CECOM enhances Integrated Logistics Support Center with new Medical Systems Directorate

By Ellen Crown and Kevin LagowskiJanuary 20, 2026

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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Embracing its role as the life-cycle management command for medical materiel, the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command’s Integrated Logistics Support Center added the new Medical Systems Directorate to its portfolio on October 1, 2025.

As part of the Secretary of War’s initiative to enhance organizational design, increase capability, and improve efficiency, the Army Medical Logistics Command ILSC was realigned to the CECOM ILSC as the Medical Systems Directorate. CECOM ILSC Executive Director Nicole D. Osaghae said, “This strategic alignment will forge a more efficient, resilient, and capable enterprise, closing critical gaps and ensuring our continued transformation in a rapidly evolving landscape.”

MSD personnel will continue to execute life cycle management of medical systems by overseeing centralized supply chain management, maintenance, and technical support to guarantee operational availability and readiness. The team remains responsible to drive operational readiness through global logistics subject matter expertise and support.

Both C5ISR and medical systems heavily rely on commercial industry partners, with short modernization windows, and rapidly innovative technologies. The combination of expertise benefits both commodities to achieve acquisition reform that accelerates modernization and capability delivery.

“By integrating into CECOM’s ILSC, we are leveraging immense resources and expertise of the Army Sustainment Enterprise to drive innovation and increase medical materiel readiness,” ILSC Medical Directorate Associate Director Leigh Anne Alexander said. “We have an opportunity to truly optimize the medical supply chain capable of adapting to global challenges and contested environments”.

Our collaboration will focus on identifying and leveraging synergies across the full spectrum of logistics and lifecycle management. By seeking out efficiencies in our combined processes, from supply chain integration to analytics tools, we will strengthen our end-to-end medical logistics support for the joint force. This unified effort is essential to increasing overall medical readiness and ensuring our service members are equipped for any operational environment.

CECOM ILSC enables the Warfighter by delivering premier logistics expertise and innovative solutions, ensuring mission readiness by integrating C5ISRM capabilities across all domains.

CECOM AMLC delivers integrated medical logistics that enables Army and Joint Forces readiness from strategic support to the tactical edge.