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.

History 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. 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."

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.

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.

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.

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. 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. The school was set up on over 500 acres of land from the Department of the Interior that was previously Petersburg National Military Park.

In March of 1942, an additional training site for the school was set up for OCS training at Fort Francis E. Warren in Wyoming.

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. A new combat portion of training would be needed focusing on tactics, gas defenses and defending against enemy attacks. 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.

During World War II, Fort Lee was segregated 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. 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.

In 1957, the school opened the Quartermaster Museum with displays of uniforms.

In 1999, the Marine Corps moved their culinary training to Fort Lee and in 2010 both the Navy and Air Force followed.

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.

Insignia 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."

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the Quartermaster Corps School on 16 December 1929.

Flag 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

Source(s): Rank and nameFromToCOL Kevin W. AgnessJune 2025IncumbentCOL Erin C. MillerJuly 2024June 2025COL Jin H. PakJune 2023May 2024BG Mike SieglJune 2022June 2023BG Michelle K. DonahueJune 2020June 2022BG Douglas M. McBride Jr.June 2018June 2020BG Rodney D. FoggJune 2016June 2018BG Ronald KirklinJune 2014June 2016BG John E. O'Neil IVAugust 2012June 2014BG Gwen BinghamNovember 2010August 2012BG Jesse R. CrossOctober 2007November 2010BG Mark A. BelliniAugust 2005October 2007BG Scott G. WestMay 2003August 2005MG Terry E. JuskowiakJuly 2001May 2003MG Hawthorne L. ProctorJuly 1999July 2001MG James M. WrightJune 1997July 1999MG Henry T. GlissonJune 1996June 1997MG Robert K. GuestAugust 1993June 1996LTG John J. CusickJuly 1991August 1993MG Paul J. VanderploogJuly 1989June 1991MG William T. McLeanJune 1987July 1989MG Eugene L. Stillions Jr.March 1984June 1987MG Harry L. Dukes Jr.July 1981March 1984MG Webster AndersonJune 1961July 1962MG Andrew T. McNamaraJune 1957June 1961MG Kester L. HastingsFebruary 1954March 1957MG George A. HorkanOctober 1951January 1954MG Herman FeldmanMarch 1949September 1951MG Thomas B. LarkinFebruary 1946March 1949LTG Edmund B. GregoryApril 1940January 1946MG Henry GibbinsApril 1936March 1940MG Louis H. BashFebruary 1934March 1936MG John L. DeWittFebruary 1930February 1934MG B. Frank CheathamJanuary 1926January 1930MG William H. HartAugust 1922January 1926MG Harry L. RogersJuly 1918August 1922MG Henry G. SharpeSeptember 1916July 1918MG James B. AleshireJuly 1907September 1916BG Charles F. HumphreyApril 1903July 1907BG Marshall I. LudingtonFebruary 1898April 1903BG George H. WeeksFebruary 1897February 1898BG Charles G. SawtelleAugust 1896February 1897BG Richard N. BatchelderJune 1890July 1896BG Samuel B. HolabirdJuly 1883June 1890BG Rufus IngallsFebruary 1882July 1883BG Daniel H. RuckerFebruary 1882February 1882BG Montgomery C. MeigsMay 1861February 1882BG Joseph E. JohnstonJune 1860April 1861BG Thomas S. JesupMay 1818June 1860COL George GibsonApril 1816April 1818COL James MullanyApril 1816April 1818BG Robert SwartwoutMarch 1813June 1816BG Morgan LewisApril 1812March 1813MG John Wilkins Jr.June 1796June 1802James O'HaraApril 1792May 1796Samuel HodgdonMarch 1791April 1792COL Timothy PickeringAugust 1780July 1785MG Nathanael GreeneMarch 1778August 1780MG Thomas MifflinOctober 1776November 1777COL Stephen MoylanJune 1776September 1776MG Thomas MifflinAugust 1775May 1776 23rd Quartermaster Brigade

History 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. 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), Military Occupational Specialty - Transition (MOS-T) and the Log Warrior and Sustainment Warrior Field Training (SWFTX) exercises. Organization +EmblemUnit nameStructure23rd Quartermaster Brigade Headquarters and headquarters company (HHC), 23rd Quartermaster Brigade 244th Quartermaster Battalion Companies A, W, P, G 262nd Quartermaster Battalion Companies C (Airborne), J, R, U, V 266th Quartermaster Battalion Companies B, T United States Marine Corps Detachment United States Air Force Detachment United States Navy Detachment Source(s):

References

External links United States Army Quartermaster Corps