Story by Sgt. 1st Class Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 04.09.2018
Soldiers in the 421st Quartermaster Company work daily to ensure problem-free airplane jumps for airborne units across the nation...
Story by Staff Sgt. Victor Joecks | 17th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Section | 07.06.2016
Imagine being told to push a bundle of supplies, including five dozen fresh eggs out of a plane from 10,000 feet in the sky. And, the servicemembers on the ground are expecting those eggs to arrive intact on the landing zone. This is an example of the capabilities that the 824th Quartermaster Co. (Detachment 1) “Riggers,” 17th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) provides......
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Lobre | 215th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.15.2014
“I will be sure - always,” said Army Pvt. Nathan Dougherty, one of the more experienced parachute packers assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company from Fort Valley, Georgia. “That motto is etched in the minds of all riggers from the very first day of Rigger School.”...
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Lobre | 215th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.15.2014
A Bell UH-1 (Huey) helicopter soars 1,500 feet above Stennis Space Center International Airport in Kiln, Mississippi, on Aug. 6, 2014. Four Soldiers from the 421st Quartermaster Company stare out into the blue with static lines hooked up ready to make their jump....
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.29.2013
Nearly 90 soldiers, on opposite sides of the island of Puerto Rico worked feverishly; some packed parachutes, some loaded trucks, and others cooked and tended to medical needs of their comrades. Moving as seamlessly as a timepiece, soldiers of the 421st Quartermaster Company choreographed movement of personnel and equipment continuously across 50 miles of the Cordillera Central Mountain Range......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.19.2013
V-shaped markers lay centered in the field as jumpmaster and parachute rigger Sgt. 1st Class Brian W. Steverson pressed the transmit button on a handheld radio and provided wind velocity information to soldiers aboard the C-130 Hercules aircraft circling overhead. Shortly after, parachute riggers and medics on the drop zone with Steverson watched attentively as the plane approached from the......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.17.2013
The roaring engines of the C-130 Hercules howled as an Air Force loadmaster called out, “Ten minutes!” The rear doors lifted open and the sound of wind joined the symphony of engine growl. Sgt. 1st Class Steven H. Lamb, a platoon sergeant and jumpmaster assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company, grasped the sides of a door and arched his chest forward to inspect the plane's exterior......
Story by Staff Sgt. Cooper Cash | 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 07.17.2013
The roaring engines of the C-130 Hercules howled as an Air Force loadmaster called out, “Ten minutes!” The rear doors lifted open and the sound of wind joined the symphony of engine growl. Sgt. 1st Class Steven H. Lamb, a platoon sergeant and jumpmaster assigned to the 421st Quartermaster Company, grasped the sides of a door and arched his chest forward to inspect the plane's exterior......
