The United States Army Contracting Command (ACC) is a command of the United States Army that provides contracting services. Headquartered on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, the ACC is a component of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.

The elements of Army Contracting Command are: the contracting centers, the contracting support brigades, a contracting battalion, and the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) and its assigned units.

History In January 2002, the secretary of the army and the chief of staff of the army (CSA) directed the assistant secretary of the army for acquisition, logistics and technology (ASA(ALT)) to begin planning for the formation of an army contracting agency.

On October 1, 2002, the Army established the U.S. Army Contracting Agency (ACA)—a field operating agency (FOA) under the office of ASA(ALT). The ACA was headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

One of the ACA’s primary functions was to provide contracting support for contingency operations. The Army Contracting Agency received responsibility for contracting in support of the "missions" of the following units: the Army Forces Command, the Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the Army Military District of Washington.

The agency also provided contracting support for the IT and commercial products of the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6, the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, and the Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems. An ACA component was formed for this purpose, the Information Technology E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4).

The Army Contracting Agency received the information management and installation-related contracting functions of the following specialty commands:

the Army Materiel Command, the Military Traffic Management Command, the Army Corps of Engineers, the the Army Medical Command, the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the Army Space and Missile Defense Command, and the Army Intelligence and Security Command.

Said specialty commands retained their existing contracting functions (including contingency contracting), while the information management and certain installation-related missions were tasked to the ACA.

Transition to command On October 1, 2008, the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC) was established. The ACC incorporated the contracting mission of the Army Contracting Agency. The ACC was headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and was designated a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC).

ACC became responsible for a majority of the contracting work of the U.S. Army. Initially, it consisted of two subordinate commands, responsible for installation and expeditionary contracting, along with other contracting elements.U.S. Army Expeditionary Command , About. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

Consolidation of Army Contracting Command-New Jersey ACC-New Jersey (ACC-NJ), including its mission to arrange ammunition contracts, was officially incorporated into ACC-Rock Island (ACC-RI) on May 4, 2026. ACC-RI became responsible for contracting services in armaments and ammunition programs. According to the Army, a munitions program that was ready for transition from research and development to full-scale production previously required handoffs between different contracting centers. These handoffs between contracting centers had potential to cause delays, and reportedly were mitigated by consolidating ACC-NJ into ACC-RI.

Organizational structure

Contracting centers Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) – Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Army Contracting Command-Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) – Detroit Arsenal, Michigan Army Contracting Command-Orlando (ACC-ORL) – Orlando, Florida Army Contracting Command-Redstone Arsenal (ACC-RSA) – Redstone Arsenal, Alabama Army Contracting Command-Rock Island (ACC-RI) – Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois

Contracting support brigades

408th Contracting Support Brigade – Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina and Camp Arifjan, Kuwait 409th Contracting Support Brigade – Sembach Kaserne, Germany 411th Contracting Support Brigade – Camp Humphreys, Korea 413th Contracting Support Brigade – Fort Shafter, Hawaii 414th Contracting Support Brigade – Vicenza, Italy

Direct reporting contracting battalion

905th Contracting Battalion – Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Mission and Installation Contracting Command

Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) is a one-star command headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, responsible for mission and installation-related contracting services for the U.S. Army. It is a component of the U.S. Army Contracting Command.

MICC is made up of approximately 1,500 employees (military and civilian), and is assigned a number of units: two contracting support brigades (CSBs), two field directorate offices (FDOs), and 33 field offices throughout the nation and Puerto Rico, which provide contracting support for the U.S. Army.

The MICC was initially established as the Installation Contracting Command (ICC) on October 1, 2008. One day later, however, the ICC was redesignated as the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), retaining the same mission and functions.

Headquarters: MICC headquarters, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Contracting support brigades (CSBs), field directorate offices (FDOs), and related elements: 418th Contracting Support Brigade – Fort Hood, Texas MICC-Fort Bliss/919th Contracting Battalion – Fort Bliss, Texas MICC-Fort Carson/918th Contracting Battalion – Fort Carson, Colorado MICC-Dugway Proving Ground – Dugway Proving Ground, Utah MICC-Fort Irwin – Fort Irwin, California MICC-Joint Base Lewis-McChord – Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington MICC-Fort Polk – Fort Polk, Louisiana MICC-Fort Riley/923rd Contracting Battalion – Fort Riley, Kansas MICC-Fort Rucker/901st Contracting Battalion – Fort Rucker, Texas MICC-Yuma Proving Ground – Yuma, Arizona 419th Contracting Support Brigade – Fort Bragg, North Carolina MICC-Fort Bragg/900th Contracting Battalion and 905th Contracting Battalion – Fort Bragg, North Carolina MICC-Fort Campbell/922nd Contracting Battalion – Fort Campbell, Kentucky MICC-Fort Drum/925th Contracting Battalion – Fort Drum, New York MICC-Fort Jackson – Fort Jackson, South Carolina MICC-Fort McCoy – Fort McCoy, Wisconsin MICC-Fort Stewart/904th Contracting Battalion – Fort Stewart, Georgia Field Directorate Office-Fort Eustis – Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia MICC-Carlisle Barracks – Carlisle, Pennsylvania MICC-Fort Benning – Fort Benning, Georgia MICC-Fort Eustis – Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia MICC-Fort Gordon – Fort Gordon, Georgia MICC-Fort Leavenworth – Fort Leavenworth, Kansas MICC-Fort Lee – Fort Lee, Virginia MICC-Fort Leonard Wood – Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri MICC-Fort Rucker – Fort Rucker, Alabama MICC-Fort Sill – Fort Sill, Oklahoma MICC-West Point, West Point, New York Field Directorate Office-Fort Sam Houston – Joint Base San Antonio, Texas Installation Readiness Center Government Purchase Card Program Management Directorate MICC-Fort Belvoir – Fort Belvoir, Virginia MICC-Fort Knox – Fort Knox, Kentucky MICC-Fort Sam Houston – Joint Base San Antonio, Texas

Former elements

Expeditionary Contracting Command Expeditionary Contracting Command (ECC) was a one-star command active from 2008 to 2017 and responsible for expeditionary contracting. Headquartered most recently at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, the ECC was a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Contracting Command.Expeditionary Contracting Command , accessed March 2013.

The ECC consisted of the following units: nine contracting support brigades (CSBs), seventeen contingency contracting battalions, sixteen senior contingency contracting teams, and ninety-two contingency contracting teams.Expeditionary Contracting Command , accessed March 2013.

The Expeditionary Contracting Command was discontinued and merged with the Army Contracting Command on October 1, 2017.

Assigned contracting brigades and contracting support brigades (approximately in the mid-2010s):

408th Contracting Support Brigade – Camp Arifjan, Kuwait 409th Contracting Support Brigade – Kaiserslautern, Germany 410th Contracting Brigade – Fort Sam Houston, Texas 411th Contracting Brigade – Yongsan, Korea 412th Contracting Brigade – Fort Sam Houston, Texas 413th Contracting Brigade – Fort Shafter, Hawaii 414th Contracting Brigade – Vicenza, Italy 418th Contracting Support Brigade – Fort Hood, Texas 419th Contracting Support Brigade – Fort Bragg, North Carolina

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412th Contracting Support Brigade The 412th Contracting Support Brigade was responsible for contracting operations in and around Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The 412th CSB was deactivated in 2017, and replaced by a field directorate office (FDO).

Organization:

412th Contracting Support Brigade, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas MICC-Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas MICC-Fort Buchanan, Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico MICC-Fort Jackson, Fort Jackson, South Carolina MICC-Fort Knox, Fort Knox, Kentucky MICC-Fort McCoy, Fort McCoy, Wisconsin MICC-Moffett Field, Moffett Field, California

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Insignia

Distinctive unit insignia

The distinctive unit insignia of the U.S. Army Contracting Command was approved by the Institute of Heraldry on June 23, 2008.

The olive branch and arrows represent the command's contracting mission, in peacetime and wartime. The eagle symbolizes strength and vigilance. The motto "Armati, Comparator, Custos" (Latin) roughly translates to "Soldier, Emptor, Guardian". An alternate interpretation is "Soldiers guarding soldiers through careful purchase."

List of commanders

Commander Term Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration Executive Director, U.S. Army Contracting Command Commanding General, U.S. Army Contracting Command

References

External links U.S. Army Expeditionary Contracting Command Website 406th Support Brigade at the Institute of Heraldry Army Contracting Command factsheet