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 mainstream media. The Global War on Terrorism, the 11 September attack on the Pentagon as well as operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought several Quartermasters briefly into the spotlight. Here are a few that have recently gained attention.
- MAJ Steve V. Long, a Quartermaster Officer who was serving as Secretary of the General Staff Office of the Commanding General US Total Army Personnel Command, was one of the casualties of the 11 Sept. 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
- Members of the 507th Maintenance Company which was ambushed at An Nasiriyah, Iraq on 23 March 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
- During Operation Desert Storm the 14th Quartermaster Detachment, a U.S. Army Reserve unit from Greensburg, Pennsylvania, gained world wide media exposure. The 14th suffered the greatest number of casualties of any allied unit in the war due to a SCUD Missile attack on 25 February 1991.
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