Condensed from Graves Registration Division,Korean Communications Zone (KCOMZ) Historical Summary, Jul-Dec 1954 Part of the Armistice Agreement signed in Panamunjom in June 1953 called for the exchange of military war dead on both sides. In the months that followed, members of the U.S. Graves Registration Division in Korea met repeatedly with UN and Eighth Army […]
Mrs. Carolyn Whipp was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1945, in Hopewell, Virginia. She began her distinguished Department Civilian career at Fort Lee, Virginia in August 1963. Mrs. Whipp began as a clerk typist, and entered the Resource Management field in 1980 through the Upward Mobility Program, serving only the Quartermaster School until 1982. […]
Short History of Army Flag Fact Sheet Office of The Quartermaster GeneralWashington D.C. 1 June 1957 The United States Army Flag was officially adopted by order of President Dwight D. Eisenhower through Executive Order No. 10670, on June12, 1956. The newly adopted flag was presented by Vice President Richard Nixon to Secretary of the Army […]
CW5 Tiner retired from active duty on 31 January 2006 as the Chief, Supply Management Division, United States Army Special Operations Command, culminating a 37 year Quartermaster career. Chief Warrant Officer Five Tiner received a direct appointment as a Warrant Officer One in June 1976. He has completed every level of the Warrant Officer Education […]
CW4 Giddings served the United States Army and the Quartermaster Corps for twenty six and one half years. CW4 Giddings specialized in food service and he excelled at it. His major assignments include: Director, Army Food Service School, Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Quartermaster Warrant Officer Career Manager/ Assignment Officer, Military Personnel Center, Alexandria, Virginia; Director, […]
CW5 Motrynczuk retired from active duty on 1 July 2007 culminating a 38 plus year career as the Army Food Advisor, United States Quartermaster Center and School, Fort Lee, Virginia. In that capacity, he served as the senior technical expert for the Director, Army Center of Excellence, Subsistence; The Quartermaster General and the Army G4 […]
Colonel Robert A. Harney, Jr. received a Regular Army commission in 1987 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the US Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia. He graduated in 1991, Magna Cum Laude, from Hawaii Pacific University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He also holds a Master of Business Administration, Webster […]
COL Robert L. Barnes, Jr. Colonel Barnes was commissioned via ROTC in 1988 and served as a Multi-Launch Rocket System Platoon Leader during Operation “Desert Shield and Desert Storm.” Soon after his return to Fort Hood, he transitioned to the Quartermaster Corps and had an illustrious career spanning over 26 years. His civilian education includes […]
CW5 Simmons served honorably for 29 years retiring from active duty on 1 July 2001 as the Forces Command (FORSCOM) Food Advisor, Fort McPherson, Georgia. During this assignment he established the reputation of a mission oriented technician responsible for providing staff supervision of the Army Food Program for 10 military installations operating 116 dining facilities […]
The Story of the USS Chattanooga, a “home-made” steamboat built by the Quartermaster Department in October 1863 to carry supplies to General Grant’s starving army at Chattanooga, Tennessee. As told by Assistant Quartermaster William Le Duc, who “commanded” the Chattanooga. By William G. Le Duc, Brevet Brigadier-General and Assistant Quartermaster, U.S.V. In answer to the […]
Lt. Col. Ward B. Cleaves, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster Review July-August 1945 The Office of The Quartermaster General, as staff agency of the Army Service Forces, organized a Food Service Program which went into effect on 31 July, 1943. Since that time tremendous strides have been made in food service. Soldiers today are much better fed. Waste […]
By PVT. Tony Ricketti Quartermaster Review September-October 1953 When it comes to handing out plaudits to the Army the Marines generally change the conversation to the Halls of Montezuma or talk about the weather. But if the talk gets around to the day the Army’s paratrooper Quartermasters airmailed then a bridge, the song is a […]
CW5 Meeks entered the Army Reserve on August 23, 1965, at the age of eighteen and began his 41 years of military career in the 398th Engineer Company, Greenville, North Carolina. CW5 Meeks entered basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and completed his Advanced Individual Training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He served in a […]
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 six-mule wagons filled with supplies reached their destination. Repelling Confederate Raider John Mosby’s guerrillas at […]
