Rigger Historical Articles – Army Quartermaster Foundation, Inc.

Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs

LONG BINH, Republic of Vietnam — Riggers prepare ammunition for an air drop. Troops inaccessible by roads, either because of terrain or enemy activity, rely on air drops for food, ammunition and equipment. C-123 or C-130 aircraft usually are used. 1st Logistical…

Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles

CPT Deirdre Cozzens Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1989 ” I wanted to become airborne…” That’s the answer often given by parachute riggers when asked why they entered the field. Recruiters tell people that becoming a rigger is a guaranteed way to…

Bosnia (Humanitarian Airdrop) & New Technology

CPT Jordan S. Chroman Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1993 A 14-year-old boy brings his family 30 pounds of food in the Muslim enclave of Gorazde in eastern Bosnia. Food is scarce since fighting between Serb militias and Muslim rebels broke out 25 Jun 91,…

Korean War Era

Quartermaster Review September-October 1950 The following extracts are from a report of the proceedings of a committee which met on March 27th to study the problem of Quartermaster support of Airborne operations. Most of the testimony reprinted below is that of Maj….

World War II Era

The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1945 A NEW streamlined container for dropping supplies by parachute has just been perfected by the SOS quartermasters of the India-Burma Theatre. It’s called “Amsac” – American sack – and the most rigid tests…

Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles

CPT Kenneth L. Stanten & CW2 Martin J. Neises Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 The mission of the 21st Support Command is to provide logistical support to the U.S. Army European Theater of Operation. Within the 21st Support Command, the 5th…

Korean War Era

Airborne Quartermaster Field Operations By LT. COL. ROBERT C. McKECHNIE, QM-USARQuartermaster Review September-October 1950 What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?—WILLIAM LAW…

World War II Era

Quartermaster Training Service Journal24 November 1944(From the archives of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia) The plane’s nosing over now. You’re heading down towards the jungle. As the plane circles lower, your eyes keep searching…

Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs

From the Archives of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum and the Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department, U.S. Army Quartermaster School and Center, Fort Lee, Virginia Operation “Test Drop”, Fort Bragg, NC, February 1953, An MRS tractor which landed upside down…

Other Aerial Delivery Historical Articles

James S. Emery Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1991 Airdrop, as Army Systems go, is a relatively new method of delivering people, supplies and equipment into difficult-to-reach or enemy-held areas. Before World War II, the U.S. Army had no…