Change Of Command Flyer
68 CSSB DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA
TH
The two rings simulate wheels; the blue alludes to the Quartermaster insignia wheel from which the unit descended, and the brick red one to the Transportation Corps insignia wheel. The two arrows represent honors awarded the unit during the India-Burma and Central Burma campaigns during World War II, and the wavy arrows symbolize the tortured Burma Road run as well as suggests the important idea of
"Points of Departure and Arrival."
47T
2
H
QUARTERMASTER COMPANY
CHANGE OF COMMAND
43D SB SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA
Buff and scarlet are the colors traditionally associated with the Support units. The diagonal stripe suggests protection. The compass rose signifies guidance and the unit’s capability to deploy worldwide. The stylized mountain range denotes Fort Carson, Colorado, home of the unit since 1966. The five peaks allude to the five campaigns fought by the 43D Corps and Area Support Groups, predecessors to the 43D
Sustainment Brigade: Operation Desert Shield & Desert Storm,
Operation Restore Hope, Operation Sea Signal, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
HEADHUNTER’S
TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN!
15 JANUARY 2015
FORT CARSON
SEQUENCE OF
EVENTS
247TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY
LINEAGE
Opening
Executive Officer: 1LT Allen C. Sze
• Constituted May 5th, 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 247th Quartermaster Depot Company
Formation of Troops
First Sergeant: 1SG Patrina T. Lee
• Activated July 3rd 1943 at Vancouver barracks, Washington
*Invocation
Chaplain Jake Snodgrass
*National Anthem
Change of Command
• Inactivated April 15th 1946 on Okinawa, Japan
• Redesignated April 19th 1948 as the 247th Quartermaster
Service Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
• Activated May 15th 1948 in Los Angeles, California
Remarks
• Inactivated November 30th 1950 in Los Angeles, California
Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Barton
Commander, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
•(Organized reserve Corps
TH
The two rings simulate wheels; the blue alludes to the Quartermaster insignia wheel from which the unit descended, and the brick red one to the Transportation Corps insignia wheel. The two arrows represent honors awarded the unit during the India-Burma and Central Burma campaigns during World War II, and the wavy arrows symbolize the tortured Burma Road run as well as suggests the important idea of
"Points of Departure and Arrival."
47T
2
H
QUARTERMASTER COMPANY
CHANGE OF COMMAND
43D SB SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA
Buff and scarlet are the colors traditionally associated with the Support units. The diagonal stripe suggests protection. The compass rose signifies guidance and the unit’s capability to deploy worldwide. The stylized mountain range denotes Fort Carson, Colorado, home of the unit since 1966. The five peaks allude to the five campaigns fought by the 43D Corps and Area Support Groups, predecessors to the 43D
Sustainment Brigade: Operation Desert Shield & Desert Storm,
Operation Restore Hope, Operation Sea Signal, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom
HEADHUNTER’S
TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN!
15 JANUARY 2015
FORT CARSON
SEQUENCE OF
EVENTS
247TH QUARTERMASTER COMPANY
LINEAGE
Opening
Executive Officer: 1LT Allen C. Sze
• Constituted May 5th, 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 247th Quartermaster Depot Company
Formation of Troops
First Sergeant: 1SG Patrina T. Lee
• Activated July 3rd 1943 at Vancouver barracks, Washington
*Invocation
Chaplain Jake Snodgrass
*National Anthem
Change of Command
• Inactivated April 15th 1946 on Okinawa, Japan
• Redesignated April 19th 1948 as the 247th Quartermaster
Service Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
• Activated May 15th 1948 in Los Angeles, California
Remarks
• Inactivated November 30th 1950 in Los Angeles, California
Lieutenant Colonel Stephanie Barton
Commander, 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion
•(Organized reserve Corps