HAPPY BIRTHDAY U.S.ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS!
The Ordnance Department was established by act of Congress on 14 May 1812. During the Revolutionary War, ordnance material was under supervision of the Board of War and Ordnance. Numerous shifts in duties and responsibilities have occurred in the Ordnance Corps since colonial times. It acquired its present with the passage of The Army Organization Act of 1950.
