Quartermaster Center and School
| U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School | |
|---|---|
 Quartermaster School SSI | |
| Active | 1 March 1910 - present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| Type | Quartermaster |
| Role | School |
| Part of |  United States Army Combined Arms Command |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Lee, Virginia |
| Mottos | Famam Extendimus Factis ("We Spread Our Fame by Our Deeds.") |
| Colors | Buff and ultramarine |
| Commanders | |
| Quartermaster Commandant | COL Kevin W. Agness |
| Command Sergeant Major | CSM Tonya Sims |
| Insignia | |
| Quartermaster School DUI |  |
| Quartermaster School flag |  |
The Quartermaster Center and School is a formation of the United States Army's Combined Arms Support Command, and is located at Fort Lee, Virginia. The school is operated by the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade and its assigned units.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The school was initiated on 1 March 1910, at the Philadelphia Depot, under Brig. Gen. James B. Aleshire as a school for Quartermaster sergeants at recruit depots.[1] The school was founded ad a response to criticisms that military uniforms were issued that were poorly fitted and sloppy in appearance. The goal of the school was that the sergeants would become the "storekeepers of the Army."[1]
In 1912, the army combined the commissary and pay departments with the Quartermaster Corps resulting in an increase in duties for quartermaster sergeants and the school was no officially called The Quartermaster Corps School.[1]
With the start of World War I, the school began its first ever class for officers.
The school moved to Schuylkill Arsenal in Pennsylvania in 1921 (but some classes continued in Philadelphia until 1925) and a warrant officers class was instituted that same year.[1]
In 1934, the army approved Colonel Francis H. Pope's idea for a Quartermaster Corps Board to look for improvements and make recommendations for the quartermaster corps.[1]
In 1940, with war likely, the War Department ordered the quartermaster school to create a 3-month officers course to replace the current 9-month course in order to speed the training of new officers.[1] What followed were shortened enlisted courses, ROTC cadet classes and officer candidate school (OCS).
During World War II, despite expanding into vacant buildings in the nearby community, the facilities at Schuylkill Arsenal grew overcrowded. On 6 October 1941, the school officially moved to Camp Lee (now Fort Lee) in Virginia.[1] The school was set up on over 500 acres of land from the Department of the Interior that was previously Petersburg National Military Park.[2]
In March of 1942, an additional training site for the school was set up for OCS training at Fort Francis E. Warren in Wyoming.[2]
After Operation Torch, it became obvious to the Quartermaster Corps that newly trained junior officers of the corps would need to be more than just stock keepers and technicians. An new combat portion of training would be needed focusing on tactics, gas defenses and defending against enemy attacks.[2][3] But pressure to increase the size of the army in 1943 and 1944 meant that officer from OCS and ROTC were not always fully qualified before being sent to their units.[3]
During World War II, Fort Lee was segregated[4] as were all army units at the time. But the war required hundreds of thousands of black men and women to serve and nearly 80 percent served in the services like quartermaster.[5] Black troops trained at Ft. Lee faced discrimination, but would go on to serve in the Red Ball Express, on Ledo Road and burying thousands of American dead.[6]
In 1957, the school opened the Quartermaster Museum with displays of uniforms.[7]
In 1999, the Marine Corps moved their culinary training to Fort Lee and in 2010 both the Navy and Air Force followed.[8]
In 2010, the Air Force's 345th Training Squadron moved from Joint Base San Antonio to Fort Lee. The 345th TRS trains logistics readiness officers and transportation management airmen.[9]
Insignia
[edit]The shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) is a buff (i.e., tan) rounded lozenge, 2 inches by 3 inches with a blue torch with blue flames and a crossed blue key and sword.
The shoulder sleeve insignia was originally approved for the Quartermaster Training Command on 7 November 1956. On 24 November 1975 the insignia was amended to reverse the colors of the insignia.
The distinctive unit insignia (DUI) is a buff shield with a pointed flat top. It is divided by a thick diagonal blue line with white accents. The upper division contains the Liberty Bell and the lower division has the lamp of knowledge upon a closed book. The Liberty Bell is symbolic of the city of Philadelphia, where the Quartermaster Corps School was first established. The lamp of knowledge upon the closed book represents the educational character of the school. At the base of the shield, placed is the motto of the school, "Famam extendimus factis" – "We spread our fame by our deeds."[1]
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the Quartermaster Corps School on 16 December 1929.
Flag
[edit]The flag of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School is buff with an ultramarine fringe. The distinctive insignia of the school is centered on the flag.
Quartermaster commandants / quartermaster generals
[edit]| Rank and name | From | To |
| COL Kevin W. Agness | June 2025 | Incumbent |
| COL Erin C. Miller | July 2024 | June 2025 |
| COL Jin H. Pak | June 2023 | May 2024 |
| BG Mike Siegl | June 2022 | June 2023 |
| BG Michelle K. Donahue | June 2020 | June 2022 |
| BG Douglas M. McBride Jr. | June 2018 | June 2020 |
| BG Rodney D. Fogg | June 2016 | June 2018 |
| BG Ronald Kirklin | June 2014 | June 2016 |
| BG John E. O'Neil IV | August 2012 | June 2014 |
| BG Gwen Bingham | November 2010 | August 2012 |
| BG Jesse R. Cross | October 2007 | November 2010 |
| BG Mark A. Bellini | August 2005 | October 2007 |
| BG Scott G. West | May 2003 | August 2005 |
| MG Terry E. Juskowiak | July 2001 | May 2003 |
| MG Hawthorne L. Proctor | July 1999 | July 2001 |
| MG James M. Wright | June 1997 | July 1999 |
| MG Henry T. Glisson | June 1996 | June 1997 |
| MG Robert K. Guest | August 1993 | June 1996 |
| LTG John J. Cusick | July 1991 | August 1993 |
| MG Paul J. Vanderploog | July 1989 | June 1991 |
| MG William T. McLean | June 1987 | July 1989 |
| MG Eugene L. Stillions Jr. | March 1984 | June 1987 |
| MG Harry L. Dukes Jr. | July 1981 | March 1984 |
| MG Webster Anderson | June 1961 | July 1962 |
| MG Andrew T. McNamara | June 1957 | June 1961 |
| MG Kester L. Hastings | February 1954 | March 1957 |
| MG George A. Horkan | October 1951 | January 1954 |
| MG Herman Feldman | March 1949 | September 1951 |
| MG Thomas B. Larkin | February 1946 | March 1949 |
| LTG Edmund B. Gregory | April 1940 | January 1946 |
| MG Henry Gibbins | April 1936 | March 1940 |
| MG Louis H. Bash | February 1934 | March 1936 |
| MG John L. DeWitt | February 1930 | February 1934 |
| MG B. Frank Cheatham | January 1926 | January 1930 |
| MG William H. Hart | August 1922 | January 1926 |
| MG Harry L. Rogers | July 1918 | August 1922 |
| MG Henry G. Sharpe | September 1916 | July 1918 |
| MG James B. Aleshire | July 1907 | September 1916 |
| BG Charles F. Humphrey | April 1903 | July 1907 |
| BG Marshall I. Ludington | February 1898 | April 1903 |
| BG George H. Weeks | February 1897 | February 1898 |
| BG Charles G. Sawtelle | August 1896 | February 1897 |
| BG Richard N. Batchelder | June 1890 | July 1896 |
| BG Samuel B. Holabird | July 1883 | June 1890 |
| BG Rufus Ingalls | February 1882 | July 1883 |
| BG Daniel H. Rucker | February 1882 | February 1882 |
| BG Montgomery C. Meigs | May 1861 | February 1882 |
| BG Joseph E. Johnston | June 1860 | April 1861 |
| BG Thomas S. Jesup | May 1818 | June 1860 |
| COL George Gibson | April 1816 | April 1818 |
| COL James Mullany | April 1816 | April 1818 |
| BG Robert Swartwout | March 1813 | June 1816 |
| BG Morgan Lewis | April 1812 | March 1813 |
| MG John Wilkins Jr. | June 1796 | June 1802 |
| James O'Hara | April 1792 | May 1796 |
| Samuel Hodgdon | March 1791 | April 1792 |
| COL Timothy Pickering | August 1780 | July 1785 |
| MG Nathanael Greene | March 1778 | August 1780 |
| MG Thomas Mifflin | October 1776 | November 1777 |
| COL Stephen Moylan | June 1776 | September 1776 |
| MG Thomas Mifflin | August 1775 | May 1776 |
23rd Quartermaster Brigade
[edit]History
[edit]The 23rd Quartermaster Brigade "The Dragon Brigade" was formed as the 23rd Quartermaster Regiment (Truck) in the Third Corps Area in 1936. I was reorganized as a brigade on 12 February 1987.[12] The brigade currently trains 23,000 students from the army, navy, air force and Marine Corps. This includes the Quartermaster Center and School as well as the NCO Academy.
The brigade runs Advanced Individual Training (AIT)[13], Military Occupational Specialty - Transition (MOS-T) and the Log Warrior and Sustainment Warrior Field Training (SWFTX) exercises.[14]
| 23rd Quartermaster Brigade | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | 12 February 1987 - present |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Quartermaster |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Quartermaster Center and School |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Lee, Virginia |
| Motto | "The Corps Starts Here" |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | COL David L. Thompson[15] |
| Insignia | |
| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
| 23rd Quartermaster Brigade Flag |  |
Organization
[edit]| Emblem | Unit name | Structure |
|---|---|---|
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23rd Quartermaster Brigade |
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Richardson, E. Ramsay (29 November 1963). "History of the Quartermaster School" (PDF). apps.dtic.mil. Office of the Quartermaster General. Retrieved 10 May 2025 – via Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC).
- 1 2 3 "Quartermaster OCS During World War II - 1941-1944" (PDF). Artillery OCS History. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- 1 2 Risch, Erna (1995). "The Quartermaster Corps Organization, Supply, and Services Vol. II" (PDF). CENTER. OF MILITARY HIS1VRY.
- ↑ "Fighting for the Double V: Memories of Six African American Veterans of World War II - Berks History Center". berkshistory.org. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "What Can We Learn About World War II From Black Quartermasters?". The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ Clark, Alexis (9 June 2025). "The Black World War II Army Unit Who Buried America's Fallen". HISTORY. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "About Us". U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "Multiservice integrated training in the Army institutional domain". www.army.mil. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ Joseph, Mike (10 September 2010). "345th TRS moves to Fort Lee". Joint Base San Antonio.
- ↑ "Previous Quartermaster Commandants | Quartermaster Corps & School". quartermaster.army.mil. 19 August 2025. Archived from the original on 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ "Homepage | Quartermaster Corps & School". quartermaster.army.mil. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ↑ Writer, Mike Strasser, Staff (1 May 2008). "23rd QM Brigade Celebrates Birthday". Military News. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Service Members Reporting for Duty (In-Processing)". U.S. Army Garrison Fort Lee. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ "Transportation School relocates its field training". www.army.mil. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
- ↑ Bell, Terrance (6 June 2023). "Former Dragon Brigade Soldier accepts its reins of leadership". www.dvidshub.net. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
Col. David L. Thompson (...) formally took charge of the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade, during a change of command ceremony Friday [Friday, 23 June 2023] (...).
- ↑ "About | 23rd Quartermaster Brigade". quartermaster.army.mil. 6 November 2025. Archived from the original on 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ "History | 23rd Quartermaster Brigade". quartermaster.army.mil. 6 November 2025. Archived from the original on 29 November 2025. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
External links
[edit]- United States Army Quartermaster Corps
- The short film Big Picture: Enough and on Time is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.
