THE QUARTERMASTER CREED | Army Quartermaster Foundation, Inc

April 10, 2017 Josh

I am Quartermaster My story is enfolded in the history of this nation.

Sustainer of Armies…

My forges burned at Valley Forge. Down frozen, rutted roads my oxen hauled the meager foods a bankrupt Congress sent me… Scant rations for the cold and starving troops,

Gunpowder, salt, and lead.

In 1812 we sailed to war in ships my boatwrights built. I fought beside you in the deserts of our great Southwest. My pack mules perished seeking water holes, And I went on with camels. I gave flags to serve.

The medals and crest you wear are my design.

Since 1862, I have sought our fallen brothers from Private to President. In war or peace I bring them home

And lay them gently down in fields of honor.

Provisioner, transporter. In 1898 I took you to Havana Harbor and the Philippines. I brought you tents, your khaki cloth for uniforms.

When yellow fever struck, I brought the mattresses you lay upon.

In 1918, soldier… like you. Pearl harbor, too. Mine was the first blood spilled that day. I jumped in darkness into Normandy, D-Day plus 1. Bataan, North Africa, Sicily. I was there. The ‘chutes that filled the gray Korean skies were mine;

I lead the endless trains across the beach in Vietnam.

By air and sea I supported the fight for Grenada. Helicopters above the jungles of Panama carried my supplies. In Desert Storm, I was there when we crossed the border into

Iraq…sustaining combat and paying the ultimate sacrifice as we liberated Kuwait.

I AM QUARTERMASTER. I can shape the course of combat, Change the outcome of battle.

Look to me: Sustainer of Armies…Since 1775.

I AM QUARTERMASTER. I AM PROUD.