Daily Routine of Quartermaster

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Daily Routine of Quartermaster

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Because I was a quartermaster, my daily routine was quite a bit different than the soldiers. The soldiers themselves were patrolling. They would have areas of responsibility to be responsible to patrol to make sure that they maintained security and a presence in our area of operation which helped to keep any nastiness down that may interrupt the supplying of aid to the local population. My job was to keep the troops supplied. As a quartermaster, that’s what you do so I pick up, so my day would be picking up rations, picking up water, ordering kit and equipment to replace stuff that was damaged or broken, maintaining the supplies of weapons, ammunition. So anything to do administratively with keeping the commando combat ready and the soldiers fighting fit was the job of the quartermaster. So beans, bullets, all that stuff, maintenance of vehicles, ordering new tires, just about anything you needed to do to keep the commando running. And then you were also responsible for the upkeep of the camp. Make sure the tents were maintained and functional, the generators worked. So all of that background stuff, everything that the soldiers needed to do their job and the commando needed to function was your responsibility so they could focus on the operational mission. So you kind of look at it as a sword. So the soldiers are the pointy end and the quartermaster is kind of the hilt that holds it all together and pushes them forward. So that’s kind of your day. Kind of mundane stuff but very, very important stuff to get done.

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Mr. Bradley provides details of his daily responsibilities in keeping soldiers combat ready during operations.

Daniel Bradley

Mr. Daniel Bradley was born June 24, 1958 in Ottawa, Ontario. At 18 years of age, walking by a recruiting centre, Mr. Bradley made an impulsive decision to join the military having a desire for the infantry. Mr. Bradley became a member of the Royal Canadian Regiment holding rank as an infanteer and obtained training at CFB Cornwallis in Trenton, Ontario. After training, Mr. Bradley spent a bit of time In Canada service but in 1978 experienced his first operational deployment to Cyrpus. In 1992 Mr. Bradley was given another opportunity to deploy to Somalia and joined a contingency from the RCR and became part of the Airborne Regiment where he held rank of Chief Warrant Officer. As his military career continued Mr. Bradley was part of an operational to Croatia in 1994, Bosnia in 1997 and more recently 2002/03 travelled to Afghanistan on two different operations, one being Roto O as Company Sergeant Major. Mr. Bradley retired in 2011 with 35 years of military sevice.

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