Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs From the collection of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum, Fort Lee, Virginia World War II, “Ready to Jump”U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo-Undated Second Army Tennessee Maneuvers 1943, Men packing .30 cal ammunition boxes into canvas wrappers for parachuting from… read more Aerial Delivery / Rigger Photographs From the collection of […]
General Bickford was born in Garten, West Virginia, the son of a Coal Miner/Store Manager. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Infantry after graduation from Eastern Kentucky University in 1959. After the Infantry Officer’s Basic Course he was assigned to Fort Knox, Kentucky, were he served as a Platoon Leader and Company Commander. In […]
Lieutenant Colonel Edwin J. Cruz illustrious career key positions included: Platoon Leader, 92d Chemical Company, 3d Infantry Division, Germany; Company Commander, Company G, 244th Quartermaster Battalion, Instructor, Petroleum and Water Department, US Army Quartermaster School (QMS), and Assistant Operations Officer, 49th Quartermaster Group (Petroleum and Water), Fort Lee, Virginia; S-4, 2d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, […]
World War I and Interwar Years By CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. BUCKLEY, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1929 THAT the Philadelphia Depot is primarily a manufacturing depot is not generally known to the field, even among Quartermaster Officers. It is quite evident that even though some may… read more Post-World War II Development This document from […]
MG (Ret) Richard E. Beale, Army Quartermaster Foundation President, presents a certificate to COL (Ret) and Mrs. Michael Kenna, parents of Quartermaster Commandant BG Michelle Donahue, marking the occasion of their donation of $10,000 to the Army Quartermaster Foundation. (May 4, 2022)
CSM Font’s key assignments include: Command Sergeant Major,23rd Quartermaster Brigade, Fort Lee; Command Sergeant Major, Division Support Command (DISCOM) 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea; Command Sergeant Major, 702nd Main Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea; and G-4 Sergeant Major, 2nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea. Command Sergeant Major Font provided command and control, MOS training, administrative discipline, […]
Civil War By J. Britt McCarleyQuartermaster Professional Bulletin – December 1988 “Who shall have this?” Sergeant John W. Fuller asked in a voice loud enough for all the assembled troops to hear. He stood beside two ordinary army blankets laden with precious contents. One… read more
Corporal Benjamin Berry was drafted in the US Army on July 27, 1943. He attended basic training at Fort Wayne, Indiana. After 6 months, Corporal Berry reported to Fort Dix, New Jersey to board a ship and sail to England. Upon his arrival to England, he was assigned to 863rd Quartermaster Fumigation & Bath Company […]
By CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. BUCKLEY, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster Review September-October 1929 THAT the Philadelphia Depot is primarily a manufacturing depot is not generally known to the field, even among Quartermaster Officers. It is quite evident that even though some may realize that it is a manufacturing depot, they have very little conception of the […]
Rigger Units, Insignia, Clip Art World War II 1942-45 Airborne DivisionAirborne Quartermaster CompanyParachute Maintenance Company11th408th11th13th409th13th17th411th17th82nd407th82nd101st426th101st1st AirborneTask Force#334th Quartermaster Depot Supply CompanyUnkn15th*410th#Provisional 7th Army… read more Rigger Units, Insignia, Clip Art
Command Sergeant Major Ball enlisted in the United States Army in December 1983 and completed training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. After Basic, he was the first Soldier selected for the Enlisted Club Manger “Stripes for Skills” Program, MOS, OOJ. He was contractually promoted to Staff Sergeant upon completion of the Army’s Club Management Course and […]
COL Michael B. Siegl assumed command of the Army Quartermaster Corps and its affiliated Quartermaster School during a change-of-command ceremony at Ft Lee, VA June 22 at the post theater. MG Mark T. Simerly, Commanding General of the Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee, hosted the ceremony that included the traditional passing of organization […]
Jonestown, Guyana Fort Lee Traveller, December 7, 1978By Frank Wright and Marie M. Russo It started out as a fact finding mission by an American congressman. It ended as one of the most horrendous acts of self-destruction in history. The location: Jonestown, Guyana. The Incident:… read more
Colonel Edwin Buffington’s key assignments include: Headquarters Commandant/Joint Element Commander, United States European Command, Patch Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany; Division Chief, Programs, Policies and Initiatives, J-4, Logistics, U.S. European Command; Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4 (Logistics), XVII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg; Deputy Commander, 1st Corps Support Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg; Commander, 45th Corps Support Command (Airborne), […]
