COL Samuel Benjamin Spicely Colonel Samuel B. Spicely was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia on 3 January 1929. He received his education at an early age in the schools of Dinwiddie County, graduating from Dinwiddie Training School in 1945. Following his primary and secondary education, he attended Virginia State College, (now Virginia State University) […]
A resource for information on the U.S. Army’s use of dogs 1942-Present The Army Quartermaster Corps began the U.S. Armed Forces’ first war dog training during WWII. By 1945 they had trained almost 10,000 war dogs for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. Fifteen War Dog platoons served overseas in World War II. […]
The Quartermaster Corps traces its origins to 16 June 1775. Two days after Congress authorized the Continental Army it also authorized a Quartermaster General and his deputy, in recognition of the need for logistical support to the new Army. Major General Thomas Mifflin, the first Quartermaster General, had virtually no money and authority and was […]
Colonel Clinton A. Hodder was named a charter member of the Army Acquisition Corps for dedicating half of his 30 years military career in Research and Development and acquisition of weapon systems. He was inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame in 2013. Colonel (Ret.) Hodder is a distinguished sponsor of the Army Quartermaster Foundation. […]
General Wilson entered the Army as an Enlisted Soldier as a Materiel Control and Accounting Specialist and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant before attending Officer Candidate School (OCS). On completion of OCS, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from […]
Colonel Willliam Keyes was commissioned as an Infantry Officer through the United States Army Officer Candidate School in 1986 and was assigned with the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley KS. In 1989, he was branch transferred to the Quartermaster Corps. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida, a Master of […]
Major General Richard E. Beale, Jr. was raised in Bethesda, MD. He is a 1964 Distinguished Military Graduate of Wake Forest College; he earned a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He married Wynne MacGregor three days after his Wake Forest graduation. They are blessed with two sons and five grandchildren. Between 1992 […]
CPT Jordan S. Chroman Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Summer 1993 A 14-year-old boy brings his family 30 pounds of food in the Muslim enclave of Gorazde in eastern Bosnia. Food is scarce since fighting between Serb militias and Muslim rebels broke out 25 Jun 91, when Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence from Yugoslavia. Serbian […]
Colonel Jenks was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, United States Army, through the ROTC program at the University of Kansas and was detailed as an Air Defense Artillery Officer. He is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a Master of Arts degree in […]
General Stalcup was born in Butler, Tennessee, on 3 February 1935, and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from East Tennessee State University. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1958, he served over 30 years as an active duty officer, until his retirement in September 1989. Over the course of his distinguished career, General Stalcup […]
By LT. COL. Merwin H. Smith, Q.M.C. Quartermaster Review, November-December 1951 The war in Korea came at a time when Far East Command petroleum stocks were, in general, in good supply except for avgas and jet fuel and packaged stocks of certain grades of lubricating oils and greases, which were adequate to meet the immediate […]
Colonel Mike Saulnier’s key assignments include: Commander, U.S. Army Garrison Daegu and Area IV, South Korea; Chief of Staff, J-4, Joint Special Operations Task Force Iraq; Chief of Logistics and Operations, Joint Special Operations Task Force, United States Special Operations Command; Group Commander, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe; Commander, 528th Special Operations Support Battalion (Airborne); […]
Sergeant Major Frey entered the military on 25 June 1976 and attended Basic Training and Food Service Advanced Individual Training for at Fort Dix, New Jersey. His assignments took him to various posts in the United States and abroad. Culminating as the I Corps & Fort Lewis Chief Food Management Noncommissioned Officer where he was […]
Brigadier General James Kennon was drafted into the Army as a Private in August 1969 from the Bronx, New York. He retired in 2006 with over 37 years of enlisted, warrant officer, and commissioned officer service. Brigadier General Kennon attended Army Officer… Brigadier General Fernando Fernandez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was […]
