The United States Army Sustainment University (formerly Army Logistics University) is the Army's center of sustainment training for Department of Defense military and civilian personnel pursuing Professional Military Education (PME) and other associated training in military logistics and sustainment. The Army Sustainment University (ASU) has two campuses. The Somervell Campus at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, delivers sustainment leader education for Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Transportation Soldiers and civilians. The Adams Campus at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, includes the Soldier Support Institute, which delivers Adjutant General and Financial Management leader education. ASU is a subordinate command to the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command, and is located at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. The current President of Army Sustainment University is Ms. Sydney A. Smith, Senior Executive Service.
Organization and Structure
The Somervell Campus of ASU at Fort Gregg-Adams includes three colleges and an academy, all of which offer instruction for military and civilian logistics leaders.
The Logistics Leaders College (LLC) conducts Professional Military Education for Officers ranging from Second Lieutenants to Colonels. The Logistics Basic Officer Leader Course (LOG BOLC) for Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Transportation Second Lieutenants; the Logistics Captains Career Course (LOGC3); key functional courses like the Support Operations Course; and pre-command courses that prepare Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels to command logistics formations are conducted by the Logistics Leaders College.
The College of Applied Logistics and Operational Studies (CALOS) conducts functional education and training of military and civilian students in the areas of joint, multi-national, operational, and strategic level logistics; operations research systems analysis (ORSA) education for the Army’s officers and civilian interns entering the ORSA career field; and acquisition and contracting education for both acquisition career field officers and civilians, and non-contracting professionals in the area of operational contracting support. The Intern Logistics Studies Program (iLog) prepares civilian interns for future leadership positions in Army logistics.
The Technical Logistics College (TLC) conducts Professional Military Education for Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Transportation Warrant Officers/Chief Warrant Officers at the basic and advanced levels. As our technical sustainment experts in the field, Warrant Officer education and training remain highly specialized and detailed.
Instruction at the Logistics Non-commissioned Officer Academy (LNCOA) includes Professional Military Education for all Quartermaster, Ordnance, and Transportation Non-Commissioned Officers at the Staff Sergeant and Sergeant First Class levels, attending their advanced and senior leader courses. As logistics branches make up 30-40 percent of the Army’s enlisted forces, this sustainment training for the NCO backbone of the Army keeps America’s Army supplied and maintained on time.
ASU provides support to the Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin, a primary source of information on past, present, and future sustainment trends, initiatives, and operations for sustainers around the world. Formerly known as the Army Logistician, this four-time Secretary of the Army Editor of the Year Award winner and winner of the Most Improved Publication continues as a valuable source for sustainers.
Army Sustainment University Presidents
Brigadier General James M. Smith served concurrently as ASU President and as U.S. Army Chief of Transportation following the death of Mr. Michael K. Williams who died while in office as President of ASU.
History
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.