United States Army Communications-Electronics Command
U.S. Army's provider and maintainer of C5ISR capabilities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) is a Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) of the United States Army based at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, United States. It is one of four such commands under the Army Materiel Command (AMC), and is the Army's provider and maintainer of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) capabilities.
United States Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) | |
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Active | 1981–present |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Army |
Type | Life Cycle Management Command |
Size | 13,000 |
Part of | U.S. Army Materiel Command |
Garrison/HQ | Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland |
Nickname(s) | CECOM |
Website | https://www.army.mil/cecom |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Robert L. Edmonson II[1] |
Notable commanders | Major General Robert L. Nabors Sept 1998 – July 2001 |
Insignia | |
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, worn by CECOM soldiers |
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision relocated CECOM to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland as part of implementing the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure law. Its former home, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey has been closed since 15 September 2011. CECOM has approximately 13,000 military, civilian and contract personnel across six CECOM organizations:[2]
- the Army Contracting Command-APG;
- the Army Medical Logisitics Command, Fort Detrick, Maryland;
- Central Technical Support Facility, Fort Hood, Texas;
- CECOM Integrated Logistics Support Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland;
- CECOM Software Engineering Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland;
- Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pennsylvania
- U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command, Fort Huachuca, Arizona.[1]