by Josh | Aug 29, 2022 | Heritage
Though the Quartermaster supply function is as old as the first army that took the field, the term “Quartermaster” seems to have come into general usage with the rise of standing armies in the 16th century. Derived from the Old French quartier and the Latin...
by Josh | Sep 2, 2022 | U.S. Army Heraldry
From 1924 to 1962 the U.S Army Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the research, design and development of distinctive unit insignia, shoulder sleeve insignia (patches), flags, medals, seals, coats of arms and other heraldic items for the Army. In 1960, the...
by Josh | Sep 2, 2022 | World War I and Interwar Years
By CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. BUCKLEY, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1929 THAT the Philadelphia Depot is primarily a manufacturing depot is not generally known to the field, even among Quartermaster Officers. It is quite evident that even though some may...
by Josh | Aug 29, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in World War I and Interwar Years
By MAJOR Louis C. WILSON Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1930 A MOST tremendous appeal to patriotic fervor, to gratitude, and to sentiment, is now materializing in the pilgrimages provided by our government for the mothers and widows of our...
by Josh | Aug 29, 2022 | Transportation
By LT. COL. EDGAR S. STAYERThe Quartermaster Review – March-April 1928 1928 Article on the main transportation depot and motor transport school for the Army Establishment Of Camp Holabird CAMP HOLABIRD is situated within the city limits of the city of Baltimore, about...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Desert Storm
This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm due to a SCUD Missile attack on February 25, 1991 Members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment receive a hero’s welcome at Latrobe Airport, Pennsylvania,...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | General History
Glen C MorrisQuartermaster Professional Bulletin-Summer 1992 Ever since the U.S. Army drew its first “line in the sand” at Lexington, MA, in the days of the American Revolution, commanders have been responsible for providing their soldiers with quality...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Somalia
SFC Kenneth E. Price, Jr.Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1994 Quartermaster water support during Operation Restore Hope in Jilib, Somalia, reinforced one non-commissioned officer’s viewpoint of the Army’s need for strict sanitation...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Desert Storm
This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm due to a SCUD Missile attack on February 25, 1991. Members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment receive a hero’s welcome at Latrobe Airport, Pennsylvania,...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | 1980’s Transition
David L. BruenQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1994 Overview on the transition of the Water Operations mission and training from the Engineer to the Quartermaster Corps in 1981 The Petroleum and Water Department at the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | World War I
Major Howard McCyostFebruary 1920Quartermaster Service NewsReprinted in the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – March 1988 Water purification during and after World War I Wholesome drinking water has become recognized as one of the important elements entering...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Post-World War II Development
This document from the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Archives provides a well researched and written history of the Quartermaster Corps’ development of the Army Green Uniform. TECHNICAL REPORT 68-41-CM THE ARMY GREEN UNIFORM by Stephen J. Kennedy...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Vietnam
Extracted from the Magazine of the 1st Logistical Command, Vietnam, April 1968 Utilizing ocean-going tankers, fixed and rotary wing aircraft, tanker trucks, and multi-product pipelines, the 1st Logistical Command distributes more than 100 million gallons of jet,...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Korea
By LT. COL. Merwin H. Smith, Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review, November-December 1951 The war in Korea came at a time when Far East Command petroleum stocks were, in general, in good supply except for avgas and jet fuel and packaged stocks of certain grades of lubricating...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | World War II
LIEUTENANT JOHN K. EVANS, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1944 AN ARMY marches on its wheels these days, and without fuels and lubricants those wheels bog down in a morass of despair and ultimate defeat. Even in the First World War it was said that...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | World War I
Extracted from “Quartermaster Support of the Army”, pages 660-662Erna Risch, 1962 Storage and distribution of petroleum to the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I , 1917-1918. The storage and distribution of the bulk of Quartermaster...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Petroleum & Water
World War IWater-Cart showing manner in which it is filled by pumps on rear end. Tank held 150 gal., filled in 20 min, Marbache, (Meurthe-et-Moselle), France,8 September 1918 World War IIRefueling with 5 Gallon-cans NCO from the 4th Quartermaster Company Water Section...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs Today
CPT Arnd Frie CPT Jamie Kiessling CPT Gerard L. McCool CPT Thomas Moody CPT Benett Sunds CPT Robert Uppena CPT Garth Yarnall Quartermaster Professional Bulletin/Winter 1998 During the Civil War in the United States, 42 percent of the casualties were unidentified in...
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in Bosnia
SSG Randy E. Posey & SGT Cedric T. RigginsQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1996Peace enforcement operations: a new term in the Quartermaster dictionary. Quartermasters have had some opportunities to define and explore this new support concept....
by Josh | Aug 26, 2022 | Mortuary Affairs in Somalia
LT David B. Roath SFC Frank NapoleonQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Operations other than war (OOTW)-a new term in the Quartermaster dictionary. Quartermasters have had some opportunities to define and explore this new support...
