of the Army. Also as part of that changing force structure the 530th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and the 5 108th Quartermaster Company both cased their colors in May of o 2013. Both Bo units have been inactivated in the past. The Th 530th began as a World War II unit which eventually was inactivated in France in 1946. It was reactivated in i January Janua 1966, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Forty years later, the unit’s home was changed to Fort Lee. The Th 108th Quartermaster Company, itself a unit with a rich history of service, including service in World War II and the t Korean War before it was inactivated for a number Leaders Lead Le ader derss ca case se tthe he ccolors he olor ol lorss off tthe he 4 he 49th 9th Quar 9th Quartermaster Q uarte term rmas aste terr Grou Group G roupp as tthey hey host hey hhosted ostedd aann inactivation ceremony at Fort Lee. of years. yea It was activated again in 2005 as a petroleum company. One of the few constants in the Army is change. Over the While those units cased their colors, the 54th and past year there have been a number of notable changes at 111th Quartermaster companies, which in 2012 faced a Fort Lee including the inactivation of several units that have somewhat uncertain future, will be staying on post for the called the post home for a number of years. foreseeable future. They had been slated to leave the post The 49th Quartermaster Group, which spent nearly two as part of a larger inactivation of a quartermaster unit. The decades at Fort Lee, was inactivated in a September 2012 two units are the only active duty mortuary affairs units in ceremony. the Army. The 49th Quartermaster Group was originally In July 2012, Fort Lee officials announced that the 49th constituted in the regular Army on May 1, 1936, as the Quartermaster Group would be inactivating and, at the time, 49th Quartermaster Regiment aligned with the Fifth Corps. the 54th and 111th Quartermaster companies were part Born in a time of global turmoil, the regiment focused its of the 49th Quartermaster Group. It was also said at that efforts toward the impending threat of World War II. During time that there were plans to move the two mortuary affairs that conflict, the group participated in several World War companies from Fort Lee within 15 months. II campaigns, including Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, North “The 54th and 111th companies will stay up here [Fort Apennines and the Po Valley. Lee],” said Lt. Col. Ki Young Pak, commander of the 82nd On Nov. 15, 1947, the unit was inactivated not to be Special Troops Battalion. The battalion is based out of Fort reactivated until June 4, 1993, at Fort Lee. Bragg, N.C. “They will still serve their current functions of The inactivation was part of the changing force structure mortuary affairs to the Army.” Discover Fort Lee
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