Keyword: quartermaster
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Some history of the Natick MA Quartermaster Labs solar furnace. "http://www.boston-online.com/bizarro/the_cockroaches_that_ate_natick.html" "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tK3s1Vnol0"
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On the bridge of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, there’s a 20-year-old quartermaster with a No. 2 pencil, a compass and a big map unfurled on a table. In one of the ironies of America’s modern Navy, that map and that quartermaster are the official method of navigation for the $4 billion carrier and the 5,000 souls on board. Even as the Navy installs the most high-tech equipment on its carriers — including the San Diego-based Carl Vinson, which recently returned to the fleet after a four-year overhaul — none of the nation’s 11 flattops is certified to rely on...
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING STATION GARRYOWEN, Iraq, Oct. 22, 2009 – It’s not uncommon for deployed soldiers to miss their families and friends, home-cooked meals and the small comforts of life. Soldiers fold laundry to prepare for pick-up at Contingency Operating Station Garryowen, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2009. U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Hilda Starks (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Fourteen soldiers deployed here from Fort Polk, La., with 2nd Platoon, 488th Quartermaster Company, take care of one of the smallest comforts of life: clean clothes. These soldiers make it their mission to provide the best laundry service possible to all...
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE YUSUFIYAH, Iraq, Jan. 9, 2007 — When soldiers first arrived in Iraq in 2003, they often had to wash their clothes in buckets or plastic bags. Now, main camps have laundry facilities staffed by local nationals or even contracted workers from other countries - but soldiers on forward operating bases often have to send their laundry back to the camps to get clean clothing, and it can take several days. Recently though, the 442nd Quartermaster Company, 541st Combat Service Support Battalion, attached to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI),...
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FORT LEE, Va. (Army News Service, Dec. 15, 2005) – Students of Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee’s Quartermaster School will begin carrying weapons with them 24 hours a day, seven days a week, starting Jan. 15. The weapons immersion program being implemented by the 23rd Quartermaster Brigade at Fort Lee is designed to better prepare Soldiers for future deployments, officials said. A number of other Army schools began weapons immersion earlier this year for AIT students, an Army Training and Doctrine Command spokesman said. The TRADOC plan was to begin with combat-arms branches last spring and have all AIT...
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Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 14, 2005 — The 226th Quartermaster Company’s Petroleum Oil and Lubricants platoon took over the 27th Mobile Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division fuel push duties in late February of this year and is still going strong. It pushes Jet Propulsion fuel, type 8, to various bases throughout the greater Baghdad area of operations. "The missions give us a feeling of distinction; we know that what we do is unique. It helps us stick together as a platoon," U.S. Army Spc. Christopher L. King To date, the Petroleum Oil and Lubricants platoon has received more than 2 million...
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Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
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Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
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Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
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