By Major Thomas R. Cross, Inf. Division Parachute Officer, 11th Airborne Division The Quartermaster Review, September-October 1950 Article written by the officer credited with designing the first rigger badge about one of the first new Quartermaster Divisional Parachute Maintenance Companies. Also talks about the origin of the Red rigger cap. The Rigger’s Pledge, its […]
World War II Lt. Col. Ward B. Cleaves, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewJuly-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… read more General History Conference NotesPrepared by The Quartermaster SchoolFor the […]
CW5 Efrain Hernandez-Camacho Chief Warrant Officer Five Hernandez retired from active duty on 1 December 2005 culminating a 33 year career as the Chief, Logistics Management Division, United States Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg. CW5 Hernandez was appointed as a Quartermaster Warrant Officer Property Accounting Technician. He completed a litany of Army courses culminating with […]
Office of the Quartermaster GeneralWashington, D.C. 23 December 1952 Army T-52-2 Armored Vest 29 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 material strong enough to stop all high-velocity missiles would be too bulky or awkward for wear […]
Colonel Bartlett was drafted into the Army in May 1966 and was commissioned through Quartermaster Officer Candidate School in May 1967. After successive tours as a platoon leader and company commander in Europe (1967-69), he studied Vietnamese at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California followed by a year-long tour as Team Chief for a […]
General Van Lydegraf graduated from the University of Oregon in 1944, the same year he completed Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Infantry. He immediately joined the 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division, and accompanied the unit to the European Theater of Operations in August 1944. He […]
General Wright was born on 10 August 1944, in Houston, Texas. After attending Officer Candidate School, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. His education includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and two Master’s Degrees, in Procurement and Contracting as well as Business Administration, […]
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 […]
First Sergeant Shipp enlisted in the Army in 1984, and embarked on a 27 year career of dedicated military service. He served in multiple stateside and overseas locations in key leadership positions at all levels up to his final assignment as the First Sergeant for a Petroleum Pipeline Terminal Operating Company which consisted of 189 […]
Lieutenant Colonel Clark served in numerous tactical assignments as a Special Forces qualified Alpha Detachment Member and as a senior logistics officer. His overseas assignments include Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. He served for over 43 months in combat operations as a Forward Support Company Commander, Battalion Commander and Executive Officer of a Special Troops […]
Major General Lust was born in Moran, Kansas in 1948. He grew up and was educated in Kansas. He attended and graduated from the University of Missouri. He enlisted in the US Army in 1969 and graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School in 1970 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Armor Branch. Later […]
Ms. Shands was born in Roswell, New Mexico. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business from Wayland University and a Masters of Science degree in Management from Stanford University, where she studied as a SLOAN Fellow. She retired as a SES in January 2003 with more than 38 years of service with the […]
CW4 Ward was born on 19 September 1910, in Watkinsville, Georgia. He joined the United States Army on 19 November 1932 as an Infantry private. He served with the 5th Infantry Division in China from 1935 through 1939. On 1 July 1940, CW4 Ward volunteered to join the original Parachute Test Platoon being formed at […]
CW5 Zimmerman began his military career as an Enlisted Soldier at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, in 1960. Following his discharge in 1963, he served with the Georgia Army National Guard until he was recalled to active duty as a Supply Warrant Officer in August 1967. He continued to serve in that capacity until his retirement […]
