CPT Larry NaylorQuartermaster Professional Bulletin - Spring 1994 The 364th Supply and Service Company at Fort Bragg, NC. first deployed to Somalia in January 1993. A small element of 30 personnel was tasked with purifying and distributing water to United Nations...
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Remount!
By MAJOR LEE 0. HILL Q.M.C.Quartermaster Review March-April 1952 Major Lee 0. Hill, Chief, Remount Branch, Field Service Division, OQMG, was born on a ranch in Texas and was at home in the saddle at a very early age. Then he enlisted in the Army he merely transferred...
Travelogue of a Division Quartermaster- Part I
Lt. Col. James H. Caruthers, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMarch-April 1945 This is an account of the duties, experiences, and problems of a division quartermaster from the time the Second Infantry Division departed from its home station at Fort Sam...
“QUARTERMASTERS LEADING THE WAY”
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Batcheldor In October 1863 on the heels of the Battle of Gettysburg the Federal Army established headquarters in Culpeper, VA. Chief Quartermaster for the Second Corps, Lt. Col. Richard Batchelder was tasked with seeing that the 4,000...
Water Support in 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 requirements with water...
Lightweight Body Armor
By Ludlow KingQuartermaster Review March-April 1953Reprinted from the January-February Ordnance Lt. Rodney M. Brigg of the Body Armor Team, 40th Infantry Division, points to a bruise on Lt Frank Bassett, Co. G, 180th Inf Reg, made by hand grenade fragments. LT...
Travelogue of a Division Quartermaster- Part II
Col. James H. Caruthers, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1945 Part I of Colonel Caruthers' Travelogue closed with a description of the Channel crossing on D+1. This concluding installment covers the following days of action and the reduction of...
Armored Vest Fact Sheet
Office of the Quartermaster GeneralWashington, D.C.23 December 1952 Army T-52-2 Armored Vest29 October 1952 Note: Despite the widespread popular use of the term, no military service has developed a practical "bullet-proof" vest. Vests made of any presently-developed...
One Swell Job!
The Story of the 970th QM Service Company By PFC Herman C. Klein, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review – November/December 1945 It was a raw bleak morning on the 27th of February when the 970th QM Service Company sailed out of the New York harbor on the first leg of a...
Mettle Without Medals
The Story of the 4009th QM Truck CompanyThe Quartermaster Review – March/April 1946 FROM the Normandy invasion to an occupation assignment in conquered Germany is a long and not uncommon stretch of duty for any organization. But when that duty is coupled with...