Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Squadron Quartermaster Corporal


Related Topics

In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

  
  Quartermaster
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant A Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (BQMS) is the Squadron Quartermaster Corporal are equiva...
Squadron Quartermaster Corporal A Squadron Quartermaster Corporal (SQMC) is the Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant are equi...
Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant A Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (SQMS) in the Squadron Quartermaster Corporal are equi...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/quartermaster.html   (70 words)

  
 Corporal
Corporal Corporal is a military rank in use by many militaries of the world.
Corporal of Horse Corporal of Horse (CoH) is a rank in the Staff Corporal.
Corporal punishment Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain to someone as correction or punishment.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/corporal.html   (206 words)

  
 Company Quartermaster Sergeant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) in the British Army and Royal Marines is the non-commissioned officer in a Company who is in charge of supplies.
Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (SQMS) is the equivalent in the Royal Armoured Corps, Special Air Service, Royal Engineers, Royal Corps of Signals, Army Air Corps and Royal Logistic Corps.
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (BQMS) is the equivalent in the Royal Artillery and Squadron Quartermaster Corporal (SQMC) in the Household Cavalry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Company_Quartermaster_Sergeant   (172 words)

  
 640TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (L)
Changes in the squadron duties for officers were frequent as new officers reported for duty and the squadron moved from the formative stage into the training stage.
The Squadron is fortunate in the selection of Major Powell as its new C. A move had been anticipated for several weeks but everyone hoped for an indefinite delay for it was generally agreed the comforts and facilities of A-48 would not be duplicated at any field we might occupy further north.
A squadron meeting was called at 2100 hours and the Group CO informed us we were leaving for the 409th Bombardment Group, swapping with a squadron which was "SHORAN" and apparently needed in the 391st Bombardment Group.
www.web-birds.com /9th/409/643nd_squadron.html   (11192 words)

  
 Medal of Honor Recipients - World War I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Corporal Stowers, distinguished himself by exceptional heroism on 28 September 1918 while serving as a squad leader in Company C, 371st Infantry Regiment, 93d Division.
Although Corporal Stowers was mortally wounded, he pressed forward, urging on the members of his squad, until he died.
Corporal Stowers' conspicuous gallantry, extraordinary heroism, and supreme devotion to his men were well above and beyond the call of duty, follow the finest traditions of military service, and reflect the utmost credit on him and the United States Army.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohwwi.htm   (16928 words)

  
 Australian Light Horse Association Forum
For example, the Squadron OC, a Major, usually rode with B Troop while the 2IC, a Captain, rode with C Troop.
If the troop was marching as part of the squadron, one troop would have the Major at the helm - theoretically - while another carried the captain.
If you had two corporals in a troop, you could almost say there were two sections (infantry equivalent)in a troop.
www.lighthorse.org.au /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1216&ARCHIVE=   (920 words)

  
 Special Operations.Com
In 1975 he became Storeman of G Squadron and completed 12 squadron moves on operational or training tasks.
He was attached to G Squadron and had recently qualified as a Radio Telegraphist A1.
His aim was to join 264 Signal Squadron and then the regiment itself; sadly he died alongside members of both.
www.specialoperations.com /Foreign/United_Kingdom/SAS/Falklands_Honor.htm   (825 words)

  
 BBC - WW2 People's War - RAF Training in Bottisham - And 654 Squadron in North Africa - A1982504
The squadron was started by a group of Gunner officers who decided that shell fire could be observed and directed efficiently from a light airoplane, provided that the plane was being flown by a qualified gunner.
As this unit would operate its aircraft from positions as near to the regimental headquarters of the guns as possible the ground staff had to be trained as gunners.
We, the members of 654 Squadron were classed as gunners and were therefore regarded as the gun crews on the boat which had a couple of Six Pounders.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A1982504   (8179 words)

  
 409th B.G. - 642nd Squadron
Squadron was allotted one mess car, one box car and one baggage car to transfer there equipment and supplies which could not be loaded into the trucks.
The Squadron Intelligence Officer was pressed to serve in the capacity of acting Adjutant until sufficient officer personnel were assigned to relieve him.
The team which was to supply the Squadron Commander with his enemy information was being welded in t coordinated and efficient medium for the dissemination of the facts end estimate which were later to be required of us.
www.web-birds.com /9th/409/642nd_squadron.html   (12269 words)

  
 [No title]
Quartermaster Corporation Company name used by Colonel Ben Zayn as a front for his investigation of Sinclair.
Later found a device bought from a trader originally used asa means of corporal punishment by draining life energy and feeing it to others, but was able to use it to heal people.
The only survivor of his squadron at the Battle of the Line, he has no memory of what took place between when he tried to ram a Minbari cruiser and when he awoke in his fighter 24 hours later.
www.midwinter.com /b5/b5encyc.txt   (6529 words)

  
 Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M-Z)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As enemy shellfire raked the deck of his ship, Corporal Mackie fearlessly maintained his musket fire against the rifle pits along the shore and, when ordered to fill vacancies at guns caused by men wounded and killed in action, manned the weapon with skill and courage.
Citation: While acting chief quartermaster of Gen. Sheridan's forces operating in the Shenandoah Valley was severely wounded while voluntarily leading a brigade of infantry and was commended for the greatest gallantry by Gen. Sheridan.
Citation: While acting regimental quartermaster, learning of an expected assault, requested assignment to a company that had no commissioned officers present; was so assigned, and was one of the first to lead his men into the enemy's works.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/mohciv2.htm   (14942 words)

  
 Warrant Officer biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WO2s wear a crown on the lower sleeve, surrounded by a wreath for Quartermaster Sergeants (for all WOIIs from 1938 to 1947).
WO2s are often referred to as Sergeant Major, Corporal Major, Quartermaster Sergeant or Quartermaster Corporal (or Q) as appropriate, but WO1s are only ever referred to using their full appointment or its abbreviation (RSM White or Garrison Sergeant Major Black, for instance).
The three most senior warrant officer appointments in the British Army are generally considered to be, in descending order of seniority, the Conductors, the Academy Sergeant Major and the Garrison Sergeant Major, London District, although there is some debate about their precedence within the army.
chief-warrant-officer.biography.ms   (1386 words)

  
 Battery Quartermaster Sergeant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (BQMS) is the non-commissioned officer in a Royal Artillery Battery who is in charge of supplies.
These days the BQMS holds the rank of Staff Sergeant, although once it was a separate rank.
Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, Company Quartermaster Sergeant and Squadron Quartermaster Corporal are equivalents.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/battery_quartermaster_sergeant   (123 words)

  
 [No title]
Corporal Bertrand, who keeps himself always a little aloof, correct, erect, and silent, with a strong and handsome face and forthright gaze, was foreman in a case-factory.
We are fighting men, we others, and we include hardly any intellectuals, or men of the arts or of wealth, who during this war will have risked their faces only at the loopholes, unless in passing by, or under gold-laced caps.
Allez!" Farfadet and I are summoned by Corporal Bertrand from the barn where at full length we have already immobilized ourselves, and are growing torpid: "You must go and look for Volpatte and Fouillade." Quickly we got up, and set off with a shiver of uneasiness.
www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext03/ndrfr10.txt   (21348 words)

  
 Regimental History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The colour for the 11th's new beret was brown, chosen by the then Quartermaster's wife for its practicality, and it was issued to 11H with a broad crimson headband - but with no cap badge, as soldiers were only issued one cap badge which was fitted to their forage cap.
C Squadron The King's Royal Hussars is the senior squadron within the Regiment, and as such parades Right of the Line, a tradition which has been upheld for nearly two hundred years since its inception in the 11th Hussars.
So impressed was Gen Abercrombie with C Squadron's distinguished conduct during their time in Egypt, before he died he directed that on their return to the Regiment they be granted the honour of being Right of the Line.
www.krh.org.uk /history.htm   (4746 words)

  
 New Simpler Rank system
Their ranking system was "leader of ten" (a squad), "leader of a hundred" (squadron), "leader of a thousand" (battalion),"leader of ten thousand" (division) and commander in chief (Emperor).
There may be a case for having both PFC and Lance-corporal/Bombadier ranks;- in other words, having a grade of senior private.
In such a case the Lance corporal rank shares S3 level and has the responsibility of Team Leader or Assistant Team Leader.
www.angelfire.com /art/enchanter/rank.html   (537 words)

  
 [No title]
Occasionally we would have a shooting competition between the different squadrons; an empty box or fruit case would be dropped overboard as a target, and when it was about 200 yards away we would fire volleys at it.
Then comes the splitting up of his squadron into little independent patrols, and he breathes freely, for with a couple of kindred spirits on a scouting trip he is a man once more with a soul of his own.
There was little to be done, and less to be learned, in the ordinary routine of camp duty, which consisted principally of attending the stables to see that the men fed and groomed their horses.
www.gutenberg.net.au /ebooks04/0400611.txt   (22314 words)

  
 32nd Bomb Squadron, 1942 -1945
The squadron was demobilized at Garden City, Long Island and was inoperative until March 24, 1923 when it was reconstituted on the inactive list of the regular army as the 32nd Bombardment Squadron and was assigned to the 19th Bomb Group at Rockwell Field, Coronado, California.
Later in 1933 the 32nd was the first squadron to be assigned the Martin B-10 bombers taking them over from General Arnold after he had flown them to Alaska.
The 32nd as the senior squadron was to stay behind for a short period to clean up the administrative details and straighten out the records of all its transfers of personnel to the other squadrons of the group.
www.stauntonweb.com /32nd/32ndhist.html   (3187 words)

  
 WORLD WAR II RECOLLECTIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
July 1940 that the Quartermaster General once more raised the question of an Army Catering Corps, whilst not unanimously supported the ACC was formed in March 1941.
Each squadron had a Corporal cook and four tradesmen cooks and a 3-ton 4x4 lorry to carry the mobile kitchen and rations.
He would have been responsible for sustaining the squadron as well as assisting with the supply of water and fuel and other duties when the tanks were on the move or in battle.
www.9thrtr.com /individual/theobald.htm   (12307 words)

  
 The Mechanisms of an Oppressive State: Part 2
This is such that the squadron is the largest force normally used to conduct a single operation, though in most cases the standard combat unit will be one or more patrols of four men.
Also in the HQ are the Squadron Sergeant Major (SSM), a warrant officer class 2, the Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant (SQMS), a staff sergeant, and a few clerks, storemen and armourers.
The squadrons are rotated every six months to carry out different duties; these include squadron training in the UK or overseas, especially in the United States, Middle East and Brunei.
www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4464.htm   (15588 words)

  
 icWales - Iraq-bound force puts Charles in picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trooper Ben John, from Haverfordwest, was among the B Squadron soldiers who staged the demonstration for Charles.
Her husband, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant Neil Greaney, 35, is due to leave for Iraq next month.
He questioned Corporal Emma Pope on how she and her sergeant husband Andy, from Prestatyn, were coping with their four-month-old twin boys.
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14603011&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=iraq-bound-force-puts-charles-in-picture-name_page.html   (634 words)

  
 Malmesbury Memories - R.D. Tilney - War Memorial
He was a member of a seven man crew who flew Lancaster bombers of the No 83 Pathfinder Squadron stationed at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.
Bernard was a member of the four man crew of a Hampden bomber of 83 Squadron based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire.
He was very popular in his Squadron and in Malmesbury, being always to the fore in social events and was the organiser at the Squadron's annual ball.
www.malmesbury-memories.co.uk /council/warmemorial.html   (7262 words)

  
 138 Squadron - JOIN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
We portray 138 SD Squadron as accurately as we can, within the limits of historical reenacting.
Corporal in BD uniform and beret (the beret was uncommon and unpopular).
Quartermaster Militaria is the #1 source for RAF uniforms in the USA!
members.aol.com /BeasleyRAF/join138.html   (116 words)

  
 HyperWar: Infamous Day: Marines at Pearl Harbor
Corporal Earl C. Nightingale, leaving the table, had paid no heed to the alarm at the outset, since he had no antiaircraft battle station, but ran to the door on the port side that opened
Among them was Corporal Bond, burned nearly fl, who had been ordering his crew to train out no. 9 5-inch/51 at the outset of the battle; sadly, he would not survive his wounds.
Shapley and Corporal Nightingale made their way across the ship between Turret III and Turret IV, where Shapley stopped to talk with Lieutenant Commander Samuel G. Fuqua, Arizona's  first lieutenant and, by that point, the ship's senior officer on board.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Pearl.html   (17101 words)

  
 Op :: Falconer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Corporal James from the Australian Explosive Ordnance Disposal team inspects some ordnance found at the Baghdad Zoo.
Corporal Shane Moffit from RAAF's Air Load Team is given a hand by United States Air Force Crew Chief TSGT Donald Alexander to push a load of coalition stores onto a RAAF Hercules headed to Baghdad.
Sergeant Welsh, the Squadron Quartermaster from C Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment, delivers stores to the Australian security detachment in Baghdad.
www.defence.gov.au /opfalconer/images/gallery/140703   (498 words)

  
 U.S. Civil War FAQ, Part 1/2
When the company was divided into platoons, the captain commanded one and the 1st Lt. the other.
There was a sergeant for each section, and a corporal for each squad.
Again, the (Union) Regulars had a different organization: in the Regular units 2 troops form a squadron, 2 squadrons form a battalion, and 3 battalions form a regiment.
www.faqs.org /faqs/civil-war-usa/faq/part1   (4598 words)

  
 British Empire: Armed Forces: Land: British Cavalry: Uniforms: Royal Horse Guards: Corporal of Horse's Uniform, 1905
The lowest is that worn by troopers and lance corporals, which is identifiable by the shoulder straps in the facing colour edged with gold lace.
The next grade up, which we see here, is for Corporals of Horse and Lance Corporals of Horse, identifiable by the gold shoulder cords and aiguilette and the absence of gold lace along the top of the cuff.
Then there is the tunic worn by 2nd Class Staff, worn by Squadron Quartermaster Corporals.
www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyuniforms/britishcavalry/rhg1905nco.htm   (277 words)

  
 Company
Ball (company) Ball Corporation is a company which manufactures plastic and metal CEO is R. David Hoover.
Eli Lilly and Company One of the world's largest corporations, Eli Lilly and Company is a global New York Stock Exchange...
Thanhouser Company The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was a motion picture studio founded i...
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/company.html   (6916 words)

  
 NCO Insignia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
d) Lance Corporal (and Lance Bombardier in the artillery) was not a rank, but an appointment held by a soldier with the rank of Private.
The Lance Corporal appointment, by tradition, did not exist in Rifle Regiments, though this was not made apparent to at least one Canadian unit until they had arrived in England.
This first pattern Corporal badge adopted upon Unification was too easily confused with the Master Corporal badge and was replaced with the standard 2-bar chevron as at left.
www.canadiansoldiers.com /ranks/nco.htm   (889 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.