ORIGINS AND THE DEPARTMENT
He was the first appointed Quartermaster General.
Who was Thomas Mifflin?
The Quartermaster Department transformed into the Quartermaster Corps in this year.
When is 1912?
The number of Soldiers within the Army by 1945.
What is Over 8 Million?
In 1962, this section separated from the Quartermaster Corps in order to focus on materiel acquisition, temporarily terminating the Quartermaster General position.
What is the Army Materiel Command?
One of the Corps groups whose movement to Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War presented an enormous logistical challenge. (more than 1 answer)
What is the 18th Airborne Corps?
What is the 7th Corps?
Congress re-instituted the position of Quartermaster General as a military rank shortly before this war.
What was the War of 1812?
The first Quartermaster School in 1920 was located at the Quartermaster Supply Depot in this Pennsylvania city.
What is Philadelphia?
The Quartermaster General supervised the movement of personnel and materiel until this section became a separate organization in 1942.
What is the Transportation Corps?
The Quartermaster School moved to this Army base in Virginia in 1961 and has remained there ever since.
What is Fort Lee?
The latest generation of these consumed huge quantities of fuel and presented a new problem for Quartermaster units in the Middle East.
What are Armored Motor Vehicles?
This Quartermaster General had a long term and became known as the “Father of the Corps” for his establishments of enduring policies and practices.
Who was Thomas Jesup?
This was one of the departments that was incorporated into the Quartermaster Corps in the early 20th century. (more than 1 possible answer)
What is the Paymaster Department?
What is the Commissary Department?
Because this group was still part of the Army during WWII, the Quartermaster Corps supplied the specialized needs for aircrews.
What is the Air Corps?
This position, re-instituted in 1981, was assumed by the commandant of the Quartermaster School.
What is the Quartermaster General?
The high temperatures and arid environment of the Middle East created unprecedented demands on these types of units.
What are Water Purification Units?
During the Petersburg Campaign, the Union Depot at this location became one of the busiest ports in the world.
What is City Point?
This war marked the first modern war with the introduction of petroleum and repair parts to the logisticians’ load.
What is World War I?
Five years after WWII ended, this was one of the functions that became another mission for the Quartermaster Corps. (more than 1 possible answer)
What is Parachute Rigging?
What is Aerial Delivery?
The activation of this affiliation in 1986 gave further recognition of the enduring nature for the Quartermaster branch.
What is the Quartermaster Regimental Affiliation?
The Quartermasters developed a low-cost type of these, which helped air-drop supplies to high altitudes in Afghanistan.
What are Disposable Parachutes?
The War Department initiated this section, supervised by the Quartermaster General, to provide honorable burials for soldiers who died serving their country with a network of cemeteries.
What are Mortuary Affairs?
During World War I, the Quartermasters introduced these operations in order to promote cleanliness and reduce the spread of disease. (more than 1 possible answer)
What are Laundry Operations?
What are Bath Operations?
The Quartermaster Corps began returning remains of fallen Soldiers to their families during the conflict rather than waiting for hostilities to end during this war in the east.
What is the Korean War?
The static nature of the conflict in Vietnam, combined with short distances to ports, enabled the Army to construct an elaborate system of these, with short supply lines to the units.
What are Depots?
New officers within a sustainment career field can become members of the Logistics Branch once they complete this course.
What is the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course (CLC3)?