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The United States Army Quartermaster Corps, formerly the Quartermaster Department, is a sustainment and former combat service support (CSS) branch of the United States Army. It is also one of three U.S. Army logistics branches, the others being the Transportation Corps and the Ordnance Corps .
The Quartermaster Corps: Organization, Supply, and Services, Volume II: Erna Risch and Chester L. Kieffer: 1955 The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War against Japan: Alvin P. Stauffer: 1956 The Quartermaster Corps: Operations in the War against Germany: William F. Ross and Charles F. Romanus: 1965 The Signal Corps: The Emergency (to ...
In the fall of 2003, the 260th QM BN redeployed after having supported the invasion of Iraq and coalition forces by transporting nearly 80 million US gallons (300,000 m 3) of fuel and driving more than 9 million miles, having had over 10 subordinate national guard and army reserve transportation companies underneath its umbrella of command.
The 6th Port of Embarkation, Headquarters Company was a combat service support unit of the United States Army serving the Transportation Corps and the Quartermaster Corps during World War II, under the command of Col. R. Hunter Clarkson, Transportation Officer of the Delta Base Section. [1] [2]
A soldier from a graves registration unit attempts identification of a skull during World War II. Mortuary Affairs is a service within the United States Army Quartermaster Corps tasked with the recovery, identification, transportation, and preparation for burial of deceased American and American-allied military personnel.
This is a List of Quartermaster units of the United States Army from the Quartermaster Corps. Brigades ... Quartermasters Corps Training unit Battalions. Insignia
Motor Transport Corps Parade, 1919, Washington D.C. The Motor Transport Corps (M.T.C.) was formed out of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps on 15 August 1918, by General Order No. 75. Men needed to staff this new corps were recruited from the skilled tradesmen working for automotive manufacturers in the US.
Evolving from both the Remount Service of the Quartermaster Corps and a general horse-breeding program under the control of the Department of Agriculture, the Remount Service began systematically breeding horses for the United States Cavalry in 1918. It remained in operation until 1948, when all animal-breeding programs returned to Department ...