{{Short description|Army command for ground vehicles' acquisition and logistics}} {{Confusing|date=August 2023|reason=What is TACOM responsible for? What does "life cycle management" entail. Neither is addressed in the lead.}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) | image = TACOM DUI.gif | image_size = 150 | caption = TACOM distinctive unit insignia | dates = 1942–present<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tacom.army.mil/main/history.html|title=TACOM Command History|access-date=19 May 2008|author=United States Army|archive-date=22 July 2011|quote=1942 – Ordnance established the Tank-Automotive Center (T-AC) in Detroit.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182447/http://www.tacom.army.mil/main/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | country = {{flagicon|US}} United States | allegiance = | branch = {{flag|United States Army}} | type = Army command | role = | size = | command_structure = 20px U.S. Army Materiel Command | garrison = Detroit Arsenal | disbanded = <!-- Commanders --> | website = [https://tacom.army.mil/ tacom.army.mil] | commander1 = BG Beth A. Behn | commander1_label = Commanding general | commander4 = CSM Kofie B. Primus | commander4_label = Command <br/> Sergeant Major | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_3_label = | identification_symbol_4 = | identification_symbol_4_label = }}
The '''U.S. Army''' '''Tank-automotive and Armaments Command''' ('''TACOM'''),<ref>{{cite web | title=TACOM is Tank-automotive and Armaments Command | website=www.army.mil | date=2019-06-21 | url=https://www.army.mil/article/223509/tacom_is_tank_automotive_and_armaments_command | access-date=2023-04-28}} *Note the clarification to [https://www.army.mil/article/165561/amc_announces_mission_command_alignment General Dennis L. Via (6 April 2016) AMC announces Mission Command Alignment] for Army Materiel Command *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150401004720/http://www.alu.army.mil/alog/issues/NovDec07/cmmd_relat_difference.html Dr. Christopher R. Paparone ''Army Logistician'' (Nov-Dec 2007) COCOM, ADCON, OPCON, TACON, Support —Do You Know the Difference?]</ref> and its subordinate '''Life-Cycle Management Command''' ('''LCMC''')<ref name= lcmc2001 >[https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2005/050100-management.htm Lieutenant Colonel James O. Winbush, Jr., Christopher S. Rinaldi, and Antonia R. Giardina (2005-01-05) Life Cycle Management: Integrating Acquisition and Sustainment] documents the 2001 intention, now moot as of 2018, to combine acquisition and sustainment</ref> are headquartered at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan.<ref>{{cite web |title=USAG DTA |url=http://garrison-michigan.army.mil/sites/garrison/garrison%20main.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206172015/http://garrison-michigan.army.mil/sites/garrison/garrison%20main.htm |archive-date=2012-02-06}}</ref> TACOM is a component of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
== Organization == The complex that houses TACOM's headquarters is located at the Detroit Arsenal. TACOM has subordinate installations located at Anniston Army Depot in Alabama, Red River Army Depot in Texas, Sierra Army Depot in California, and Watervliet Arsenal in New York. TACOM also has significant numbers of personnel located at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, and Natick Soldier Center (NSC), Massachusetts.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
=== Co-operations === The Detroit Arsenal also houses the laboratories and facilities of the U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), which formerly was known as the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). DEVCOM GVSC is TACOM's partner for ground vehicle technology and engineering. It is subordinate to U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM).{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) has a branch at TACOM, assisting with the training and certification of employees in necessary logistics and acquisition methods for the U.S. federal government. The training (and certification) is conducted by instructors at TACOM and elsewhere, providing lectures and briefings on logistics and acquisition topics.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} DAU website |url=http://www.dau.mil/about-dau/regions.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030601121544/http://www.dau.mil/about-dau/regions.asp |archive-date=1 June 2003 |access-date=19 August 2025 |website=www.dau.mil |quote=DAU [Defense Acquisition University] Midwest Region (___enter___); • DAU Wright-patterson AFB, Ohio - Campus (___enter___); • DAU Warren, Michigan}}</ref> thumb|XM900 Wheel/Track Convertible Test Rig, 3⁄4-ton developed by TACOM engineers, 1975
==List of commanding generals== {{Incomplete list|date=June 2021}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! colspan=2| Commanding General ! colspan=3| Term |- ! Portrait ! Name ! Took office ! Left office ! Duration |- {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Lt. Gen. Roy E. Beauchamp.jpg | officeholder = Roy E. Beauchamp | born_year = 1945 | died_year = | term_start = June 1997<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2002/09/11/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E1552-1|title=Tribute to Lieutenant General Roy E. Beauchamp|website=www.congress.gov}}</ref> | term_end = August 13, 1999 | timeinoffice = ~{{ayd|June 1, 1997|August 13, 1999}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Lt. Gen. John S. Caldwell Jr.jpg | officeholder = John S. Caldwell Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = August 13, 1999<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.west-point.org/users/usma1990/47566/fpiv/bios/caldwell.htm|title=Force Projection Symposium IV Speaker: LTG John S. Caldwell, Jr.|website=www.west-point.org}}</ref> | term_end = October 4, 2001 | timeinoffice = ~{{ayd|August 13, 1999|October 4, 2001}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Lt. Gen. N. Ross Thompson III.jpg | officeholder = N. Ross Thompson III | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = October 4, 2001<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walsh-Sarnecki |first=Peggy |date=2001-10-03 |title=Brigadier general to lead Army facility |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/361200704/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=2B |access-date=2021-11-22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | term_end = September 28, 2004 | timeinoffice = ~{{ayd|October 4, 2001|September 28, 2004}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Brigadier General william M. Lenaers (cropped).jpg | officeholder = William M. Lenaers | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = September 28, 2004<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/8818/tacom_lcmc_welcomes_new_commander|title=TACOM LCMC welcomes new commander|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> | term_end = April 22, 2008 | timeinoffice = ~{{ayd|September 1, 2004|April 22, 2008}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Scott G. West (2).jpg | officeholder = Scott G. West | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = April 22, 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inside.ewu.edu/rotc/ewu-military-science-hall-of-fame-major-general-scott-g-west/|title=EWU Military Science Hall of Fame: Major General Scott G. West|website=inside.ewu.edu|date=4 August 2019 }}</ref> | term_end = January 30, 2010 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|April 22, 2008|January 30, 2010}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Kurt J. Stein (1).jpg | officeholder = Kurt J. Stein | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = January 30, 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/US_Army_TACOM/Kurt_Stein/prweb3541574.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302191336/http://www.prweb.com/releases/US_Army_TACOM/Kurt_Stein/prweb3541574.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2010|title=MG Stein Takes Command of TACOM|website=PRWeb}}</ref> | term_end = June 21, 2012 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|January 30, 2010|June 21, 2012}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Michael J. Terry.jpg | officeholder = Michael J. Terry | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = June 21, 2012<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/82254/mg_terry_takes_command_of_tacom|title=MG Terry Takes Command of TACOM|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> | term_end = June 25, 2014 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|June 21, 2012|June 25, 2014}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Gwendolyn Bingham (1).jpg | officeholder = Gwen Bingham | born_year = 1959 | died_year = | term_start = June 25, 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/128863/maj_gen_bingham_takes_command_of_tacom|title=Maj. Gen. Bingham takes command of TACOM|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> | term_end = May 2, 2016 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|June 25, 2014|May 2, 2016}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = U.S. Army Major General Clark W. LeMasters Jr.jpg | officeholder = Clark W. LeMasters Jr. | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = May 2, 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/167185/lemasters_takes_the_tacom_helm_bingham_says_so_long|title=LeMasters takes the TACOM helm; Bingham says 'so long'|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> | term_end = July 12, 2018 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|May 2, 2016|July 12, 2018}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Daniel G. Mitchell (3).jpg | officeholder = Daniel G. Mitchell | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = July 12, 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/208457/detroit_arsenal_bids_farewell_to_lemasters_welcomes_mitchell|title=Detroit Arsenal bids farewell to LeMasters, welcomes Mitchell|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> | term_end = June 12, 2020 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|July 12, 2018|June 12, 2020}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = Darren L. Werner (6).jpg | officeholder = Darren L. Werner | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = June 12, 2020<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/236470/michigan_native_takes_command_at_detroit_arsenal|title=Michigan native takes command at Detroit Arsenal|website=www.army.mil}}</ref> | term_end = July 19, 2023 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|June 12, 2020|July 19, 2023}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Major General | image = MG Michael B. Lalor.jpg | officeholder = Michael B. Lalor | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = July 19, 2023<ref>{{cite web|last=Sikes|first=Adam|url=https://www.army.mil/article/268539/tacom_changes_command_welcomes_brig_gen_lalor|title=TACOM changes command, welcomes Brig. Gen. Lalor|date=2023-07-21|access-date=2023-07-22|publisher=TACOM Public Affairs Office|website=U.S. Army}}</ref> | term_end = July 22, 2025 | timeinoffice = {{ayd|July 19, 2023|July 22, 2025}} }} {{Officeholder table | order = – | military_rank = Brigadier General | image = BG Beth A. Behn (2).jpg | officeholder = Beth A. Behn | born_year = | died_year = | term_start = July 22, 2025<ref>{{cite web|last=Zaniewski|first=Ann|url=https://www.army.mil/article/287336/tacom_welcomes_brig_gen_beth_a_behn_as_25th_commanding_general|title=TACOM welcomes Brig. Gen. Beth A. Behn as 25th commanding general|date=2025-07-28|access-date=2025-07-29|publisher=TACOM Public Affairs Office|website=U.S. Army}}</ref> | timeinoffice = {{ayd|July 22, 2025}} }} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.tacom.army.mil TACOM website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030729201112/http://www.tacom.army.mil/ |date=29 July 2003 }} * [http://www.dau.mil/ Defense Acquisition University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423062417/http://www.dau.mil/ |date=23 April 2009 }}
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