Military Power

Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) is the designated Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for combat vehicles (tracked and wheeled), artillery (self propelled and towed), bridging systems, and small caliber weapons (individual and crew served). ANAD performs depot level maintenance on vehicles ranging in size from the Stryker to the 70 ton M1 Abrams Tank and a variety of other types in between, like the M113 Family of Vehicles, the M88 Recovery Vehicle, and the M9 Armored Combat Engineering vehicle. Major components of each vehicle are also overhauled and returned to stock. ANAD personnel are deployed around the world in direct support of our nation’s war fighters providing fielding services and repairs in the field. Combat and battle damage repairs are currently being accomplished both at home and abroad.

Under partnership agreements, a wide range of vehicle conversions, upgrades, and new vehicle manufacturing are currently underway. Additionally, worldwide distribution of stocks and the maintenance and storage of conventional ammunition and missiles, as well as the storage of seven percent of the Nation’s chemical munitions stockpile (until the stockpile is demilitarized) are significant parts of the depot’s overall missions and capabilities. The Department of Defense’s only missile recycling center is located at Anniston.

Key tenant organizations on the depot include the Defense Distribution Depot Anniston Alabama (DDAA), the Anniston Defense Munitions Center (ADMC), the Anniston Chemical Activity (ANCA), and the Center of Military History Clearing House.

In mid-April 1995, the Depot's Directorate of Chemical Operations was provisionally redesignated as the Anniston Chemical Activity under the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological Defense Command. The official transfer was effective October 1, 1995. Anniston Chemical Activity is a major tenant organization at Anniston Army Depot. The Depot stores 7.2% of the nation's chemical weapons stockpile, all scheduled to be destroyed by 2004. A new 31,000 square foot download/reconfiguration facility became operational in July 1995.

Covering more than 25 square miles, Anniston Army Depot has more than 15,000 acres of woodland, as well as 40 acres of lakes and streams. Additionally, there are more than 2,100 buildings and structures, and 266 miles of roads and streets, 87 miles of fencing, and 46 miles of railroad track. The Depot covers 15,279 acres, having 8.5 million square feet of floor space; storage capacity is 2.3 million gross square feet of covered storage and 600,000 square feet of open storage.