Colonel MacKinlay retired from active duty on 1 October 1998 culminating a 29 year career. He graduated from the ROTC program at the University of Rhode Island. He also holds a Master of Science Degree from the Florida Institute of Technology, Acquisition and Contracting. He is a graduate of the United States Army War College. […]
17 August 1952Study conducted by theOffice of the Quartermaster, HQ, Eighth U.S. Army Korea (EUSAK) Colonel Hugh Mackintosh Petroleum supply during the Korean War, 1952 I. Summary Based on the results of a field survey, there is a definite need for both the drum 55-gallon and the drum 5-gallon (hereafter referred to as the 5-gallon can) […]
Quartermaster Review-July/August 1954 Search and recovery operations in the Korean War Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. SILENTLY searching every foot of the South Korean countryside today are small groups of U. S. soldiers on a little known but earnest […]
Lt. Col. John E. O’Hair, QMC*(*Assistant to the Ground Quartermaster)The Quartermaster Review May-June 1946 Having been the Quartermaster of an Infantry Division from the date of its activation in December 1942 until its inactivation in September 1945, I had the good fortune to train a Quartermaster company in the States and observe the results of […]
Colonel Juskowiak entered the Army in 1971, commissioned a Second Lieutenant upon graduation from North Georgia College. Following his service in Armor, Colonel Juskowiak transferred to the Quartermaster Corps specializing in aerial delivery operations. In 1973, he served as the Detachment Commander, Parachute Rigging Detachment, US Army Support Activity – Thailand in support of supplying […]
CW4 Smith began his military career as an Enlisted Infantry Soldier at Fort Bragg, in November 1966. He transferred to the Quartermaster Corps in 1971 and was commissioned a Warrant Officer in 1976. CW4 Smith has held a variety of significant staff positions in his career, including Chief Quartermaster School representative on the US Army […]
General Sullivan was born in San Francisco, California, on 7 January 1894. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1917, he was assigned to the 10th Infantry Brigade (along with his former classmate and lifelong friend Mark Clark). As an Infantry Captain in World War I, he participated in the battles of San Mihiel and […]
Colonel Tucker served for six months as an Enlisted Soldier at the start of World War II before attending the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1943. Upon graduation in 1946, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. While on varied assignments as a Quartermaster logistics officer in the 1950s, Colonel […]
World War I Major Howard McCyostFebruary 1920Quartermaster Service NewsReprinted in the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – March 1988 Water purification during and after World War I Wholesome drinking water has become recognized as one of the important elements entering into… read more
Dr. Steven F. AndersFormer Quartermaster School HistorianCombined Arms Support Command Historian and the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Staff Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches, letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights. Nineteen fifty-eight. It wasn’t all tailfins and hoola hoops. That was the year Egypt and Syria launched the United Arab […]
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… read more
By War Planning and Training Division, O.Q.M.G. The Quartermaster Review – March-April 1928 The Uniform (Hat-Blouse-Breeches-Shoes-Leggins) Introduction The word “uniform” is derived from the Latin words “unus,” one, and “forma,” form, and includes the different styles of dress adopted by the Military and Naval services to secure the distinction required. Since the military profession has […]
Colonel Greg Townsend earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Science from Auburn University and commissioned through ROTC in 1996 in the Quartermaster Corps. His career spanned a variety of impactful assignments including: Company Executive Officer and Brigade Staff Officer, Southern Euro- pean Command, Vincenza, Italy; Battalion Operations Officer, 407th Forward Support Battalion; with 2nd Brigade […]
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 journey thousands of miles long, […]
