The Army established the U.S. Army Environmental Command to house all this expertise in a centralized organization. While the command falls under the Installation Management Command from a reporting standpoint, the support the command provides is intended for all Army installations, organizations and activities. These Communities of Practice are used to gather together environmental staffs with the same interests, concerns, and problems, to help each other learn, solve problems, build skills and competencies and develop best practices. If you are interested in joining one or learning more about them, please use the Ask AEC to let us know your interest.

USAEC established Communities of Practice (CoP) in a number of areas:

- Air
- Water
- Waste
- Environmental Management Systems
- Integrated Pest Management
- Natural Resources
- Cultural Resources
- Resilient Sustainability

- Increase flow and reach of high quality environmental technical information

- Quickly address problems and issues

- Identify challenges needing enterprise-based solutions

- Prevent loss of knowledge

- Eliminate "reinventing the wheel"

- Save time and dollars

- Provide a forum for Army environmental professionals to learn and grow
 

Environmental Community of Practice article by Michael Dette in the Public Works Digest Apr-May-Jun 2013 edition, page 20, identifies the leads for each of the USAEC communities of practice.