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The Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany Georgia is located in the Southwest section of the state known as Plantation Trace. Albany is approximately 3 hours South of Atlanta.

HISTORY OF THE COMMAND: On March 1, 1952, the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB), Albany as it is now known, was commissioned as the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies. By 1954 the station was sufficiently complete with warehouses and administration buildings to assume supply support for Marines east of the Rocky Mountains and in the Atlantic area.

In 1967 the Center became a Storage Activity and Depot Maintenance Activity. Formal schools training in maintenance and supply sources of various types were conducted.

On January 17, 1990, the Commandant of the Marine Corps designated the Commanding General, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany to also be Commander, Marine Corps Logistics Bases. The reorganization placed control of Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California; Blount Island Command, Jacksonville, Florida, as well as Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany under this single command.

Albany provided exceptional support to the Marine Air Ground Task Forces sent to Southwest Asia. The MCLB, Albany military and civilian team's hard work and dedication, combined with equal efforts from MCLB, Barstow and Blount Island Command, reaped outstanding results, possibly the most successful logistical support in history.

The Base mission is stated as follows:

To provide comprehensive logistics support to the MARFOR and other customers for the full spectrum of operating and combat requirements; perform the full range of Logistics Center functions for items assigned Integrated Materiel Management responsibility; perform the full range of Inventory Management functions for PEI's subsequent to the acquisition phase; perform the full range of logistics management functions to include accomplishing assigned LEM responsibilities in the acquisition of new items of equipment, monitoring fielded Marine Corps weapons systems readiness, cataloging and delegating standardization functions for the Marine Corps; provide central management for all assets held by the MARFOR, direct asset redistribution to enhance Marine Corps readiness and to eliminate excesses, ensure optimum use of all maintenance resources by ensuring coordination with MARFOR maintenance activities; provide the organization and resources, augmented by MARFOR personnel, for the BICmd; plan and conduct the maintenance cycle for MPS and NALMEB to achieve total MPS and NALMEB readiness; provide direct support to the operating forces on MPS and NALMEB operations/exercises on prepositioning deployment issues through deployed TAAT's, perform required storage functions in support of PEI's; provide fifth echelon depot level maintenance capability for support of all non-consumable items rebuild requirements and overflow fourth echelon maintenance support of operating forces nonconsumable item repair requirements; implement and operate a central logistics quality assurance program; conduct formal schools and training as directed; coordinate Marine Corps participation in CIM initiatives; perform project management functions for DoD standard systems; conduct analysis, design, development, implementation, training, and maintenance of logistics AIS; provide AIS production support to such commands as may be directed; certify and pay Marine Corps-wide transportation type bills for the movement of all Marine Corps sponsored traffic; serve as single source for Marine Corps Publications; design all Marine Corps unique uniforms; exercise command and control over the financial and logistics support functions at MCLB Albany, BICmd, and MCLB Barstow; and perform such other tasks as may be directed by the CMC.

via Military.com