text: Appendix A
  Quartermaster Operations
  The Quartermaster Corps was founded on 16 June 1775, two days after the Continental
  Congress authorized the formation of the Continental Army. The Quartermaster regimental
  motto is “Supporting Victory.” The purpose of this appendix is to describes the functions of
  the Quartermaster Corps. It provides doctrinal references to other publications that describe
  general supply, field services, and liquid logistics in greater details.
  MISSIONS AND FUNCTIONS
  A-1. The United States Army Quartermaster Corps mission, throughout the range of operations, is to provide
  and manage supplies, field services (aerial delivery, field feeding, shower and laundry, and mortuary affairs),
  and liquid logistics to support and sustain units and Soldiers.
  A-2. Quartermaster operations are comprised of three functions: supply, field services, and liquid logistics.
  From an operational perspective, these functions enable and sustain combat power to employ Army and joint
  capabilities across all domains and three dimensions. These tasks are performed throughout the continuum
  of crisis, competition, and conflict to enable freedom of action, extend operational reach, and prolong
  endurance for the Army as part of the joint force.
  A-3. Quartermasters support the sustainment warfighting function and provide support to Army and joint
  forces at all echelons throughout the continuum of crisis, competition, and conflict.
  SUPPORT TO OPERATIONS
  A-4. Quartermasters play a critical role in supporting the Army during operations by providing the supplies,
  field services, and liquid logistics to maintain the force. Materiel managers ensure materiel is available and
  mission capable to ensure commanders have the required combat power to employ. Quartermasters converge
  logistics effects when and where they are needed in combat, providing sustainment solutions at the point of
  need. They are prepared to provide sustainment across wide distances, operate in noncontiguous areas, and
  remain flexible to react to developments on the battlefield during operations in a contested environment.
  A-5. Quartermaster functions provide maneuver forces agility, increased endurance, and depth as operations
  extend in time, space, or purpose. This is accomplished through sustaining warfighters, their units, and their
  equipment with materiel and services. As sustainers, quartermaster units and commanders must consider the
  actions required to defeat enemy forces and achieve objectives. All quartermasters must consider the
  imperatives outlined in FM 3-0, which include: seeing yourself, the enemy, and understanding the OE;
  account for being under constant observation and all forms of enemy contact; impose multiple dilemmas on
  the enemy; anticipate, plan, and execute transitions; designate, weight, and sustain the main effort; and
  consolidate gains continuously. Adherence to these tenets will increase survivability in the battlespace while
  effectively sustaining units and Soldiers. Increasing survivability is imperative for Quartermaster units to
  accomplish their mission.
  GENERAL SUPPLY
  A-6. Supply is the process of providing items necessary to equip, maintain, and operate a military command.
  It involves requesting, receiving, issuing, and maintaining or establishing accountability of individual,
  organizational, and expendable/durable supplies and equipment that are required to execute a unit's assigned
  mission.
  A-7. Supply support to operations begins at the national strategic level and continues to the end user through
  each Service’s supply support system. The national and theater strategic supply chains are a global network
  that delivers materiel to the joint force. Its fundamental goal is to maximize force readiness while optimizing
  the allocation of resources. The logistics capabilities that contribute to the strategic supply chains include
  fulfillment of commodity requisitions from supply, the distribution capabilities from deployment and