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59th Quartermaster Company (United States)

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43rd Sustainment Brigade
43rd Sustainment Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active1941–present
CountryUnited States
Allegiance United States
BranchU.S. Army
RoleProvide bulk petroleum
SizeCompany
Part ofFORSCOM
Garrison/HQFort Carson
Nickname(s)Fuelmasters
Motto(s)Above the Rest
Anniversaries13 January 1941, Unit Constitution
DecorationsMeritorious Unit Commendation "VIETNAM 1966–1967"
Meritorious Unit Commendation "IRAQ 2004–2005"
Battle honoursWorld War II
Vietnam
Iraq
Afghanistan
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 59th Quartermaster Company is a bulk petroleum company designed to provide semi-portable storage for 2.5 million US gallons (9,500 m3) of fuel and to provide local distribution of fuel for echelons above division units located in the area. It is a U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) combat service support unit stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado. The Company motto is "Above the Rest". The Company call sign is "Fuelmaster". The 59th has deployed overseas to Algeria, Italy, France, Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Organization

The 59th Quartermaster Company is a subordinate unit of the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and is assigned to the 43rd Sustainment Brigade.

Lineage

  • Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion
  • Activated 1 June 1941 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1942 as Company B, 240th Quartermaster Service Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1944 as the 3251st Quartermaster Service Company
  • Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
  • Redesignated 15 November 1946 as Headquarters, 3251st Quartermaster Company
  • Activated 10 December 1946 in Korea
  • Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1947 as Headquarters, 59th Quartermaster Service Company
  • Inactivated 20 July 1947 in Korea
  • Redesignated 11 September 1950 as the 59th Quartermaster Reclamation and Maintenance Company
  • Activated 19 September 1950 at Fort Lee, Virginia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 5 October 1953 as the 59th Quartermaster Company
  • Inactivated 10 December 1957 at Fort Lee, Virginia
  • Activated 15 August 1959 at Fort Lee, Virginia
  • Inactivated 12 December 1960 at Fort Lee, Virginia
  • Activated 3 May 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1966 as the 59th Service Company
  • Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam
  • Redesignated 15 August 1995 as the 59th Quartermaster Company
  • Activated 16 June 1999 at Fort Carson, Colorado

Service history

The unit was constituted into the Regular Army on 13 January 1941 as Company B, 240th Quartermaster Battalion. On 15 February 1944, the unit was redesignated as the 3251st Quartermaster Company. During World War II, the unit served in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations and served during the Rome-Arno campaign, the invasion of Southern France (Operation Dragoon); the Rhineland campaign; the Ardennes-Alsace campaign; and the campaign in Central Europe. The unit was inactivated following World War II. It briefly served in Korea from December 1946 until July 1947 when it was redesignated from the 3251st to the 59th. From September 1950 until December 1957 the company served at Fort Lee, Virginia. The 59th deployed to Vietnam in 1965 and served until its inactivation in 1972. The 59th's latest period of service began in 1995 and includes service during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

World War II

After taking part in both the Louisiana and the Carolina Maneuvers, B Company deployed to Oran, Algeria in November 1942 in support of the Mediterranean Base Section. In June 1944, the 3251st deployed to Italy in support of the 5th Army's Rome/Arno campaign. The 3251st was transferred to the 7th Army and remained under its command for the rest of the war. The 3251st participated in Operation Dragoon in direct support of the 45th Infantry Division under the command of the 240th Quartermaster Battalion and then supported the divisions of the 7th Army as they fought their way across France into Germany. The 3251st returned to the United States through the Newport News Port of Embarcation aboard the AP-116 General Meigs on 13 October 1945.

Vietnam

The 59th served under the 1st Logistics Command while deployed to Vietnam. The company operated the Army mortuaries at Cam Ranh Bay and Boa Loc. In addition, the unit provided clothing reclamation and laundry services on those bases. During their service in Vietnam, the unit strength fluctuated between 297 officers and men and a low of 268 officers and men.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

In 2003 the 59th deployed to Kuwait and various sites in Iraq to support the 3rd Infantry Division. The Fuelmasters deployed again from October 2004 to September 2005 to support the 1st Corps Support Command.

Current operations

The 59th is currently conducting operations in support of deploying 4th Infantry Division brigades. In addition, the unit is providing hot (engine running) refuel services at Butts Army Airfield. The airfield provides support to the US Army aviation units based at Fort Carson as well as transient aircraft from other services and bases.

Soldiers attach a fuel hose to an AH-64 Apache while the safety stands by with in case of fire.
Soldiers connect the fuel hose to an AH-64 Apache.

Equipment

Campaign Streamers

Conflict Streamer Year(s)
World War II
Rome-Arno 1944
Southern France (with Arrowhead) 1944
Rhineland 1944
Ardennes-Alsace 1944
Central Europe 1944
Conflict Streamer Year(s)
Vietnam War
Vietnam Defense 1965
Counteroffensive, Phase I 1965–1966
Counteroffensive, Phase II 1966–1967
Counteroffensive, Phase III 1967–1968
Tet Counteroffensive 1968
Counteroffensive, Phase IV 1968
Counteroffensive, Phase V 1968
Counteroffensive, Phase VI 1968–1969
Tet 69/Counteroffensive 1969
Summer–Fall 1969 1969
Winter–Spring 1970 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1970
Counteroffensive, Phase VII 1970–1971
Operation Iraqi Freedom
 Liberation of Iraq 2003
Transition of Iraq 2003
Iraqi Governance 2004
National Resolution 2005
Operation Enduring Freedom
Consolidation III 2010–2011
Transition I 2011

Unit Decorations

Ribbon Award Year Notes
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) 1966–1967 Vietnam
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) 2004–2005 Iraq

References

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