The Quartermaster Review May-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 have already proved its superiority over all containers previously used. With the exception of the American-made metal […]
CW5 Dave Morton’s illustrious military career spanned 38 years. His exemplary service, coupled with a profound concern for the interests of all Quartermasters, especially the food service Soldier, encouraged all in contact with him to do their very best. CW5 Morton took pleasure in tackling the hard jobs as an Enlisted Soldier and as a […]
Somalia Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1993 The following are some first-hand observations of noncommissioned officers (NCOs) in the 267th Quartermaster Company, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, after deployment to Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. While in… read more
Command Sergeant Major Phillips served the Army and the Quartermaster Corps faithfully for over 27 years in every leadership position in the enlisted ranks from squad leader to command sergeant major during his career. Command Sergeant Major Phillips served in various stateside and overseas assignments including Germany, Korea, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Fort Dix, […]
31st Quartermaster General April 1940 – January 1946 Edmund B. Gregory was born at Storm Lake, Iowa on July 4, 1882. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York on June 15, 1904 with a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry. After graduation he served with the 14th Infantry Regiment […]
COL Alexander D. Davis, Jr. Colonel Davis received a Regular Army commission in 1983 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of Virginia State University, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing. He received a Master’s Degree in Human Resource management from Chapman University in 1996, and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the United States Army […]
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 Desert Storm This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert […]
General Robison was born 8 October 1939 in Good Hope, Georgia, and died 1 September 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a graduate from the University of Georgia, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education in 1961. Upon graduation, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant and assigned to the US Army Quartermaster […]
Command Sergeant Major Durr, a lifelong Quartermaster Soldier served in a number of key and challenging assignments. Among them, First Sergeant, Mike Company, 244th Quartermaster Battalion and later First Sergeant, Quartermaster Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, United States Army Quartermaster Center and School. CSM Durr would go on to serve in a series of Command Sergeant […]
Major General Jelinsky graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1973 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Field Artillery in the Regular Army. His military schooling includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic Course, Supply Management Officer Course, Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course, Command and General Staff College, Reserve […]
Nathanael Greene was born in Rhode Island in 1742 of Quaker parentage. From boyhood he was trained to work in the mills and the forge owned by his father. While he attended no college, he displayed an aptitude for study, and his reading was guided by Ezra Stiles, who became president of Yale. In the […]
World War II Identification, Undated U.S. Army Photo Munda Cemetery #1, New Georgia, September 1943, U.S. Army Photo Personal Effects being checked at a collection point in the European Theater, Undated U.S. Army Photo Army Chaplain Francis L. Sampson of Sioux Falls, S.D., gives absolution to American paratroopers killed in action, in Saint Marie Dumont, […]
Captain Richard W. Wooley Quartermaster Professional Bulletin-December 1988 Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. Arlington National Cemetery is not the only resting place for “Unknown Soldiers.” Countless American soldiers have died defending their way of life throughout the history of […]
by Josh | Aug 11, 2022 Andrew Thomas McNamara was born in East Providence, Rhode Island, on 14 May 1905. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry on 9 June 1928. His first assignment was with the 28th Infantry at Madison Barracks,… by Josh | Aug […]
