Rigger Essentials The Story of the Airborne Rigger Compiled from the Archives of the US Army Quartermaster Museum and oral interviewsby K. Born Introduction In the spring of 1950, with the start of the Korean War, the Quartermaster Corps was formally assigned the mission of… read more Rigger Essentials On 9 June 1986, the Chief […]
American Revolution By Edward PaysonThe Quartermaster Review May-June 1950 It was March 1778 and on the hills of Valley Forge, rising above the Sehuylkill River, lay the winter quarters of George Washington ‘s Continental Army. On this scenically beautiful spot, commanding a broad… read more
Somalia SFC Kenneth E. Price, Jr.Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Spring 1994 Quartermaster water support during Operation Restore Hope in Jilib, Somalia, reinforced one non-commissioned officer’s viewpoint of the Army’s need for strict sanitation requirements with water… read more Desert Storm This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert […]
Desert Storm This detachment suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit during Operation Desert Storm due to a SCUD Missile attack on February 25, 1991 Members of the 14th Quartermaster Detachment receive a hero’s welcome at Latrobe Airport, Pennsylvania, March… read more Field Services, Somalia CPT Bruce E. CoxQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – […]
Command Sergeant Major Anthony (Maurice) Bryant, is a native from Princeton, North Carolina. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Trident University, a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Liberty University and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). His key assignments include: Command Sergeant Major, United States Army Garrison Mannheim, Germany; Command […]
General History Glen C MorrisQuartermaster Professional Bulletin-Summer 1992 Ever since the U.S. Army drew its first “line in the sand” at Lexington, MA, in the days of the American Revolution, commanders have been responsible for providing their soldiers with quality subsistence in… read more Civil War By J. Britt McCarleyQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – December 1988 […]
From 1924 to 1962 the U.S Army Quartermaster Corps was responsible for the research, design and development of distinctive unit insignia, shoulder sleeve insignia (patches), flags, medals, seals, coats of arms and other heraldic items for the Army. In 1960, the Quartermaster Corp’s Institute of Heraldry became the only organization within the U.S. Government devoted […]
Transportation By LT. COL. EDGAR S. STAYERThe Quartermaster Review – March-April 1928 1928 Article on the main transportation depot and motor transport school for the Army Establishment Of Camp Holabird CAMP HOLABIRD is situated within the city limits of the city of Baltimore, about… read more Transportation By COLONEL T. M. KNOX, Q. M. C.The […]
U.S. Army Symbols Background: The traditional seal used during and since the Revolution was redesignated as the Seal of the Department of the Army by the National Security Act of 1947. The Department of the Army seal is authorized by Section 3011, Title 10, United States Code. The date… read more U.S. Army Symbols Background: […]
Army Quartermaster Foundation salutes the twenty-two Quartermasters inducted into the 2021 Class of the Quartermaster Corps Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Fort Lee, Virginia Lee Club on May 4, 2022. BG Michelle K. Donahue, Quartermaster Commandant presided over the ceremony presenting each inductee with a certificate and the Hall of Fame medal. […]
COL Christopher H. Colavita Colonel Colavita is a native of Falls Church, Virginia. He commissioned into the Quartermaster Corps in May of 1994 from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Colonel Colavita commanded Headquarters and Alpha Company, 325th Forward Support Battalion, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He served as Chairman of the Joint […]
General Bowers graduated as a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps honor graduate from Mercer University in 1951 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps. During the early years in his career, he was detailed to the Artillery Corps. Serving in Korea with the 2nd Division Artillery, he was wounded in action in 1952 […]
Korean War, Korean War By Ludlow KingQuartermaster Review March-April 1953Reprinted from the January-February Ordnance Lt. Rodney M. Brigg of the Body Armor Team, 40th Infantry Division, points to a bruise on Lt Frank Bassett, Co. G, 180th Inf Reg, made by hand grenade fragments. LT… read more Korean War, Korean War Office of the Quartermaster […]
Colonel Peter (Pete) Cofoni, was born in Westerly, Rhode Island. He entered the University of Rhode Island with the class of 1955 and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. He participated in Army ROTC, was a Cadet Company Commander, and a member of the Scabbard and Blade Military Honor Society. Upon graduation […]
