Quartermaster Corps

American  

noun

Military.

1. the branch of the U.S. Army responsible for supplying food, clothing, fuel, and equipment and for the operation of commissaries, laundries, etc.

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Example Sentences

His math and organizational skills led him to the Army Service Forces — now the Army Quartermaster Corps.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2022

With the bluster of a Borscht Belt comedian and the organizational skills of an officer in the Quartermaster Corps, Mr. Krupin became the frontman at Duke Zeibert’s.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2020

He enlisted in the Army at the start of World War II and served in England, Italy and North Africa with the Quartermaster Corps, rising to the rank of major.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2016

Elliott’s Australian service ended when he was sent to New Guinea to work in the Quartermaster Corps, shipping food, ammuniton and other supplies to various places in the Pacific theater.

From Washington Times • Jul. 10, 2016

The Ordnance Department and Quartermaster Corps have been brought more into line with the requirements of supplying the armies at home and abroad.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various