{"id":470201,"date":"2025-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=470201"},"modified":"2025-06-05T23:11:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T23:11:15","slug":"worlds-best-munitions-commanding-general-of-8th-tsc-knows-jmcs-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=470201","title":{"rendered":"\u2018World\u2019s best munitions\u2019: Commanding General of 8th TSC knows JMC\u2019s capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Maj. Gen Gavin Gardner, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command\u2019s commanding general, paid a visit to the Joint Munitions Command\u2019s headquarters at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois on May 29, and he emphasized to JMC\u2019s workforce the crucial work they do.
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ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. \u2014 After three years away, Maj. Gen. Gavin Gardner recently paid a visit to one of his former duty stations.<\/p>\n

June 2020 through May 2022, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command\u2019s commanding general served as the commander of the Joint Munitions Command, which is headquartered at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois.<\/p>\n

On May 29, 2025, Gardner emphasized to JMC\u2019s workforce the crucial role they have played in the past, continue to play in the present, and will play in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost, thank you for what you do,\u201d said Gardner, who last July assumed command of the 8th TSC, which is based at Fort Shafter in Hawaii. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see faces that I know. I keep up with quite a few people from this command, because obviously, it means quite a lot to me personally and professionally.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis workforce does amazing work and will continue to do so,\u201d he added. \u201cWhat everybody wants is what you all produce, the world\u2019s best munitions.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From 17 subordinate locations, JMC provides the joint forces with ready, reliable, and lethal munitions at the speed of war, sustaining global readiness. The command strategically positions munitions worldwide to enable rapid responses and meet combatant commander needs, prioritizing assets to bolster deterrence.<\/p>\n

Gardner, who left JMC to become the Director for Logistics and Engineering (J4), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at Camp Smith in Hawaii, a position he held from June 2022 through June 2024, talked a lot about requirements for the Indo-Pacific, a region that includes the Indian Ocean, and the western and central Pacific Ocean, along with the surrounding landmasses. JMC will be involved in those plans.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnow that JMC and its subordinate installations all have a key role to play in some form or fashion. It is the next generation of munitions that we need your expertise on,\u201d Gardner said. \u201cYou can\u2019t have a weapons system without bullets\/munitions and that\u2019s where JMC comes in.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour role remains unchanged. JMC\u2019s four core missions are the same as when I was here. Produce, distribute, store and demil, you do that better than anybody else,\u201d he added. \u201cAll those things are as critical today as they\u2019ve always been.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maj. Gen Gavin Gardner, the 8th Theater Sustainment Command\u2019s commanding general, paid a visit to the Joint Munitions Command\u2019s headquarters at the Rock Island Arsenal in Illinois on May 29, and he emphasized to JMC\u2019s workforce the crucial work they do. (Photo Credit: Shawn Eldridge, Joint Munitions Command, Public and Congressional Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL ROCK […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470203,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=470201"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470204,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470201\/revisions\/470204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/470203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=470201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=470201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=470201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}