aligned to provide," said Sims. "Our Army Field Support Brigades are your face to AMC's portfolio. They maintain and manage AMC's prepositioned stocks and activity sets."
Participating in the panel was lead speaker Command Sgt. Maj. David S. Davenport, Sr., U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and moderator retired Command Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, director of NCO and Soldier Programs. Panelists included Command Sgt. Maj. Scott C. Schroeder, U.S. Army Forces Command; retired Command Sgt. Maj. John D. Sparks, director, Institute for Professional Development, TRADOC; Michael B. Stanka, deputy director, Programs and Engineering, U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command; and retired Lt. Col. Earnest Boyd, Force Requirements Branch Chief.
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