FORT STEWART, Ga. - After 18 years on Hunter Army Airfield, the 512th Quartermaster Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, Third Infantry Division was inactivated Sept. 15 during a ceremony behind the 260th Quartermaster Battalion Headquarters building on Hunter Army Airfield.
Since its activation on Hunter in 1993, the 512th QM has deployed three times in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom I, Operation Iraqi Freedom III and Operation New Dawn. The 512th was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation during its last deployment. The company also competed for the Fiscal 2010 Army Award for Maintenance Excellence, winning first place in the Active MTOE small category at the Army Forces Command Level.
Colonel Joseph R. Novak Jr., 3rd Sustainment Brigade commander, presented the unit with the FORSCOM Commanding General's First Place award for Maintenance Excellence at an indoor ceremony before the inactivation ceremony.
"Never once did we fail to answer a tasking or a mission, and I owe all of that to the Soldiers, NCOs and officers whom I had the great honor of working with," Capt. Alphonso Harrell, 512th QM commander, said during the ceremony.
"The Water Dawgs of the 512th could always be counted on to provide outstanding support, to train to the highest of standards, and to take care of our Soldiers and Families," said Lt. Col. Jimmy Brown, commander of the 260th Quartermaster Battalion. "The company has been a professional, relevant, value-added organization, and has provided outstanding customer-focused support, thus enabling quality training in garrison and fully resourced Combat Operations."
The 512th QM not only supported the military community, but the civilian community, as well.
They passed out food baskets during the Christmas season to the elderly, volunteered at the Salvation Army and participated in fundraisers at the YMCA. The most notable event was the creation of the Paint the Town Pink Run, which began in honor of Capt. Andrea Graham, a 260th QM Bn., member and a breast cancer survivor.
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