United States Army Installation Management Command

United States Army Installation Management Command
United States Army Installation Management Command
	IMCOM Distinctive Unit Insignia
Active	2006–present
Country	United States of America
Branch	United States Army
Type	Support
Role	Headquarters
Part of	U.S. Army Materiel Command
Garrison/HQ	Fort Sam Houston
Motto(s)	Sustain, Support, Defend
Colors	Buff and scarlet
Website	U.S. Army Installation Management Command
Commanders
Commanding General	LTG Omar J. Jones IV
Deputy Commanding General	MG Joseph A. Ricciardi
Insignia
IMCOM Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

The United States Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) is a support formation of the United States Army responsible for the day-to-day management of Army installations around the globe. Army garrisons are communities that provide many of the same types of services expected from any small city. IMCOM is a major subordinate command of U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC).^[1] IMCOM is headquartered at Fort Sam Houston.^[2]

History

IMCOM was activated on 24 October 2006,^[3] to reduce bureaucracy, apply a uniform business structure to manage U.S. Army installations, sustain the environment^[4] and enhance the well-being of the military community.^[5] It consolidated three organizations under a single command as a direct reporting unit:^[6]

The former Installation Management Agency (IMA)^[7]
The former Community and Family Support Center,^[8] now called Family and MWR Programs,^[9] which was formerly a subordinate command of IMCOM.
The former Army Environmental Center,^[10] now called the Army Environmental Command^[11] (AEC), which is a subordinate command of IMCOM.^[12]

Prior to IMCOM, the Army's 184 installations^[13] were managed by one of 15 Major Commands. Support services varied – some provided better services, some provided worse. In September 2001, Army Secretary Thomas E. White introduced the Transformation of Installation Management (TIM),^[14] formerly known as Centralized Installation Management (CIM), pledging the Army would implement better business practices and realign installation management to create a more efficient and effective corporate management structure for Army installations worldwide. On 1 Oct. 2002, the Army formed IMA as a field operating agency of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management (ACSIM) as part of an ongoing effort to realign installations.^[15]

Many of the issues with the 15 major commands holding responsibility for base support was that the structure created many inequities throughout the Army. There were no common standards, consistent services, or an acutely managed infrastructure. This created an environment where funding was often diverted from installation support to operations. Additionally, there were too many military personnel conducting garrison support operations rather than mission duties. The creation of IMCOM was a commitment to eliminate these inequities, focus on installation management and enhance the well-being of soldiers, families, and civilians.

Centralizing installation management was a culture change in the Army; working through the transfers of personnel and funding issues was difficult. In a large organizational change, IMCOM became the Army’s single agency responsible for worldwide installation management, managing 184 Army installations globally with a staff of 120,000 military, civilian and contract members across seven regions on four continents.^[16]

Total Army Strong^[17]

Originally named "The Army Family Covenant" in 2007, Army leaders undertook a long-term commitment to resource and standardize critical support programs for Soldiers, their families and civilians. The covenant was focused on specific programs which commanders couldn't change. The focus was:

Standardizing and funding existing family programs and services
Increasing accessibility and quality of healthcare
Improving Soldier and family housing
Ensuring excellence in schools, youth services, and child care
Expanding education and employment opportunities for family members^[18]

In 2014, the program was renamed "Total Army Strong" and commanders were given the flexibility of tailoring local programs best suit their communities.

The Army Family Covenant is the Army’s statement of commitment to provide high quality services to Soldiers – Active component or Reserve components, single or married, regardless of where they serve – and their Families.

The Installation Management Command supports the Total Army Strong^[19] and provides a set of tools Soldiers and Army Families can use to locate and access the facilities and services they need.^[20]

IMCOM Directorates

The Army Installation Management Command is organized into five directorates, which serve as the intermediate echelon between IMCOM HQ and the garrison, these directorates are:^[21]

IMCOM Training, based at Joint Base Langley–Eustice, Virginia and directly supports Army Training and Doctrine Command, the United States Military Academy, Fort Hamilton and the Army War College.

IMCOM Readiness, based at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), North Carolina and directly supports Forces Command, Army Test and Evaluation Command (White Sands Missile Range) and Army Reserve Command.

IMCOM Sustainment, located at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama and directly supports the Army Materiel Command, Military District of Washington, Army Test and Evaluation Command, Army Medical Command and U.S. Army South.

IMCOM Europe, based in Germany and supports U.S. Army Europe.

IMCOM Pacific, located in Hawaii and supports U.S. Army Pacific.^[22]

List of commanding generals

No.	Commanding General		Term
No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Duration
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management and Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command
1		Lieutenant General Robert Wilson	October 24, 2006^[23]	November 2, 2009	3 years, 10 days
2		Lieutenant General Rick Lynch	November 2, 2009^[24]	November 17, 2011	2 years, 15 days
3		Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter	November 17, 2011^[25]	April 8, 2014	2 years, 142 days
4		Lieutenant General David D. Halverson	April 8, 2014^[26]	November 3, 2015	1 year, 209 days
Commanding General, U.S. Army Installation Management Command
5		Lieutenant General Kenneth R. Dahl	November 3, 2015^[27]	September 5, 2018	2 years, 306 days
6		Lieutenant General Bradley Becker	September 5, 2018^[28]	August 15, 2019^[29]	344 days
-		Major General Timothy McGuire Acting	August 15, 2019^[29]	June 22, 2020	312 days
7		Lieutenant General Douglas Gabram	June 22, 2020^[30]	July 5, 2022	2 years, 13 days
8		Lieutenant General Omar J. Jones IV	July 5, 2022^[31]	Incumbent	1 year, 346 days