January 19, 2017 Josh LT David B. Roath SFC Frank Napoleon Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Autumn 1993 Operations other than war (OOTW)-a new term in the Quartermaster dictionary. Quartermasters have had some opportunities to define and explore this new support concept. With the Army’s focus changing from forward presence to force projection, Quartermasters play exciting […]
Lieutenant General McDuffie was commissioned as an Infantry Officer in February 1970 and commanded both Infantry and Aviation units (including a combat tour as a Cobra pilot in Vietnam) before transferring to the Quartermaster Corps in 1987. A proven leader in Logistics, he commanded some of the finest combat service support units in the U.S. […]
Command Sergeant Major Carl C. Kelly entered the Army as an enlisted soldier three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, when he was not yet of voting age. In 1944, PFC Kelly served with the Third Army’s 5th Infantry Division in the move across Europe and was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge, the […]
Lieutenant General Andrew T. McNamara 36th Quartermaster General June 1957 – June 1961 General McNamara died of pneumonia at the age of 96 on April 6, 2002 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Andrew Thomas McNamara was born in East Providence, Rhode Island, on 14 May 1905. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy and was commissioned […]
Colonel John F. Dennington graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in January 1943. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. Ordered to Europe in January 1944 from the Atlanta General Depot, he served in the Supply Division, Office of the Theater Quartermaster, before volunteering for duty as […]
CW4 Stephen N. Chobanian enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 and was commissioned as a warrant officer in 1961. He earned a reputation as one of the premiere trainers of Quartermasters worldwide during his more than 20 years of active duty service. He continued his role as a principal educator and leader to the […]
General Rufus Ingalls was born at Denmark, Oxford County, Maine on August 23, 1819. He was appointed to the U.S. Military Academy in 1839, and entered it with a remarkable class that included President Grant and others. After he graduated in 1843 he was assigned to the newly raised regiment, the U.S. Rifles. He served […]
Major General Hawthorne L. Proctor 46th Quartermaster General July 1999 – July 2001 Major General Hawthorne Proctor received his commission in 1968 as a distinguished military graduate from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics. He received a master’s degree in Public Administration from Central Michigan […]
Major General David E. Watts enlisted in the Army in 1946. He served in the 82d Airborne Division as a Pathfinder and demolitionist. Using the GI Bill, he graduated from the University of Connecticut and was commissioned second lieutenant through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC). His early assignments included combat duty in the Korean […]
Major General Henry G. Skeen entered the Air Force in 1949, transferred to the US Army in 1953, and upon completion of Officer Candidate School that year was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry. After serving as platoon leader in various Infantry and airborne companies, he was awarded a Regular Army commission as a […]
Command Sergeant Major Tomas Erazo entered the Army in 1971 at the age of 17 and trained as a Supply Specialist. Throughout his career, CSM Erazo served in a variety of key positions at line units including the Property Book Noncommissioned Officer in Charge of the 3/5th Infantry, Ft. Kobbe, Panama, Logistics Noncommissioned Officer in […]
US Army Quartermaster Foundation Fort Lee, Virginia Major General William T. McLean 40th Quartermaster General June 1987-July 1989 He was commissioned a second lieutenant and awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy in 1958. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Management from the University of Kansas. […]
LTG Kenneth E. 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 most recent assignment before retirement was as Commander of the 21st Theater Army Area Command […]
BG Juskowiak & Mr. Ward’s daugher Nancy Ransom unveil marker Mrs. Nancy Ransom and her husband Ed, the Honorable Edwin Deaver, the honorable Marvin Lucas, Mrs. William T. Ryder , CW4 (RET) and Mrs Loyd McCullough, COL John Scroggins, COL William C. David, COL Gary R. Steimer, CSM (RET) Louis Brown, other distinguished guests, friends […]
