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127th Quartermaster Company NCOs and Soldiers lay out seven 3K Onion Skin bags and three 20K gallon bags for water storage during the first day of the occupation of the Heise Pond water site. The Soldiers first set up two Reverse Osmosis Water Purifi...
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Fort Jackson Basic Training Soldiers help fill and distribute 5 gallon water cans alongside 127th Quartermaster Company soldiers. One of 127th QM's water distribution Load Handling System Compatible Water Tank Racks (HIPPOs) assisted in filling and d...
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The 406th Army Field Support Battalion Army Materiel Command representative, Sgt. 1st Class Phillip Schafer (left), 127th QM water treatment specialist, Pfc. Dakota Buchanan (center), and 127th QM water section sergeant, Staff Sgt. Charles Farmer, wo...
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Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Perry, 264th Command Service Support Battalion command sergeant major, speaks to 127th Quartermaster Company Soldiers participating in Task Force Water. Perry highlighted the importance of their mission in Fort Jackson and t...
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Three 127th Quartermaster Company Soldiers sit on a 20K gallon water bag during a work break, on the day shift of 24 hour operations. Since starting 24-hour operations, 127th QM has helped produce more than 150,000 gallons and distribute more than 12...
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The 127th Quartermaster Company conducts water purification operations at Heise Lake. Above are three 3K Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Units, three 20K gallon bags, one Tactical Water Purification System, and several 3K Onion Skin bags. Task For...
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Sgt. Alphonso Robinson, water treatment supervisor, 127th Quartermaster Company, tests water for Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) before beginning distribution operations. Since starting 24 hour operations, 127th QM has helped produce more than 205,000 g...
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Staff Sgt. Charles Farmer, 127th Quartermaster Company Water Section sergeant, and Spc. Duane Joseph, 127 QM Quartermaster system repairer, adjust hoses and gate valves for the distribution system at the Heise Pond Water Site. Task Force Water produc...
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A Fort Jackson, South Carolina, drill sergeant takes a distribution nozzle from Pfc. Hector Soto-Garcia, a water treatment specialist with the 127th Quartermaster Company, in order to fill a 400 gallon water buffalo. Task Force Water has issued purif...
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Pvt. 1st Class Ryan Sampson, a water treatment specialist with the 127th Quartermaster Company, and Pvt. 1st Class Jamie Minor, a water treatment specialist with the 127th QM, manage the gate valves on the 350 gallons/minute (GPM) pump. This pump all...
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127th Quartermaster Company Soldiers unload empty 5-gallon water cans from an M871 trailer before they are filled and distributed to residents of Fort Jackson Housing. Task Force Water has issued over 1,100 5-gallon water cans to residents in housing...
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Soldiers from 127th QM and the 226th Composite Supply Company work together to fill an M105 HIPPO during distribution operations. Task Force Water has issued purified water at 26 distribution sites, including seven dining facilities, three AAFES food...
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FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The 127th Quartermaster Company deployed to Fort Jackson, S.C., in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin to purify and distribute water. The unit deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C., arriving at Fort Jackson on Oct. 6. 127th QM has produced more than 150,000 gallons and has distributed more than 120,000 gallons of potable water since starting 24 hour operations along with their partner unit in Task Force Water, the 226th Composite Supply Company, and Basic Training Soldiers on Fort Jackson.
Through water purification and distribution, TF Water enabled the Basic Combat Training mission at Fort Jackson to continue. TF Water has issued purified water at 26 distribution sites, including seven dining facilities responsible for feeding more than 10,000 Soldiers, three AAFES food franchises, three child development centers, two elementary schools, a hospital, and over 1,100 five gallon water cans to residents in housing areas.
The 127 QM is part of the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command. The 226th CSC is part of the 3rd Infantry Division, and is from Fort Stewart, Ga.
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