The Joint Munitions Command (JMC) is the latest in a series of commands since World War II that have managed the ammunition plants of the United States. Since 1973, those commands have been headquartered on Rock Island Arsenal. Brigadier General Daniel J. Duncan commands the JMC. The headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal is responsible for munitions production (ammunition plants) and storage (depots) facilities in 16 states. JMC employs 20 military, over 5800 civilians and 8300 contractor personnel. Of these approximately 14,000 personnel, more than 650 work in the headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal. JMC has an annual budget of 1.2 billion dollars.
JMC provides bombs and bullets to America's fighting forces – all services, all types of conventional ammo from 2,000-pound bombs to rifle rounds. JMC manages plants that produce more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition annually and the depots that store the nation's ammunition for training and combat. It is responsible for the management and accountability of $26 billion of conventional munitions and stores $39 billion of missiles.
The Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC) is one of four life cycle management commands in the Army. Its role is to integrate significant elements of acquisition, logistics, and technology, fostering a closer relationship between the JMC, Program Executive Office-Ammunition and the Army Research Development and Engineering Center. The JM&L LCMC, headquartered at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, and has a 10-person staff that integrates the efforts of PEO-Ammunition, JMC, and ARDEC. JMC has a partnership with the ARDEC and PEO-Ammunition to manage ammunition over its life cycle. ARDEC, which is headquartered in New Jersey and has an office on Rock Island Arsenal, is the research and development arm. PEO-Ammunition and its project managers are the ammunition life cycle managers and are responsible for acquisition of ammunition. JMC manages the ammunition plants and has the responsibility for storing and shipping the ammunition to wherever in the world it is needed. JMC is the logistics arm of the JM&L LCMC.
On Wednesday, June 10 2026 at the Rock Island Arsenal, a ceremony was held of the Joint Munitions Command colors casing as they become part of United States Army Sustainment Command. The ceremony also served as a farewell for Brig. Gen. Daniel Duncan who departed the installation for a position with Army Materiel Command at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.Casing of Colors
JMC Locations JMC operates a nationwide network of installations and facilities where conventional ammunition is produced and stored.Matthew Wheaton, Joint Munitions Command, Public and Congressional Affairs (7 February 2023) Secretary of the Army discusses modernization efforts during SCAAP visit Joe Gould (8 February 2023) Lawmakers worry about weapons makers’ ability to meet demand Joe Gould (7 Nov 2022) Congress poised to back multiyear weapons purchases, LaPlante says Military Times (13 Feb 2023) Go inside the plant making artillery rounds for U.S. and Ukrainian armies video of 155mm howitzer production at Scranton plant AP Video (19 Apr 2023) U.S. ramps up making artillery shells for Ukraine available on YouTube 8Jp60vga6SEMARCUS WEISGERBER (25 JANUARY 2023) Expect Big Replenishment Orders Soon, Army Tells Industry CAITLIN M. KENNEY (19 Jan 2023) Army May Consider Buying Weapons Parts in Advance to Avoid Delays "The service should look at weapons buying 'in a nonlinear way', Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville said"Elizabeth Howe (17 Nov 2022) Army Preps for 'Contested Logistics', Works to Boost Arms Production U.S. Army Public Affairs (8 Dec 2022) Army contract actions to increase 155 mm artillery shell body capacity John A. Tirpak (8 Feb 2023) For Defense Industry to Surge Production, Here’s What It Needs, Leaders Tell Congress Eric Fanning MARCUS WEISGERBER (8 February 2023) Memo Details Effort to Boost Production of Weapons Sent to Ukraine LaPlante "Pentagon's top buyer offers a 'targeted list' of weapons to help solve a problem decades in the making" Joe Gould, Bryant Harris, Sebastian Sprenger and Tom Kington (13 Feb 2023) When will the war in Ukraine end? Experts offer their predictions.
Production and Storage
InstallationLocationCrane Army Ammunition Activity Crane, IndianaMcAlester Army Ammunition Plant McAlester, Oklahoma Production
InstallationLocationHolston Army Ammunition Plant Kingsport, TennesseeIowa Army Ammunition Plant Middletown, IowaLake City Army Ammunition Plant Independence, MissouriMilan Army Ammunition Plant Milan, TennesseePine Bluff Arsenal Pine Bluff, ArkansasRadford Army Ammunition Plant Radford, VirginiaScranton Army Ammunition Plant Scranton, Pennsylvania Storage
InstallationLocationAnniston Munitions Center Anniston, AlabamaBlue Grass Army Depot Richmond, KentuckyHawthorne Army Depot Hawthorne, NevadaLetterkenny Munitions Center Chambersburg, PennsylvaniaTooele Army Depot Tooele, Utah Training and Special Services
InstallationLocationDefense Ammunition Center McAlester, Oklahoma While all JMC facilities are government-owned, contractors operate the 10 production-only facilities and Hawthorne Army Depot.
BRAC The following installations closed on or before 2011 as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission findings
InstallationLocationLone Star Army Ammunition Plant Texarkana, TexasMississippi Army Ammunition Plant Stennis Space Center, MississippiRiverbank Army Ammunition Plant Riverbank, CaliforniaRed River Munitions Center Texarkana, Texas Information compiled from
References
External links Joint Munitions Command website