Army Logistics Management Center (1954–1987) The origin of ALMC was a 12-week Army Supply Management Course established on 1 July 1954 at Fort Lee, Virginia (now Fort Gregg-Adams). The course was established as a Class II Activity of the
Quartermaster General, but with direct control exercised by the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (DCSLOG) at the Department of the Army (DA) level. On 1 May 1956, the
U.S. Army Logistics Management Center (ALMC) was established under the operational control of the Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. Shortly thereafter, five new functional courses in management of requirements, procurement, distribution, maintenance, and property disposal were added to the curriculum. In September 1956, the ALMC curriculum expanded again to include correspondence courses and use of accredited instructors in off-campus modes. In September 1958, logistics research and doctrine were added as part of the mission of ALMC. On 1 August 1962, ALMC was placed under the command of the
U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). Under AMC, new emphasis was placed on instruction in management of research and development, acquisition management, and on integration of all phases of the life cycle of materiel. On 21 July 1970, a new four-story brick academic building called
Bunker Hall was dedicated on
Fort Gregg-Adams (formerly Fort Lee and became the center of ALMC. In March 1973, the Department of the Army approved establishment of two cooperative degree programs between ALMC and the
Florida Institute of Technology. These cooperative programs use the instruction received during military programs to award transfer credit towards a master's degree in logistics.
Army Logistics Management College (1987–2009) In August 1987, ALMC was redesignated as the U.S.
Army Logistics Management College. ALMC offered courses in logistics leader development, acquisition management, integrated logistics support planning, materiel management, disposal operations management, installation logistics management, environmental management, hazardous materials handling, financial management, decision risk analysis, and quantitative analytical techniques. On 1 October 1991, ALMC was transferred under the newly established
U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command based at
Fort Gregg-Adams (formerly Fort Lee), VA. In June 1992, ALMC began a program to prepare Captains and First Lieutenants in the
Ordnance,
Quartermaster,
Transportation,
Aviation, and Medical branches, to become Company Commanders and staff positions in multifunctional logistics and sustainment battalions. Renamed the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course (CLC3) in March 1999, CLC3 became ALMC's premiere course. On 1 August 1992, ALMC became an affiliate of the
Defense Acquisition University (DAU), a consortium of schools established to raise the level of professionalism in the Department of Defense acquisition workforce. In September 2002, ALMC received formal accreditation as a non-degree-granting occupational education institution, recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. ALMC graduated over 30,200 students in Fiscal Year 2002. In January 2006, the
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) established a permanent teaching team at ALMC. The first class of sixty-one students graduated on 19 April 2006.
Army Logistics University (2009–2023) On 2 July 2009, Army Logistics Management College became the Army Logistics University with the dedication of ALU's new $100 million university campus.This change was brought by as part of the restructuring of the
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's (TRADOC) school system, the concurrent
2005 Base and Realignment (BRAC) decision to move the U.S. Army
Ordnance Corps and
Transportation Corps to Fort Lee, and the creation of the
Sustainment Center of Excellence. The occasion was marked by speeches by Congressman
Randy Forbes and Deputy Commanding General of TRADOC, Lieutenant General
David Valcourt, who described ALU as the logistics center for the U.S. Army. In the summer of 2009, on its 40th anniversary,
Army Logistician was renamed
Army Sustainment Magazine In 2018, ALU re-organized and combined the three separate Basic Officers Leadership Courses (BOLC) for the Ordnance, Quartermaster, and Transportation Branches into a combined Logistics Basic Officer Leadership Course (LOG BOLC) in the ongoing effort to improve multi-functionality among the officer ranks. In October 2020, the Logistics Non-Commissioned Officers Academy (LNCOA) was selected to develop Sustainment Common Core education across the Ordnance, Quartermaster, and Transportation Senior Leaders Courses (SLC). In February 2021, the ALU Board of Directors was established to enable logistics enterprise governance of Logistics Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-commissioned Officer, and Department of the Army civilian cohorts. From July to December 2021, ALU directly supported Operation Allies Welcome at Fort Gregg-Adams with the reception of Afghan refugees.
Army Sustainment University (2023–present) On 1 May 2023, Army Logistics University was renamed Army Sustainment University with campuses at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia (Somervell Campus) and Fort Jackson, South Carolina (Adams Campus). ==See also==