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The Services of Supply or "SOS" branch of the Army of the USA was created on 28 February 1942 by Executive Order Number 9082 "Reorganizing the Army and the War Department" and War Department Circular No. 59, dated 2 March 1942. Services of Supply became one of the three autonomous components of the Army of the United States on 9 March 1942. [1]
The United States Army refers to the organization as the Quartermaster Corps while the U.S. Navy operates a group known as the Navy Supply Corps. In most militaries, the Supply Corps are considered staff officers meaning that they have no command authority over troops in the field or ships at sea.
As directed by the DSB commander, the DSSB performs maintenance, transportation, supply, and distribution. DSSBs have the following organic units permanently assigned Composite supply company; Composite truck company; Support maintenance company. Other capabilities are task organized by the division commander based on support requirements.
The movement control battalion is charged with regulating all movement within its area of operation, including along the main supply route (MSR) and alternate supply routes (ASR). Subordinate to the Theater Sustainment Command and/or Expeditionary Sustainment Command , it is a vital component in the planning and execution of deployment ...
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT) pronounced A-salt) is known as OASA(ALT).OASA(ALT) serves, when delegated, as the Army Acquisition Executive, the Senior Procurement Executive, the Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Army, and as the senior research and development official for the Department of the Army.
A Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB) is a combat service support battalion of the United States Army. A CSSB can be attached to a sustainment brigade to support the brigade combat teams and support brigades assigned to a corps with maintenance, transportation, supply, field services, and distribution functions. The CSSB is task ...
The Army Service Forces was one of the three autonomous components of the United States Army during World War II, the others being the Army Air Forces and Army Ground Forces, created on 9 March 1942. By dividing the Army into three large commands, the Chief of Staff , General George C. Marshall , drastically reduced the number of officers and ...
In 1942 the Army was divided between Army Ground Forces; Army Service Forces; and the Services of Supply. On 30 August 1945, Army Chief of Staff General George Marshall created a board headed by Lieutenant General Alexander M. Patch to review the organization of the War Department. The board submitted its recommendations to the Chief of Staff ...