Norman P. Bruneau Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1991 Airdrop is a proven way to provide logistical support when fighting, outnumbered, against an enemy with significantly shorter supply lines. This realization drives development of new airdrop equipment. This realization also prompted deployment of airdrop equipment to Saudi Arabia in 1990 for just such an eventuality. […]
(For a listing of all Medal of Honor Recipients go to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.) The Medal of Honor is the United States’ highest award for military valor in action. And while over 150 years have passed since its inception, the meaning behind the Medal has never tarnished. Etched within are the very […]
Colonel Lawrence M. “Mike” Larsen distinguished himself as an outstanding Quartermaster leader and superb logistician throughout 30 years of service in both the active and reserve components of the US Army. He was commissioned through the ROTC program at Utah State University in 1976. He had numerous key command and staff positions including Maintenance Management […]
General Freeman entered active duty in 1969 at Fort Benning, Georgia as a Second Lieutenant. He holds a Bachelor Degree in History from Lafayette College, and a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies from the University of Alabama. General Freeman is a graduate from the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course, Mexican War […]
LTC Larry Henry is a graduate of Ohio University’s ROTC Program where he earned a degree in Industrial Engineering. He began his military career as a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in July 1960. Following duty as the Post Quartermaster at Fort Hancock New Jersey, LTC Henry served as a Company Commander at the […]
by Josh | Aug 3, 2022 During his 29 years career, SGM Jackson held a wide variety of duty positions beginning in October 1972 where he served as Cook/Administrative Clerk with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Based on experience… by Josh | Aug 3, 2022 Sergeant Major Frey […]
President Ulysses S Grant Born Hiram Ulysses Grant, in Point Pleasant, Ohio, Grant is arguably the most acclaimed Union general during the American Civil War and was twice elected President. Grant graduated from West Point June 30, 1843, and ranked twenty-first out of thirty-nine cadets. His first assignment took him to the 4th Infantry Regiment […]
Major General Frank Henderson was commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps through ROTC at the University of Texas in 1964. Following the Quartermaster Officer Basic Course, he served as an instructor at the Quartermaster School. General Henderson deployed to the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, Viet Nam, and served consecutively as the Assistant Supply Officer of […]
Brigadier Douglas M. McBride Jr. led a distinguished career as a logistics officer in the United States Army for over three decades. His career culminated as the 55th Quartermaster General and Commandant of the US Army Quartermaster School, where he was responsible for over 110,000 Quartermaster joint service members spanning across all 50 states and […]
General Ann E. Dunwoody served as the 17th Commanding General of the United States Army Materiel Command (AMC). AMC is one of the largest commands in the Army with more than 69,000 employees and impacts or has a presence in all 50 states and in 145 countries. General Dunwoody received a direct commission as a […]
Command Sergeant Major Rosvelt Martain is a native of Pomoria, South Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Science. In 1986, he was selected to serve as the first Quartermaster Corps Regimental Command Sergeant Major. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1952, attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South […]
CSM Peat began his career as a supply specialist in numerous combat arms units including the 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger), the 8th Infantry Division, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized}, and the 1st Infantry Division (Mountain). In his formative years he held leadership positions at every level including Unit Supply Sergeant, Squad Leader and Platoon Sergeant. As […]
Colonel Drake (2 November 1887 – 16 July 1984) was an American Brigadier General and Quartermaster of the United States Army Forces in the Far East during the Battle of Bataan. Colonel Drake graduated from the United States Military Academy in June 1912 and was promoted to second lieutenant in the 7th Infantry Division. He […]
World War II CMH PUB 10-12-1: THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS: ORGANIZATION SUPPLY AND SERVICES, VOLUME I By Risch, Erna, 1904-; Kieffer, Chester L https://archive.org/details/CMHPub10-12/mode/2up The U.S. Army in World War II: The Technical Services, World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — United States, United States. Army, The U.S. Army In World War II, World War, 1939-1945, […]
