Quartermaster Functions
- Train Soldiers, civilians, and members of other Services and nations in QM skills and functions. The QMS develops QM doctrine, training, leader development, organization, and materiel requirements for the current and future Army ICW CASCOM Futures and supports the Army's accessions mission.
- Serve as proponent on all QM matters.
- Serve as the DOD training and doctrine integration center for mortuary affairs and the HQDA DCS, G-4 lead for developing, recommending, and implementing mortuary affairs policy. Assist and advise the Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Office for the development of joint mortuary affairs policy.
- Serve as the HQDA DCS, G-4 lead for the Army Food Program, including garrison and field, and monitor materiel development, acquisition, and fielding. Serve as the CASCOM lead on DOD Food Program and Equipment Committees as chairman and voting members.
- Conduct AIT for all QM military occupational specialties (MOSs).
- Conduct officer, warrant officer, and NCO professional development training.
- Serve as the HQDA DCS, G-4 lead for airdrop parachute recovery and aircraft personnel escape systems; joint airdrop inspection records; and malfunction investigations and activity reporting.
- Provide supply training for all skill levels. Execute the HQDA Supply Excellence Award Program. Coordinate the activities of the HQDA Stockage Determination Process Improvement Team in support of the Army Velocity Management Program. Provide leader development training in distribution management.
In short:
The function of the Quartermaster Corps is to provide the following support to the Army:
- General Supply (except for ammunition and medical supplies)
- Mortuary Affairs (formerly graves registration)
- Subsistence (food service)
- Petroleum & Water
- Field Services
- Aerial Delivery (parachute packing, air item maintenance, aerial delivery, rigging and sling loading.)
- Shower, Laundry, Fabric/Light Textile Repair
- Materiel & Distribution Management
Former functions and missions of the Quartermaster Corps were:
- Military Transportation (given to the established Transportation
Corps in 1942) - Military Construction (given to the Engineer Corps in the early 1940s)
- Military Heraldry (given to the Adjutant General's Corps in 1962)
- Remount / War Dogs
- Clothing
This page was last updated on: May 16, 2011