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The 244th Quartermaster Battalion
The 244th Quartermaster Battalion trains and provides support to four Advanced Individual Training companies: Alpha, Golf, Mike, and Echo (Ft Eustis). Alpha, Golf, and Mike are composed of Soldiers training in the use of automated logistics systems and in warehouse operations. Echo (Ft Eustis) is composed of Soldiers training for all transportation military occupational specialties (minus 88M). Transportation trainees assigned to Echo train at Ft Eustis; the 88Ns train at Ft Lee and fall under Golf.
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HISTORY OF THE 244TH QUARTERMASTER BATTALION
The 244th Quartermaster Battalion was constituted on 12 January 1942 as the 244th Quartermaster Service Battalion and formally activated at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, on 25 January 1942 in preparation for overseas duty. The 244th Quartermaster Service Battalion was organized around four Quartermaster service companies (3262, 3263, 3264, and the 3265).
During World War II, the 244th Quartermaster Service Battalion participated in three battle campaigns, Normandy, Northern France, and Central Europe. As a result of the battalion’s outstanding combat service during World War II, it was awarded the European Theater Meritorious Unit Commendation streamer and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and Streamer embroidered Normandy. The 244th Quartermaster Service Battalion was inactivated on 18 September 1946 in Germany, following World War II.
On 8 November 1961, the battalion was redesigned the 244th Quartermaster Battalion and reactivated at Fort Lee, Virginia. In 1962 the battalion was inactivated at Fort Lee and was reactivated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, on 24 June 1963. On 17 June 1965, the 244th Quartermaster Battalion was deactivated and two direct support Quartermaster companies (the 624th and 625th Quartermaster Companies) were formed.
On 12 February 1987 the 244th Quartermaster Battalion was again activated at Fort Lee, Virginia, to join the 23d Quartermaster Brigade under the Regimental System. The 244th Quartermaster Battalion assumed the former composite/training mission of the 4th Battalion, Quartermaster Brigade, upon the 4th Battalion’s deactivation. The battalion was comprised of 7 companies to include QMC, HHC, A, D (NCOA), G, W, and the 392d Army Band. The battalion went through several realignments during the period October 1989-December 1990.
On 13 May 2005, the Secretary of Defense published his Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations, which required the consolidation of similar branch centers and schools to single posts for better efficiency in training. The Ordnance and Transportation Centers and Schools would move to Fort Lee, Virginia and consolidate with the Quartermaster Center and School to become a part of the Sustainment Center of Excellence. Echo Company (AIT) would remain at Fort Eustis and fall under the 244th QM Battalion. Echo Company was officially assigned to 244th QM Battalion May 2010; the company leadership has duty at Ft Eustis.
This page was last updated on: July 15, 2011