FM 28-105: War Department Basic Field Manual, the Special Service Company

FM 28-105 War Department Basic Field Manual, the Special Service Company

FM 28-105

War Department Basic Field Manual, the Special Service Company

Army · FM · Jan 1944 · 63 pages

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. The Special Service Company is an independent, selfsustaining, semimobile organization, trained and equipped to provide recreational and informational services to troops serving in a theater of operations. It is able to provide forward echelons with services and facilities otherwise available only in base sections. 2. The company may be assigned to an army, corps, or division, in a theater of operations, or to an independent task force. For administrative purposes it is attached to the headquarters of such echelons. 3. Sufficient mess personnel enables it to operate cafeterias, snack bars, and soup kitchens in addition to its own mess. 4. Motor vehicles provide complete transport for its equipment. Shuttle methods enable its personnel to be transported rapidly.

DesignationFM 28-105

EditionJan 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages63

FunctionSustainment

EchelonCompany

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 9

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