U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command
History
1940
Chrysler begins construction of the Army Tank Arsenal in on 113 acres
of farm land located seventeen miles north of downtown Detroit, Michigan.
1941
The first tank rolls off the tank arsenal production on 24 April 1941.
1942
Ordnance established the Tank-Automotive Center (T-AC) in Detroit.
1944
T-AC redesignated as Office Chief of Ordnance, Detroit (OCO-D) in September
1942.
1946
Army dismantled OCO-D on 20 March 1946 and transferred its personnel and
functions to the Detroit Tank Arsenal facilities.
1950
The newly-formed Ordnance Tank-Automotive Center (OTAC), replicating the
earlier OCO-D, began operations at the Detroit Arsenal on 24 October 1950.
1954
The Army elevated OTAC to command level on 1 May 1954.
1962
U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) formed in May 1962.
OTAC was renamed the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Center (ATAC) and placed under AMC’s new U.S. Army Mobility Command (MOCOM) in December 1962.
Army’s combat vehicle program transferred from OTAC to AMC’s new Weapons Command (WECOM) in Rock Island, Illinois.
1967
Army dissolves MOCOM and ATAC becomes an AMC major subordinate command
under AMC, with the new title U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command (TACOM).
WECOM transfers the armored personnel carrier mission to TACOM in January 1967.
1972
TACOM assumes the tank mission from WECOM in June 1972.
1976
TACOM's R&D division became the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research
and Development Command (TARADCOM) and the rest of TACOM became the U.S.
Army Tank-Automotive Materiel Readiness Command (TARCOM). AMC redesignated
as the U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command (DARCOM).
1980
Two commands were reunited as TACOM, and DARCOM renamed AMC.
1982
The first two M1 tanks produced at the Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant are
delivered in March. The plant also continues to produce M60 series tanks
concurrent with M1 production.
Chrysler sells its defense division to General Dynamics. General Dynamics continues to make M1 and M60 tanks at the plant.
1987
Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant produces the last M60 tank.
1990
Detroit Arsenal Tank Plant produces its last M1 series tank. The plant
continues to make M1 tank components.
1994
The U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command was redesignated the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) on 1 October 1994.
TACOM took operational control of three Army organizations on 1 October 1994: ACALA (Armament and Chemical Acquisition and Logistics Activity), ARDEC (Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center) and BRDEC (Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering Center).
1995
The Base Realignment and Closure Act of the 1995 marks the Detroit Arsenal
Tank Plant (DATP) for closure. The city of Warren, Michigan, is to receive
the property and begins the work to redevelop the site.
1996
All tank manufacturing efforts cease at DATP.
1998
The Army begins transferring DATP and adjoining property to the city of
Warren.
1999
TACOM assumed operational control of Red River and Anniston Army depots
on 1 October 1999.
2000
TACOM takes command and control of Red River and Anniston Army depots
on 1 October 2000.
2001
TACOM transfer DATP deed City of Warren on 10 December 2001.
2002
Ground Systems Industrial Enterprise (GSIE) provisionally established
as a new TACOM business center on 10 October 2002. GSIE consists of components
of Anniston Army Depot, Lima Army Tank Plant, Red River Army Depot, Rock
Island Arsenal, Sierra Army Depot, and Watervliet Arsenal.
Installation Management Agency (IMA) was formally activated on 1 October 2002 and the TACOM Directorate of Infrastructure Operations (DIO) comes under the operational control of the IMA and would become U.S. Army Garrison-Michigan encompassing both Selfridge and the Detroit Arsenal.
2003
TACOM’s G-Staff stands-up on 10 February 2003.
TACOM’s Commodity Business Operations (CBO) assumed operational control of the Soldier, Biological and Chemical Command (SBCCOM) Integrated Materiel Management Center (IMMC) on 1 June 2003.
The Tank-Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Warren, Michigan, and Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny, New Jersey, transferred to operational control of RDECOM on 1 June 2003. (RDECOM takes command and control on 1 October 2003.)
As part of the TACOM transformation, under the overall Army Transformation, the TACOM CBO became the Integrated Logistic Support Center effective 1 August 2003.
2004
The Life-Cycle Management (LCM) initiative was set forth in a memorandum of agreement signed on 2 August 2004 between GEN Paul J. Kern, CG AMC, and Mr. Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology). LMC seeks to optimize both effectiveness and efficiency in support of the warfighter. On 28 December 2004, TACOM submitted a plan to AMC establishing an Army Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) and to be identified as the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC). (When referring to the LCMC community, "TACOM" is now considered a stand-alone proper name rather than the commonly known acronym that described the former Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.)
2005
BRAC 2005 has a major effect on the community, with most TACOM LCMC organizations experiencing both gains and losses.
2006
GSIE is absorbed into ILSC. At the end of FY 06, the TACOM LCMC consists of five major organizations: PEO Ground Combat Systems (GCS); PEO Combat Service and Combat Service Support (CS&CSS); PEO Soldier; Integrated Logistics Support Center (ILSC); and Acquisition Center. The command's enterprise partners include three organizations: Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC); Armaments Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC), and the Natick Soldier Center. The enterprise partners have enhanced influence on the sustainment processes and future acquisitions, while retaining strategic and organizational links to RDECOM.
2008
On 13 March 2008, AMC provisionally activated a new major subordinated command called the U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC). The TACOM LCMC Acquisition Center moved under the control of ACC effective 1 October 2008 and designated as the TACOM Contracting Center. The TACOM Contracting Center has two sites: Warren, Michigan, and Rock Island, Illinois.
2009
On 24 September 2009, the Future Combat System (FCS) transitioned to Program Executive Office–Integration (PEO-I).
2011
On 19 January 2011, the TACOM Contracting Center was re-designated as the Army Contracting Command – Warren (ACC-WRN).