As Director of the Quartermaster Warrant Officer Training Division, United States Army Quartermaster School, CW5 Ortiz evaluated all training for both the Warrant Officer Basic and Advanced Courses in Five Quartermaster Specialties. She developed and wrote Program of Instructions to ensure real and relevant training. CW5 Ortiz served as the subject matter expert for logistical […]
Colonel Givens served with distinction for nearly 30 years as a prodigious leader and gifted logistician in jobs of ever increasing responsibilities in the United States and Overseas. He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, in1966, upon graduating from Prairie View A&M College, Texas, ROTC Program, with a Bachelor of Science […]
By LT. COL. ROBERT C. McKECHNIE, QM-USAR Quartermaster Review September-October 1950 What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?—WILLIAM LAW – 1728. TODAY in Japan, Quartermaster troops are operating an air supply organization to provide Airborne supplies for our […]
Colonel Harvey R. Hood entered the Army as a Private and rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant before attending Officer Candidate School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1963. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery in the 82nd Airborne Division where he served in a variety of career building assignments. […]
by Josh | Aug 3, 2022 Chief Warrant Officer Five Matthew A. Anderson retired from active duty on 1 July 2010 culminating a 32 year career as the 10th Regimental Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. CW5 Anderson served as the principal advisor to the… by Josh | Aug 3, 2022 […]
Sergeant Major Staples progressed rapidly through the enlisted ranks, he graduated from the United States Army Sergeant Major Academy. During his 23-year military career, he served in virtually every position of Army Food Service that a non-commissioned officer can perform from company to battalion, to division to Department Sergeant Major. His career included assignments with […]
MG Richard E. Beale, Jr Foundation President MG Barry D. Bates Vice President CSM Stephen A. Ball Secretary The Army Quartermaster Foundation Board of Directors is vested with the governance and management of all affairs, property and interests of the Foundation. MG Harold G. Bunch Ms Nancy B. Briggs SGM Joseph Brundy MG Genaro J. […]
CW5 O’Mara was born in Holley, New York and entered service as an enlisted soldier in December 1967. He was appointed as a Warrant Officer in 1975 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Since his appointment, CW5 O’Mara has distinguished himself in a variety of challenging and critical Quartermaster assignments both in the United States and at […]
Chief Warrant Officer Five Steven J. Murphy retired from active duty on February 1, 1998, culminating a 27-year military career. In his final assignment, Chief Warrant Officer Five Murphy served as the Corps Food Service Advisor, III Corps and Fort Hood, Fort Hood, Texas. Chief Warrant Officer Five Murphy enlisted in the US Air Force […]
From the collection of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia Korean ConflictPathfinder Group- 8081st Army Unit (Quartermaster)leaving airplane in practice jump 24 May 1952 Camp Kokura Photo Lab, U.S. Army Photo Exercise “Snow Storm” A pilot chute pulls out a jeep from the rear of a USAF C-119 transport plane as the 82nd […]
CWO4 Travis C. Hunter, Sr. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hunter was drafted in January 1965 and served 32 years in the Quartermaster Corps, retiring in November 1997. He also served 10 years as a Department of the Army Civilian, Supervisory Supply Management Specialist, Fires Center of Excellence, Fort Sill Oklahoma. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Hunter […]
Command Sergeant Major Gaines joined the Army as a Subsistence Supply Specialist on the delayed entry program. He attended Basic Training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and subsequently to Fort Lee for Advanced Individual Training. After AIT, he was assigned to several units as a Subsistence Supply specialist which include the 227th General Supply company, […]
Quartermaster Training Service Journal – 7 July 1944 About 4 Feb 44, T/4 Boude with his scout dog, Dick, went out with a Marine reconnaissance patrol of about fifteen men from Co. K. The mission of the patrol was to locate and reconnoiter a trail through a portion of the island adjacent to Cape Gloucester. […]
Part II The Quartermaster Review January-February 1964 In depth article on selection of World War II & Korean War Unknown Soldiers Since Memorial Day, great interest has been expressed in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. In the September-October 1963 issue, The Review began the history of the Tomb. The third and concluding section of […]
