by Barry Bates | Jul 5, 2024 Mr. Johnnie A. Jones Sr., was a Louisiana civil rights attorney and World War II veteran who died on 23 April 2022 at the age of 102 years old. Mr. Jones was born in Laurel Hill, Louisiana and raised on Rosedown Plantation by his parents, who farmed 73 […]
Lieutenant Colonel Fagan graduated with honors from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree from Northeastern University, Boston. He completed the Quartermaster Basic course in 1968 and was a distinguished graduate from the Quartermaster Officer Advanced Course. He would go on to graduate with honors from the Command and […]
Colonel Hill attended Virginia Tech, earning a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Dairy Technology. As a ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Infantry Corps. Later, Colonel Hill branch transferred to Quartermaster Branch and was appointed Regular Army status. With the exception of a 2-year assignment […]
General Mahan was commissioned as a Quartermaster Second Lieutenant in 1968 following his graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point. His phenomenal career spanned over thirty five years that includes operational service during Vietnam, the Cold War, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, and the Global War on terrorism. Throughout his career, General Mahan distinguished […]
COL William M. Causey, Jr. Colonel William M. Causey, Jr. was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was educated in Greensboro and attended and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He enlisted in the US Army, graduated from Engineer Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Quartermaster. COL […]
Sergeant Major King served in a multitude of challenging positions of increasing responsibility culminating as the United States Army Combined Arms Support Command G-3/5/7 Sergeant Major. She was instrumental in synchronizing the Combined Arms Support Command Strategic Plan across the staff and five schools in support of TRADOC and the Operational Army. She redesigned the […]
A native of Moses Lake, Washington, General West was commissioned a Quartermaster officer in the United States Army. In his 34 years of service he deployed multiple times and held numerous key command and staff positions in such distinguished units as the 1st Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Division, 6th Infantry Division, 7th Infantry Division, 82nd […]
Dr. Steven Anders Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn/Winter 1994 Historical Background. The idea of dropping people and things safely out of the sky has been around for a long time. As far back as the late 15th century, the Italian genius, Leonardo da Vinci, made drawings of a pyramid-shaped “parachute” and reasoned that: “If a […]
Major General Bates spent the first three years of his distinguished 32 year career as a Platoon Leader and staff officer with the 1st Armored Division in Germany. His remaining 29 years were in Quartermaster mission-related assignments of increasing responsibilities. These included the following command assignments: Commander, 600th Quartermaster Company, Fort Bragg; Commander, 204th Support […]
General Hunzeker enlisted in the regular Army in 1946 and was discharged in 1947. He was commissioned a Quartermaster Officer after graduating from The University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. He also holds a Master of Education Degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. General Hunzeker’s military schooling includes the United States Army […]
CPT S. Carter Corsello Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1993 Soldiers establishing camp operations at logistics support activity in Jilib, Somalia Operation Restore Hope served to illustrate a number of challenges that face logisticians in today’s armed forces. Logistics operations were fast-paced and extremely reactive, which resulted in a premium on quick, effective and flexible […]
by Major James B. Deerin, Q.M.C. Quartermaster Review January-February 1946 It wasn’t until MacArthur’s forces reached Luzon and were pushing rapidly down the Central Valley toward Manila that the need arose in the Pacific for long-distance, overland hauling facilities. After the liberation of the City, our forces fanned out into the rugged mountain provinces, hard […]
CPT Kenneth L. Stanten & CW2 Martin J. Neises Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 The mission of the 21st Support Command is to provide logistical support to the U.S. Army European Theater of Operation. Within the 21st Support Command, the 5th Quartermaster (QM) Detachment is USAREUR’s only asset for providing aerial delivery support. This […]
I will keep constantly in mind that until men grow wings their parachutes must be dependable. I will pack every parachute as though I am to jump with it myself and will stand ready to jump with any parachute which I have certified as properly packed. I will remember always that the other man’s life […]
