Colonel Richard J. Poole received a Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) commission in 1982, as a Quartermaster Officer, upon graduation from Longwood University. He also holds a Masters Degree in Logistics from Florida Institute of Technology; and a second Master’s Degree in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense […]
By Dr. Steven E. Anders From the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 (Note: This article was written when Mortuary Affairs was called Graves Registration or GRREG) At 0515 on the morning of 12 December 1985, a chartered DC-8 crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport just outside Gander, Newfoundland. On board were 248 soldiers […]
By LTC John C. Cook, Q.M.C. The Quartermaster Review March-April 1953 THE respect and care for the honored dead, the men who died for an ideal and their country, traditional with the people of the nations embracing western civilization, has never been so resolutely demonstrated as during the present conflict in Korea. This noble concept […]
by Barry Bates | Jul 5, 2024 Anthony Grant, a quartermaster who supplied U.S. Soldiers in two major wars, was 22 years old when he received his Army draft notice. The former Boy Scout spent his childhood fixated on geography books. Even as a kid, he said, his sights were set on traveling… by Joseph […]
The Quartermaster Review March-April 1945 89th Quartermaster Railhead Company in the Battle of the Bulge 1944 On the thinning western flank of the Ardennes Forest, jammed against the Belgium-Luxembourg border, is the village of Gouvy. Gouvy, straddling the Bovigny-Bastogne rail line which was swallowed up by the initial German success in the Battle of the […]
General Lewi was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps after completion of Reserve Officer Training at Texas A&M University. His civilian education includes a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Alabama. General Lewi’s assignment before retirement was as Commander of the 21st Theater Army Area Command (TAACOM) in Kaiserslautern, Germany. […]
When the U.S. Civil War erupted, Horatio C. King sought a commission in the US Army and in 1862 he was appointed as Assistant Quartermaster of volunteers with the rank of Captain in the Army of the Potomac. He was soon promoted to Chief Quartermaster of the First Cavalry Division of the Army of the […]
On April 18, 1906, San Francisco shook violently from a 7.9 earthquake. Damage was severe, but the ensuing fires were catastrophic and over half of the city’s 400,000 people became homeless while close to 3,000 died. Following the earthquake, the homeless needed food and shelter but fortunately for the city, army troops stationed nearby responded […]
Lieutenant General Wyche retired from active duty on 1 September 2017 culminating a 35 year career as Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, United States Army Materiel Command. Over his 35 year career, General Wyche served in a variety of command and staff positions. His command assignments include Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Materiel Command, […]
Sergeant Major Marigliano, a native of Brooklyn, New York, entered the U.S. Army Reserve in March 1952, during the height of the Korean Conflict, and was called to active duty one year later. After a tour with the 30th Infantry Regiment, he was reclassified as a pipeline engineer and assigned to the 523d Engineer Company […]
Brigadier General John O’Neil, a native of Peabody, Massachusetts, received his commission as a Quartermaster Officer from the Providence College ROTC program in 1986 as a Distinguished Military Graduate. His assignments include: Platoon Leader, Company Commander and Battalion S-4, 124th Transportation Battalion, 45th Support Group (Corps), Schofield Barracks, HI; Aide de Camp and Corps Aerial […]
Airborne Division Airborne Quartermaster Company Parachute Maintenance Company 11th 408th 11th 13th 409th 13th 17th 411th 17th 82nd 407th 82nd 101st 426th 101st 1st Airborne Task Force# 334th Quartermaster Depot Supply Company Unkn 15th* 410th #Provisional 7th Army Airborne Division that air-assaultedinto Southern France *planned in 1943, but never formed Airborne Divisions 1945-57 Airborne Quartermaster […]
by Josh | Aug 5, 2022 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… by Josh | Aug 5, 2022 General Beale […]
Quartermaster Review-May/June 1954 Colonel John D. Martz, Jr., QMC Graves Registration and recovery 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. Christmas 1950 dawned as a cold dreary day in Korea. Early that morning a small group of […]
