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Army establishes Installation Management Command

August 2, 2006

ARLINGTON, Va. (Army News Service, Aug. 2, 2006) – The Army is establishing the Installation Management Command to improve its ability to provide critical support programs to Soldiers and their families while ensuring its installations are “flagships of readiness.”

The command, IMCOM, will come online in early fiscal 2007, and will transform the Army’s current installation management structure into an integrated command structure.

The initiative is part of the Army’s efforts to reorganize its commands and specified headquarters to obtain the most effective, efficient command and control structure for supporting the modular force, under which there are three types of headquarters: Army Commands, Army Service Component Commands and Direct Reporting Units.

The current installation management structure is part of the Army Chief of Staff, Installation Management, and includes as separate entities ACSIM directorates, the Army Environmental Center, the Installation Management Agency, and the U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center.

The new IMCOM will consolidate four U.S.-based IMA regions into two, and CFSC and AEC will remain separate entities as subordinate commands under the IMCOM.

“This new command is the next logical step in the evolution of IMA,” said Lt. Gen. Robert Wilson, the ACSIM. “Retaining CFSC and AEC as distinct commands capitalizes on the brand-name trust and confidence these two organizations enjoy throughout the Army.”

The new organization will be commanded by a lieutenant general who will also retain the position of assistant chief of staff for installation management on the Army staff. The general officer will be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

Other leadership changes include the former IMA director position, a major general, who will become IMCOM’s deputy commander. The deputy ACSIM will remain a Senior Executive Service civilian.

As part of the recently concluded Base Realignment and Closure process, IMCOM, most of which is currently based in Virginia and Maryland, will relocate to and co-locate at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with its deputy commander. The ACSIM and his staff will remain at the Pentagon.

“This major organizational change will create a far more effective, efficient and agile organization to ensure that the world’s best Army is supported on the world’s best installations,” Wilson said. “We are committed to ensuring that the critical programs and services on which our Soldiers and their families rely will continue seamlessly throughout this transition period.”

Wilson also said that while the new organization will most likely be smaller than the current structure, it will be an organization that is “committed to managing personnel changes through attrition in order to minimize turbulence.”