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In land <a href="/wiki/Army" title="Army">armies</a>, a quartermaster is an officer who supervises <a href="/wiki/Military_logistics" title="Military logistics">logistics and requisitions</a>, manages stores or <a href="/wiki/Barrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrack">barracks</a>, and distributes <a href="/wiki/Materiel" title="Materiel">supplies</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provision" class="extiw" title="wikt:provision">provisions</a>. In many <a href="/wiki/Navy" title="Navy">navies</a>, a quartermaster is a seaman or <a href="/wiki/Petty_officer" title="Petty officer">petty officer</a> with responsibility for navigation and operation of the helm of a ship. </p><p>The term appears to derive from the title of a German royal official, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Quartiermeister</i></span>. This term meant "master of quarters" (where "quarters" refers to lodging or accommodation). Alternatively, it could have been derived from "master of the <a href="/wiki/Quarterdeck" title="Quarterdeck">quarterdeck</a>" where the <a href="/wiki/Helmsman" title="Helmsman">helmsman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Captain" title="Captain">captain</a> controlled the ship. The term's first use in English was as a naval term, which entered English in the 15th century via the equivalent <a href="#French_Navy">French</a> and Dutch naval titles <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">quartier-maître</i></span> and <span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">kwartier-meester</i></span>, respectively. The term began to refer to army officers in English around 1600. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Army_use">Army use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Army use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Siegelmarke_General_Quartiermeister_W0285515.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Siegelmarke_General_Quartiermeister_W0285515.jpg/220px-Siegelmarke_General_Quartiermeister_W0285515.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Siegelmarke_General_Quartiermeister_W0285515.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="268" data-file-height="270" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian Army</a> Quartermaster General</figcaption></figure> <p>For land armies, the term was first coined in Germany as <i>Quartiermeister</i> and initially denoted a <a href="/wiki/Noble_court" class="mw-redirect" title="Noble court">court</a> official with the duty of preparing the monarch's sleeping quarters. In the 17th century, it started to be used in various militaries in the sense of organizing supplies. </p><p><br /> </p><p>From at least the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a> period until 1813, the quartermaster was the senior NCO in a British cavalry troop, in which context he had nothing to do with supply. In that year, the position was replaced by the new appointment of <a href="/wiki/Troop_sergeant_major" title="Troop sergeant major">troop sergeant major</a>, with the cavalry adopting commissioned, regimental quartermasters as described above. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canada">Canada</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Ordnance_Corps" title="Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps">Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps</a> standing orders: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>For many centuries – indeed perhaps as long as there have been organized military units – the appointment of quartermaster has been significant in armies. Until recent times, the British Army almost invariably rewarded an outstanding RSM by appointing him quartermaster of his battalion, thus ensuring the unit an experienced officer who knew the unit thoroughly and would prove difficult to mislead or beguile. [The past tense is in fact incorrect, as the British Army still has this policy.] As the complexities of the Army and its material increased, an officer with greater professional technical knowledge of the problems that surround stores management was required for the Quartermaster's duties. Under authority of Canadian Army Order 201 – 16 dated 8 February 1954, the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps assumed these responsibilities and undertook to train and provide unit quartermasters and staff for all corps of the Canadian Army (Regular) except the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and Royal Canadian Dental Corps.</p></blockquote> <p>In recent years, the quartermaster has been a specially trained officer of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Logistics_Service" title="Royal Canadian Logistics Service">Royal Canadian Logistics Service</a>, though CFR (commissioned from ranks) officers have been known to accept regimental appointments such as quartermaster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel">Israel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taito.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Taito.jpg/170px-Taito.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Taito.jpg/255px-Taito.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Taito.jpg/340px-Taito.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>CWO Yitshak Taito, Rasar of <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">IDF</a> Officers' Academy</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">IDF</a>, the battalion quartermaster is also the commander of the battalions support company, known as the battalion headquarters company. In the standing army he is usually a captain, but the role is a major's role. In the reserve army he is usually a major. While most of the staff officers are directly under the command of the battalion commander, the quartermaster has a lieutenant, a logistics officer and a junior ordnance officer (the battalion's ordnance platoon commander) under his direct command. He is in charge of all logistics issues in the battalion and also in charge of the battalion's headquarter's day-to-day life. He is commissioned as an officer by the <i>ramatkal</i> (the army's general chief of staff), and as a logistic officer by <i>kalar</i> (the army's general logistic officer). In large camps and higher headquarters (brigade, division and corps HQ), apart from the staff officer in charge of logistics, there is also a role defined mostly as "camp commander", who is in charge of the HQ logistic issues, ceremonies and parades and discipline. These duties differ slightly in the air force and navy. The ranks of IDF quartermasters vary from sergeant major to CWO, depending on the size of the camp. Most soldiers refer to him as <i>rasar</i> (the Hebrew acronym for the rank of 2WO) without regarding his actual rank. Quartermasters are identified (in all IDF branches) by a blue and white <a href="/wiki/Aiguillette" title="Aiguillette">aiguillette</a> on the left shoulder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switzerland">Switzerland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Switzerland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Army">Swiss Army</a>, a quartermaster (Qm) is an officer (from 2 Lt. to colonel) in charge with the coordination of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kommissariatsdienst</i></span> (accountancy, post-service, fuel resupply, "all sort of food" resupply and others) of a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a>/<a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a>. His function is more a control and supervision function: a <a href="/wiki/Staff_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Staff officer">staff officer</a> for the respective commander. The Qm has a direct subordinate at company level: it is the company quartermaster sergeant.<sup id="cite_ref-Switzerland_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Switzerland-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Company_quartermaster_sergeant" title="Company quartermaster sergeant">company quartermaster sergeant</a> is known since the 18th century as <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Fourier</i></span> or <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Einheits-Fourier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Einheits-Fourier (page does not exist)">Einheits-Fourier</a></i></span> and has the rank equivalent of a senior non-commissioned-officer like the company sergeant major (since 2001 company chief sergeant major, CMS) and they are ranked (for better understanding in NATO-ranks even though Switzerland, as a neutral state, is not part of NATO) OR-7 in the senior NCO's category (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Höhere Unteroffiziere</i>). For technical questions, the QMS is subordinated to the Qm officer (Qm 2 Lt, Qm 1 lt or Qm captain incorporated in the staff of a battalion/group). The tasks of resupply are assigned at company level to the two SNCO's (CSM and QMS). The QMS is the material executor of the Qm tasks at company level and for the command chain together with the CSM, directly subordinated to the company commander (captain) as staff NCOs. The <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Fourier</i></span> is also the substitute of the chief sergeant major (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Hauptfeldweibel</i></span>), if considering the command platoon by itself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>, the quartermaster (QM) is the <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officer">commissioned officer</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> responsible for supply. By longstanding tradition, they are always commissioned from the ranks and hold the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">captain</a> or <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">major</a> (although until the 20th century the quartermaster was usually a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">lieutenant</a>). Some units also have a technical quartermaster, who is in charge of technical stores. The quartermaster is assisted by the <a href="/wiki/Regimental_quartermaster_sergeant" title="Regimental quartermaster sergeant">regimental quartermaster sergeant</a> (RQMS) (and the technical quartermaster by the technical quartermaster sergeant (TQMS)) and a staff of <a href="/wiki/Storeman" class="mw-redirect" title="Storeman">storemen</a>. The QM, RQMS and storemen are drawn from the regiment or <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">corps</a> in which they work, not from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps" title="Royal Logistic Corps">Royal Logistic Corps</a> (or its predecessors), which is responsible for issuing and transporting supplies to them. Units which specialize in supply are known as "supply" units, not "quartermaster" units, and their personnel as suppliers or logistics specialists ("log specs"). Traditionally, the quartermaster had previously served as RQMS and then <a href="/wiki/Regimental_sergeant_major" title="Regimental sergeant major">regimental sergeant major</a> (RSM) of the unit of which he later became quartermaster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster_Corps_(United_States_Army)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)">Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Army_Quartermaster_branch_insignia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US_Army_Quartermaster_branch_insignia.jpg/90px-US_Army_Quartermaster_branch_insignia.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/US_Army_Quartermaster_branch_insignia.jpg/135px-US_Army_Quartermaster_branch_insignia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/US_Army_Quartermaster_branch_insignia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="139" data-file-height="126" /></a><figcaption>Branch Insignia as worn by Quartermaster Officers</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, the term is used to describe all supply personnel and units that are part of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps (USQMC) which was formerly the Quartermaster Department. It is a Sustainment, formerly combat service support (CSS), branch of the United States Army. It is also one of three U.S. Army logistics branches, the others being the Transportation Corps and the Ordnance Corps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Navy_use">Navy use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Navy use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belgium">Belgium</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Belgium, the naval ranks of quartermaster, chief quartermaster, and first chief quartermaster are used. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"> <th>Rank group </th> <th colspan="2">OR-4 </th> <th>OR-3 </th></tr> <tr> <td><sup id="cite_ref-Belgium_Navy_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belgium_Navy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg/50px-Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg/75px-Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg/100px-Belgium-Navy-OR-4b.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg/50px-Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg/75px-Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg/100px-Belgium-Navy-OR-4a.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg/50px-Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg/75px-Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg/100px-Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dutch </td> <td><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Eerste kwartiermeester-chef</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kwartiermeester-chef</i></span> </td> <td><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kwartiermeester</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>French </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">1er quartier-maître-chef</i></span> </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier-maître-chef</i></span> </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier maître</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>German </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Erster oberquartiermeister</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Oberquartiermeister</i></span> </td> <td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Quartiermeister</i></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/French_Navy" title="French Navy">French Navy</a>, Quartermaster (<span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier-maître</i></span>) is a junior rank, equivalent to a <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_Air_and_Space_Force" title="French Air and Space Force">Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Corporal#France" title="Corporal">Corporal</a>. The French rank has nothing to do with supplies. This rank is also used by many other navies based on the French Navy. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>OR-4<sup id="cite_ref-FranceNavy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceNavy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>OR-3<sup id="cite_ref-FranceNavy_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceNavy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Shoulder </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg/50px-French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg/75px-French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg/100px-French_Navy-Rama_NG-M3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="1776" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg/50px-French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg/75px-French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg/100px-French_Navy-Rama_NG-M2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="772" data-file-height="1776" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Sleeve </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg/50px-France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg/75px-France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg/100px-France-Navy-OR-4_Sleeve.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg/50px-France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg/75px-France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg/100px-France-Navy-OR-3_Sleeve.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="569" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>French </th> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier-maître de 1<sup>re</sup> classe</i></span> </td> <td><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Quartier-maître de 2<sup>e</sup> classe</i></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>English translation </th> <td>Quartermaster first class </td> <td>Quartermaster second class </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norway">Norway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Norway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the Norwegian navy, <span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">kvartermester</i></span> is a rank equal to an army <a href="/wiki/Sergeant" title="Sergeant">sergeant</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Kingdom_2">United Kingdom</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and Commonwealth navies (Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Indian Navy, and South African Navy), the quartermaster is the senior member of the gangway staff when the ship is alongside and is responsible for supervising the <a href="/wiki/Boatswain" title="Boatswain">boatswain</a>'s mate and the security of the brow. They are also responsible for steering the ship while at sea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_2">United States</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Quartermaster</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg/220px-Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg/330px-Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg/440px-Steering_Wheel_Gradient.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="520" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Rating insignia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Issued by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Enlisted rating</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">QM</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Specialty</th><td class="infobox-data">Operations/Navigation</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg/220px-150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg/330px-150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg/440px-150625-N-XM324-031-_U.S._Navy_sailor_takes_navigational_bearing_aboard_USS_Fitzgerald.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4570" data-file-height="3041" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Navy quartermaster taking a bearing in 2015.</figcaption></figure> <p>The quartermaster is the enlisted member in charge of the watch-to-watch navigation and the maintenance, correction, and preparation of nautical charts and navigation publications. They are also responsible for navigational instruments and clocks and the training of ship's lookouts and helmsmen. They perform these duties under the control of the ship's navigator or other officer if there was no officer navigator. In the modern navy, a quartermaster is a <a href="/wiki/Petty_officer" title="Petty officer">petty officer</a> who specializes in navigation. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_ratings" title="List of United States Navy ratings">rating</a> abbreviation is QM. The symbol used for the rating and worn on uniforms is a <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Qm-rate.gif" class="extiw" title="commons:Image:Qm-rate.gif">ship's wheel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The colloquial form of address for a quartermaster is "Wheels". </p><p>On U.S. Navy submarines, the job of a quartermaster is done by a qualified navigation electronics technician (NAV-ET). Along with the job of a Navy surface QM, NAV-ETs are also responsible for electronic systems that deal with navigation, internal communications, atmosphere monitoring, ship's entertainment systems, re-circulatory air systems (ventilation) and remote valve indication or manipulation. </p><p>After 2004, the U.S. Navy disestablished the <a href="/wiki/Signalman_(rank)#U.S._Navy" title="Signalman (rank)">signalman</a> rating (SM); signalmen were responsible for visual communications, and many of the personnel and their responsibilities were incorporated in the QM rating. </p><p>The U.S. Navy rating dealing with supply and logistics is logistics specialist (LS) which would be equivalent to the Army quartermaster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Coast_guard">Coast guard</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Coast guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The structure of ranks and job specialties of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> is similar to that of the United States Navy. The Coast Guard used a quartermaster rating until the summer of 2003, when the rating was merged into the <a href="/wiki/Boatswain%27s_Mate_(US_Coast_Guard)" class="mw-redirect" title="Boatswain's Mate (US Coast Guard)">boatswain's mate</a> rating.<sup id="cite_ref-uscg_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uscg-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Coast Guard's quartermasters had the same duties as the Navy's, with the exception that—at some point after World War II—the Coast Guard folded the duties of its signalman rating into the quartermaster rating. Also, in recent decades, quartermaster was one of the only two Coast Guard enlisted ratings permitted to hold command of a small boat station (command otherwise being reserved for officers), with the other enlisted man's "command rating" being the boatswain's mate. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NATO_code">NATO code</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: NATO code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the rank is used in a number of <a href="/wiki/NATO_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="NATO countries">NATO countries</a>, it is ranked differently depending on the country. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">NATO code </th> <th rowspan="2">Country<sup id="cite_ref-NATO_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NATO-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">English equivalent </th></tr> <tr> <th>UK </th> <th>U.S. </th></tr> <tr> <th>OR-5 </th> <td>Norway </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sergeant#United_Kingdom" title="Sergeant">Sergeant</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petty_officer_second_class#United_States" title="Petty officer second class">Petty officer second class</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>OR-4 </th> <td>Belgium <span style="font-size:85%;">(chief and 1st chief)</span>, France <span style="font-size:85%;">(1st class)</span>, Netherlands </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leading_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Leading rate">Leading rate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Petty_officer_third_class#United_States" title="Petty officer third class">Petty officer third class</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>OR-3 </th> <td>Belgium, France <span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd class)</span>, Netherlands </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seaman_(rank)#United_States" title="Seaman (rank)">Seaman</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kwartiermeester French: Quartier maître German: Quartiermeister (Belgian Navy)[1]"><img alt="Kwartiermeester French: Quartier maître German: Quartiermeister (Belgian Navy)[1]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg/58px-Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="58" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg/87px-Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg/117px-Belgium-Navy-OR-3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="569" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kwartiermeester</i></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Quartier maître</i><br /><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Quartiermeister</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Belgian_Navy" title="Belgian Navy">Belgian Navy</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Belgium_Navy_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Belgium_Navy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kwartiermeester (Royal Netherlands Navy)[6]"><img alt="Kwartiermeester (Royal Netherlands Navy)[6]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg/120px-Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg/180px-Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg/240px-Netherlands-Navy-OR-3_sleeve.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="166" data-file-height="110" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Dutch-language text"><i lang="nl">Kwartiermeester</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Navy" title="Royal Netherlands Navy">Royal Netherlands Navy</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Netherlands_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Netherlands-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_(1).png" class="mw-file-description" title="Kvartermester (Royal Norwegian Navy)[7]"><img alt="Kvartermester (Royal Norwegian Navy)[7]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_%281%29.png/69px-OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_%281%29.png" decoding="async" width="69" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_%281%29.png/104px-OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_%281%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_%281%29.png/139px-OR5_sj%C3%B8_stor_%281%29.png 2x" data-file-width="882" data-file-height="1524" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Norwegian-language text"><i lang="no">Kvartermester</i></span><br />(<a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Norway_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Norway-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Piracy">Piracy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Piracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pirate" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate">Pirates</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Piracy" title="Golden Age of Piracy">Golden Age of Piracy</a> elevated the rank of quartermaster to much higher powers and responsibilities than it had aboard non-pirate merchant or naval vessels. On pirate ships, the quartermaster was often granted a veto power by a pirate ship's <a href="/wiki/Pirate_code" title="Pirate code">"Articles of Agreement"</a>, in order to create an officer who could counterbalance the powers of the pirate captain.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pirate quartermasters, like pirate captains, were usually elected by their crews.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was often the quartermaster's responsibility to lead the pirate boarding party when boarding another ship. This was usually done from the quarterdeck (the place where two ships touched during the boarding attack).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The quartermaster ranked higher than any other officer aboard the ship except the captain himself, and could veto the captain's decisions whenever the ship was not chasing a prize or engaged in battle.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The quartermaster also was chiefly responsible for discipline, assessing punishments for crewmen who transgressed the <a href="/wiki/Pirate_code_of_the_Brethren" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirate code of the Brethren">articles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to pirate <a href="/wiki/Captain_Charles_Johnson" title="Captain Charles Johnson">Captain Charles Johnson</a>, ghost author of the 18th century source, <a href="/wiki/A_General_History_of_the_Pyrates" title="A General History of the Pyrates"><i>A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates</i></a>, aboard a pirate ship "the Captain can undertake nothing which the Quarter-Master does not approve. We may say, the Quarter-Master is a humble Imitation of the <a href="/wiki/Tribune" title="Tribune">Roman Tribune of the People</a>; he speaks for, and looks after the Interest of the Crew". </p><p>Several quartermasters, notably among them <a href="/wiki/Calico_Jack_Rackham" class="mw-redirect" title="Calico Jack Rackham">Calico Jack Rackham</a>, became captains after their previous captain was killed or deposed.<sup id="cite_ref-piracycomplete_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-piracycomplete-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scouting">Scouting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Scouting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Scout quartermaster within the <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scout movement</a> is responsible for maintaining all the normal camping supplies in a Scout troop or pack. This may include, but is not limited to, camping supplies, tents, "chuck boxes" (containers holding food and cooking supplies), stoves, camp fuel (propane, <a href="/wiki/Naphtha" title="Naphtha">naphtha</a>, etc.), tarps, camping trailers, dining flys, etc. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Quartermaster_Award_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" title="Quartermaster Award (Boy Scouts of America)">Quartermaster Award</a> is also the highest rank in the <a href="/wiki/Sea_Scouting_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)">Sea Scouts, BSA</a>, an older youth (age 13–21) co-ed program. A quartermaster (kwartiermeester) is in the Netherlands the assistant patrol leader of a Sea Scout patrol (Bak), in Flanders it is the patrol leader of a <a href="/wiki/Sea_Scout_patrol" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Scout patrol">Sea Scout patrol</a> (Kwartier). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Long_John_Silver" title="Long John Silver">Long John Silver</a>, the charming and lethal one-legged pirate from the novel <i><a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island" title="Treasure Island">Treasure Island</a></i>, had been the pirate version of quartermaster under <a href="/wiki/Captain_Flint" title="Captain Flint">Captain Flint</a>. It was noted he was the one man Flint had been afraid of.</li> <li>The character <a href="/wiki/Q_(James_Bond)" title="Q (James Bond)">Q</a> in the <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> franchise, who supplies Bond with all his gadgets, is named Q for Quartermaster.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Rooster_Teeth" title="Rooster Teeth">Rooster Teeth</a> animated web series, <i>Camp Camp</i>, features a character simply referred to as "Quartermaster".</li> <li>The characters of Nigel Nesbett and Louis Litt served as quartermasters in the basic cable <a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Suits_(American_TV_series)" title="Suits (American TV series)">Suits</a></i> where they oversaw office supplies and food and beverage provisions in the New York City law firm, Pearson Darby.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Tooth_and_Tail" title="Tooth and Tail">Tooth and Tail</a></i> has a main character by the name of The Quartermaster.</li> <li>In <a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Law enforcement in the United Kingdom">British policing</a>, the department that issues uniform and supplies is known informally as the Quartermasters.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Quartermaster&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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