The only active duty Quartermaster (QM) Mortuary Affairs (MA) Company in the Army deploys to Kuwait in support of OIF and OEF. Based out of Fort Lee, Virginia, the company supported every major and minor conflict when called upon. The company...
War Department, Special Staff, Historical Division
This document contains appendices of official documents such as memorandums, letters, and communications to and from the Commanding General with respect to logistics, training and planning, supply operations, staff operations, organization and...
During Hurricane Katrina, the levees in New Orleans failed turning a potential crisis into a catastrophic incident. The public began to question the responsibility and requirements of the United States (US) government in responding to the total...
Looks at the organization and function of the quartermaster corps, the plan of supply, the depot policy, subsistence, gasoline and oil, accounting and field service activities, personnel and training, reclamation and salvage and procurement.
Information concerning military operations assigned to the 7th Infantry Division for Operation Iceberg including maps, task organization, embarkation plan, artillery plan, intelligence plan, naval gunfire support plan, signal plan, and assault...
Headquarters Third Army, Office of the Army Commander
This paper covers the general instructions for control of Corps and the Army maneuvers training field exercises against a mobile enemy and combat conditions combined with combat aviation and mechanized forces.
SOP to apply in all operations of XIX corps unless otherwise ordered. The intended purpose it to promote understanding and teamwork between commanders, staffs and all units; to simplify and abbreviate combat orders, expedite their transmission and...
Describes the actions of the First Marine Division between 1943 and 1944 in the Cape Gloucester Operation including planning and training. Training began in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in January 1943. Planning for the Western New Britain...
The purpose of this study is to develop the procedure and methods required in the preparation of the Quartermaster plan for a large amphibious task force.
Part two is titled "Period of the Tunisian, Sicilian, and South Italian campaigns" (December 1942 to December 1943). Topics include information about supply staff organizations, transportation staff organizations, finance staff organizations, and...
The personal history of MSG James E. Smetana being attached to the 998th QM Co. as a platoon sergeant of the Petroleum Oils and Lubricants (POL) Platoon, during Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom. This history covers the time period...
“The purpose of V Corps operational plan NEPTUNE is to provide a basis for the V Corps participation in an amphibious attack of the continent of Europe. The instructions contained herein will be complied with by subordinate commandersâ€
Thompson, DeWitt, Hauck, Herman A., Dunlap, Nicholas
This study in four volumes covers the Army peacetime supply distribution system in the zone of the interior from the reception of all supplies procured or used by the Army through allocation (or classification) and storage to final issue or...
Volume VI discusses salvage and service. The salvage program opened new sources of supply to the armies. Collection of enemy materials, which is as old as the axiom which entitles the victors to claim the spoils, brought equipment immediately...
Conference subjects consist of communications, armored troop carriers, liaison planes, food preparation and distribution, mine detecting and disposal, supply replacement, supply means, clothing, body armor, training aids, and War Department...
Seeks to determine what bathing and clothing exchange services should be rendered to the combat soldier in the field. Consideration is given to the automatic rotation of items, without the necessity of returning the items to the original user. ...
Quartermaster NCOs of past and present have made many positive contributions to their units. Their individual contributions may not be known by many, but their contributions have directly resulted in many soldiers surviving and multiple units being...
The Officer Personnel Management System was initiated within the office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel in response to guidance received from the Chief of Staff of the Army. The objectives of the system were to provide for the optimum...