Quartermaster Museum opens redesigned aerial delivery exhibit

By Keith Desbois, Combined Arms Support Command Public AffairsMarch 6, 2014

Quartermaster Museum opens redesigned aerial delivery exhibit
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – From left to right; Paul Morando, Quartermaster Museum director, Brig. Gen. John E. O�'Neil, Quartermaster General and Quartermaster School commandant, Command Sgt. Maj. Spencer L. Gray, Quartermaster regimental command sergeant major, an... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Quartermaster Museum opens redesigned aerial delivery exhibit
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FORT LEE, Va. -- The U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum is home to the history of everything Quartermaster and on March 6, it officially opened the first of its redesigned and enhanced exhibits featuring the Aerial Delivery and Field Services Department.

"History is alive and well at the Quartermaster training and education center, which is this magnificent museum," said Brig. Gen. John E. O'Neil, Quartermaster General and Quartermaster School commandant. He added that the exhibit provides new ways of sharing the stories of Quartermaster Soldiers.

The museum provides a venue to conduct Soldier training for more than 15,000 Soldiers a year. Quartermaster Soldiers are expected to pass through the education facility as part of their training.

The museum began planning the renovation over a year ago. The new exhibit highlights the roles of riggers and field services personnel through new artifacts, displays, images and interactive video modules. A UH-1H "Huey" helicopter was even brought in to explain the sling load story of how riggers "rig" supplies to be transported to remote areas.

"The items people will see here, forged our heritage and shaped the way we fight and protect our nation," said Richard Santiago, ADFSD director.

Another enhancement was the addition of a field laundry unit, to help tell the story of how hygiene is an important part of a warfighter's life when deployed.

"By bringing in key artifacts and using multi-media modules, I feel we have captured what riggers and field service personnel do on a daily basis," said Paul Morando, museum director.

The renovation allows the museum to tell the ADFSD story in a more engaging way and covers the history of how they came to be through what they continue to do today, Morando added.

The exhibit is part of a larger plan to renovate every major display within the museum.

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