Quartermaster Corps

The Quartermaster Corps is a 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 Transporation Corps and the Ordnance Corps.

Quartermaster Corps in the Media

The Quartermaster Corps provides a host of vital services to the U.S. Army. But because these jobs are often not glamorous very little is mentioned about Quartermaster soldiers in the maintream media. The Global War on Terrorism, the 911 attack on the Pentagon as well as operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought several Quartermasters briefly into the spot light. Here are a few that have recently gained attention.

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• Members of the 507th Maintenance Company which was ambushed at An Nasiriyah, Iraq on March 23, 2003, during Operation Iraqi Freedom:
• Sergeant (SGT) Donald Walters, Killed in action - Silver Star recipient
• Specialist (SPC) Edgar Hernandez, Captured
• Specialist (SPC) Shoshana Johnson, Captured
• Private First Class (PFC) Howard Johnson II, Killed in action
• Private First Class (PFC) Jessica Lynch, Captured
• Private First Class (PFC) Lori Piestewa, Killed in action
• Private (PVT) Brandon Sloan, Killed in action
• Private (PVT) Ruben Estrella-Soto, Jr, Killed in action