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Volume I, Fiscal Year 2011

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48220	Vol. 1, Issue 1A	15 SEP 2010	The Early History of Rock Island Arsenal Quarters One
	48223	Vol. 1, Issue 1B	15 OCT 2010	401st Army Field Support Brigade Bagram Airfield Fort Armstrong, Rock Island, IL
	48225	Vol. 1, Issue 2	15 NOV 2010	402d Army Field Support Brigade Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club
	48228	Vol. 1, Issue 3	15 DEC 2010	403d Army Field Support Brigade The First Bridge
	48230	Vol. 1, Issue 4	15 JAN 2011	404th Army Field Support Brigade The Black Hawk War
	48232	Vol. 1, Issue 5	15 FEB 2011	405th Army Field Support Brigade Rock Island Ordnance Center
	48235	Vol. 1, Issue 6	15 MAR 2011	406th Army Field Support Brigade Savanna Proving Ground
	48237	Vol. 1, Issue 7	15 APR 2011	407th Army Field Support Brigade Battle of Campbell's Island
	48239	Vol. 1, Issue 8	15 MAY 2011	Distribution Management Center Battle of Credit Island
	48242	Vol. 1, Issue 9	15 JUN 2011	Army Reserve Sustainment Command Educational Contracts
	48245	Vol. 1, Issue 10	15 JUL 2011	Lead Materiel Integrator Frontier Life During the American Indian Wars
	48247	Vol. 1, Issue 11	15 AUG 2011	Logistics Civil Augmentation Program U.S. Army & Strike Breaking
	48249	Vol. 1, Issue 12	15 SEP 2011	Field Support Sioux Uprising of 1862

Volume II, Fiscal Year 2012

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48558	Vol. 2, Issue 1	15 OCT 2011	ASC Army Reserve Element Ghosts in Quarters One?
	48561	Vol. 2, Issue 2	15 NOV 2011	Logistics Assistance Program Indian War Logistics
	48563	Vol. 2, Issue 3	15 DEC 2011	Remembering Pearl Harbor Christmas Day, 1911
	48565	Vol. 2, Issue 4	15 JAN 2012	Sylvan Island and Republic Steel RIA in the Spanish American War
	48568	Vol. 2, Issue 5	15 FEB 2012	Directorate of Logistics RIA Prison Barracks
	48569	Vol. 2, Issue 6	15 MAR 2012	Creation of Army Materiel Command Squatters on RIA
	48570	Vol. 2, Issue 7	15 APR 2012	Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command Dred Scott
	48572	Vol. 2, Issue 8	15 MAY 2012	Industrial Operations Command A "Suitable Site" for a National Arsenal
	48575	Vol. 2, Issue 9	15 JUN 2012	Operations Support Command The Murder of George Davenport
	48576	Vol. 2, Issue 10	15 JUL 2012	Rock Island Arsenal: The Heart of the Quad Cities
	48579	Vol. 2, Issue 11	15 AUG 2012	Field Support Command Italian Quartermaster Corps
	48580	Vol. 2, Issue 12	15 SEP 2012	Army Field Support Command Berchtesgaden

Volume III, Fiscal Year 2013

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48591	Vol. 3, Issue 1	15 OCT 2012	Joint Munitions Command (JMC) Telodynamic System
	48594	Vol. 3, Issue 2	15 NOV 2012	Army Sustainment Command Turkey vs. Eagle
	48595	Vol. 3, Issue 3	15 DEC 2012	Timeline of Evolution to ASC Sometimes all you can do is laugh
	48596	Vol. 3, Issue 4	15 JAN 2013	The 279th Army Field Support Brigade, Alabama NG To the East Bank of the Mississippi
	48597	Vol. 3, Issue 5	15 FEB 2013	AMC Europe - 1982 Trading Post at Rock Island
	48600	Vol. 3, Issue 6	15 MAR 2013	David Sears on Arsenal Island Intertribal Warfare
	48603	Vol. 3, Issue 7	15 APR 2013	Kingsbury at Harpers Ferry Steam vs. Rail
	48605	Vol. 3, Issue 8	15 MAY 2013	Watertown and Rock Island 1872 Iron Bridge
	48606	Vol. 3, Issue 9	15 JUN 2013	LAP in 2000-2003 Guards of the Rock Island Prison Barracks
	48609	Vol. 3, Issue 10	15 JUL 2013	LOGCAP Before Operation Iraqi Freedom The Arsenal's First Building
	48610	Vol. 3, Issue 11	15 AUG 2013	The Great Flood of 1993 at RIA Rodman the Engineer
	48613	Vol. 3, Issue 12	15 SEP 2013	Distribution Management Center Early Arsenal Labor Disputes

Volume IV, Fiscal Year 2014

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	49475	Vol. 4, Issue 1	15 OCT 2013	401st Army Field Support Brigade The Louisiana Purchase of 1803
	49476	Vol. 4, Issue 2	15 NOV 2013	402d Army Field Support Brigade The Shutdown of 1877
	49478	Vol. 4, Issue 3	15 DEC 2013	403d Army Field Support Brigade Black Squirrels of RIA
	49480	Vol. 4, Issue 4	15 JAN 2014	404th Army Field Support Brigade The Construction of Building 390
	49482	Vol. 4, Issue 5	15 FEB 2014	405th Army Field Support Brigade Antoine LeClaire - Founder of Davenport
	49483	Vol. 4, Issue 6	15 MAR 2014	406th Army Field Support Brigade The Infamy of John Looney
	49486	Vol. 4, Issue 7	15 APR 2014	407th Army Field Support Brigade History Preserved on Island
	49487	Vol. 4, Issue 8	15 MAY 2014	Distribution Management Center Unique Water on Arsenal Island
	49490	Vol. 4, Issue 9	15 JUN 2014	U.S. Army Reserve Sustainment Command (ARSC) Sanger and Steel Fraud
	49491	Vol. 4, Issue 10	15 JUL 2014	Weapons Command (WECOM), RIA, and Vietnam Lock and Dam Number 15
	49492	Vol. 4, Issue 11	15 AUG 2014	Gulf of Tonkin Commemoration The Red Ball Express
	49494	Vol. 4, Issue 12	15 SEP 2014	ASC at 8 Beginnings of the Bettendorf Brothers

Volume V, Fiscal Year 2015

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48644	Vol. 5, Issue 1	15 OCT 2014	Army Heraldry and the ASC Crest RIA Rumors
	48646	Vol. 5, Issue 2	15 NOV 2014	The 279th AFSB (ANG) Creation of the Arsenal Sibilings
	48647	Vol. 5, Issue 3	15 DEC 2014	LOGCAP Support Brigade Rock Island Arsenal Holiday Celebrations
	48649	Vol. 5, Issue 4	15 JAN 2015	The Industrial Operations Command as the Start of ASC Machinist Apprentice School
	48650	Vol. 5, Issue 5	15 FEB 2015	Evolution of ASC Part II The Rock Island Arsenal in the Spanish American War
	48653	Vol. 5, Issue 6	15 MAR 2015	Evolution of ASC Part III Historical Heroes
	48654	Vol. 5, Issue 7	15 APR 2015	Army Materiel Command Logistics Support Element - Southwest Asia SGT Rock
	48656	Vol. 5, Issue 8	15 MAY 2015	Gaining Control in Iraq - The Creation of AMC LSE-Iraq Nick Fury
	48657	Vol. 5, Issue 9	15 JUN 2015	From LSEs to AFSBs Rock Island Arsenal Museum Preserves All Things RIA
	48658	Vol. 5, Issue 10	15 JUL 2015	Standing up AFSBs, CONUS East and West Dimock and Gould - Buckets on the Island
	48659	Vol. 5, Issue 11	15 AUG 2015	Battle of Bad Axe - End of the Black Hawk War U.S. Army & Strike Breaking
	48660	Vol. 5, Issue 12	15 SEP 2015	Distribution Management Center Sergeant Stubby - America's First War Dog

Volume VI, Fiscal Year 2016

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48693	Vol. 6, Issue 1	15 OCT 2015	50 Years of the Logistics Assistance Program in Combat Comanche: Survivor of Custer's Last Stand
	48694	Vol. 6, Issue 2	15 NOV 2015	Army Sustainment Command Cher Ami: Bird of Battle
	48695	Vol. 6, Issue 3	15 DEC 2015	Remember Pearl Harbor Rock Island Arsenal Holiday Celebrations
	48698	Vol. 6, Issue 4	15 JAN 2016	The Palmoares Incident ASC and Contracting
	48700	Vol. 6, Issue 5	15 FEB 2016	The Fort Dearborn Massacre The Evolution of APS
	48701	Vol. 6, Issue 6	15 MAR 2016	Army Field Support Battalion - Africa Fort Armstrong Time Capsule
	48703	Vol. 6, Issue 7	15 APR 2016	Fort Armstrong's 200th Anniversary: 1816-2016
	48704	Vol. 6, Issue 8	15 MAY 2016	Fort Armstrong 1816-1836: A Short History
	48706	Vol. 6, Issue 9	15 JUN 2016	Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients Buried at the Rock Island National Cemeter
	48708	Vol. 6, Issue 10	15 JUL 2016	The Declaration of Independence: 240th Anniversary
	48710	Vol. 6, Issue 11	15 AUG 2016	401st Army Field Support Brigade Apollo 11
	48712	Vol. 6, Issue 12	15 SEP 2016	402d Army Field Support Brigade 15th Anniversary of 9/11

Volume VII, Fiscal Year 2017

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48738	Vol. 7, Issue 1	15 OCT 2016	The Evolution of Army Sustainment Command
	48739	Vol. 7, Issue 2	15 NOV 2016	The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
	48742	Vol. 7, Issue 3	15 DEC 2016	The Zimmerman Telegram
	48743	Vol. 7, Issue 4	15 JAN 2017	Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
	48744	Vol. 7, Issue 5	15 FEB 2017	U.S. Army on the Mexico Border
	48746	Vol. 7, Issue 6	15 MAR 2017	Declaration of War
	48749	Vol. 7, Issue 7	15 APR 2017	AEF's Early Challenges with Coalition Warfare
	48752	Vol. 7, Issue 8	15 MAY 2017	Cantigny
	48754	Vol. 7, Issue 9	15 JUN 2017	AEF Training
	48755	Vol. 7, Issue 10	15 JUL 2017	Gas, Gas, Gas!
	48756	Vol. 7, Issue 11	15 AUG 2017	Lusitania
	48757	Vol. 7, Issue 12	15 SEP 2017	Battle of Jutland

Volume VIII, Fiscal Year 2018

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48760	Vol. 8, Issue 1	15 OCT 2017	Rock of the Marne
	48763	Vol. 8, Issue 2	15 NOV 2017	Belleau Wood
	48766	Vol. 8, Issue 3	15 DEC 2017	Rock Island Arsenal and the Mark VIII Tank
	48768	Vol. 8, Issue 4	15 JAN 2018	Gallipoli
	48771	Vol. 8, Issue 5	15 FEB 2018	Fighting in the Alps
	48772	Vol. 8, Issue 6	15 MAR 2018	World War I Propaganda Posters
	48774	Vol. 8, Issue 7	16 APR 2018	The Battle of Tannenberg
	48775	Vol. 8, Issue 8	15 MAY 2018	The Brusilov Offensive
	48776	Vol. 8, Issue 9	15 JUN 2018	Battle of St. Mihiel
	48778	Vol. 8, Issue 10	16 JUL 2018	Verdun Rock Island Arsenal's Contributions to the War
	48781	Vol. 8, Issue 11	15 AUG 2018	First Army's 100th Anniversary The Logistics of Moving an Army
	48784	Vol. 8, Issue 12	14 SEP 2018	Meuse-Argonne From the Archives: Arsenal Worker Tells of Battle

Volume IX, Fiscal Year 2019

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	48785	Vol. 9, Issue 1	15 OCT 2018	Last Battle of Ypres Kaiser Bill's Halloween!!
	48786	Vol. 9, Issue 2	15 NOV 2018	The Armistice
	48789	Vol. 9, Issue 3	14 DEC 2018	The AEF in Soviet Russia From the Archives: Yanks With Chief Reach Siberia Port
	48791	Vol. 9, Issue 4	15 JAN 2019	The Rock Island Arsenal Museum
	48794	Vol. 9, Issue 5	15 FEB 2019	Battle of Kasserine Pass Camp McClellan
	48795	Vol. 9, Issue 6	15 MAR 2019	The Strategic Bombing Campaign The Boeing B-17 Superfortress
	48797	Vol. 9, Issue 7	16 APR 2019	The Great Flood of 1993 The Graf Zeppelin Visits the Quad Cities
	48798	Vol. 9, Issue 8	15 MAY 2019	The Allied Liberation of Rome Rosie the Riveter at Rock Island Arsenal
	48801	Vol. 9, Issue 9	14 JUN 2019	The Normandy Invasion Brevetted Brigadier General Thomas J. Rodman
	48804	Vol. 9, Issue 10	15 JUL 2019	The Government Bridge The Hunt for the 1856 Bridge
	48994	Vol. 9, Issue 11	15 AUG 2019	Operation Dragoon Liberation of Guam
	49496	Vol. 9, Issue 12	18 SEP 2019	Army Navy "E" Flag Building 390 MAJ Kingsbury

Volume X, Fiscal Year 2020

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	49830	Vol. 10, Issue 1	9 OCT 2019	401st Army Field Support Brigade The Ghosts of Quarters One Atomic Annie
	50345	Vol. 10, Issue 2	18 NOV 2019	402nd Army Field Support Brigade Veterans Day Centennial
	50669	Vol. 10, Issue 3	17 DEC 2019	Battle of the Bulge Good Weather Prayer
	51548	Vol. 10, Issue 4	15 JAN 2020	Battle of Luzon Operation Downfall
	52225	Vol. 10, Issue 5	26 FEB 2020	403d Army Field Support Brigade Fort Armstrong
	52522	Vol. 10, Issue 6	17 MAR 2020	First to Cross the Rhine Operation Plunder
	52874	Vol. 10, Issue 7	15 APR 2020	404th Army Field Support Brigade Telodynamic System
	52985	Vol. 10, Issue 8	20 MAY 2020	The German Surrender & V-E Day From the Archives: Hostilities to Cease at 5 P.M.
	53399	Vol. 10, Issue 9	16 JUN 2020	405th Army Field Support Brigade Battle of Campbell's Island
	55296	Vol. 10, Issue 10	15 JUL 2020	The Atomic Bombing of Japan The B-29 Superfortress 509th Composite Group
	55635	Vol. 10, Issue 11	21 AUG 2020	Women's Sufferage Movement: 100 Years Later
	55803	Vol. 10, Issue 12	21 SEP 2020	406th Army Field Support Brigade The 1872 Iron Bridge

Volume XI, Fiscal Year 2021

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	55941	Vol. 11, Issue 1	22 OCT 2020	407th Army Field Support Brigade The Ghosts of Quarters One T145 175 mm Gun
	56084	Vol. 11, Issue 2	16 NOV 2020	Industrial Operations Command (IOC) Armistice Day
	56445	Vol. 11, Issue 3	18 DEC 2020	Harpers Ferry Savanna Proving Ground
	57386	Vol. 11, Issue 4	15 JAN 2021	Battle of Garmsir First Battle of Seoul
	57385	Vol. 11, Issue 5	16 FEB 2021	LOGCAP: The Early Days Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
	57384	Vol. 11, Issue 6	15 MAR 2021	Operation New Dawn Bettendorf Brothers
	57907	Vol. 11, Issue 7	12 APR 2021	Battle of Inchon The Colonel Davenport House Unexploded Tallboy
	58164	Vol. 11, Issue 8	20 MAY 2021	Operations Support Command The Mark VIII Tank
	58422	Vol. 11, Issue 9	22 JUN 2021	The Kosovo War Rock Island Arsenal's Quarters Six
	58621	Vol. 11, Issue 10	20 JUL 2021	Field Support Command The Arsenal Siblings
	58755	Vol. 11, Issue 11	20 AUG 2021	Battle of Heartbreak Ridge Frontier Life During the American Indian Wars
	58949	Vol. 11, Issue 12	15 SEP 2021	9/11 @ 20

Volume XII, Fiscal Year 2022

Note: Some issues of this volume were special editions only (10 & 11). As such they are displayed in the Special Editions section of the database.

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	59371	Vol. 12, Issue 1	19 OCT 2021	ASC @ 15
	59821	Vol. 12, Issue 2	22 NOV 2021	Battle of Ramadi Atomic Artillery
	60284	Vol. 12, Issue 3	21 DEC 2021	Pearl Harbor @ 80 Operation DESERT FOX
	61456	Vol. 12, Issue 4	21 JAN 2022	The Middle East After the Great War The Hussein Regime Ends
	61975	Vol. 12, Issue 5	15 FEB 2022	The Battle of Midway World War II Logistics in the Pacific Theater
	63130	Vol. 12, Issue 6	18 MAR 2022	The 38th Parallel The Super Bazooka
	63484	Vol. 12, Issue 7	20 APR 2022	The Red Ball Express SGT Stubby
	63688	Vol. 12, Issue 8	13 MAY 2022	The Great Flood of 2019 Cher Ami: Bird of Battle
	64220	Vol. 12, Issue 9	17 JUN 2022	Camp Lewis "Powder River, Let'er Buck!"
	65072	Vol. 12, Issue 12	15 SEP 2022	Battle of St. Mihiel, 1918

Volume XIII, Fiscal Year 2023

Note: Some issues of this volume were special editions only (1 - 3). As such they are displayed in the Special Editions section of the database.

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	66114	Vol. 13, Issue 4	23 JAN 2023	Supplying Europe During the World Wars
	66260	Vol. 13, Issue 5	14 FEB 2023	The Invention of the First Transportation Officer
	66470	Vol. 13, Issue 6	17 MAR 2023	The Logistics System of the Roman Armies
	66617	Vol. 13, Issue 7	24 APR 2023	Logistics of Napoleon's Army
	66750	Vol. 13, Issue 8	16 MAY 2023	The Mother of All Landings: Supplying OVERLORD
	66759	Vol. 13, Issue 8SE	16 MAY 2023	Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
	66925	Vol. 13, Issue 9	13 JUN 2023	The Rock Island Arsenal Museum
	67079	Vol. 13, Issue 10	21 JUL 2023	From a Red Ball to a Red Eye: The Berlin Airlift
	67435	Vol. 13, Issue 11	21 AUG 2023	Planning Gone Typical: The Schlieffen Plan
	67611	Vol. 13, Issue 12	22 SEP 2023	Before a Logistical Revolution: The Gulf War

Volume XIV, Fiscal Year 2024

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	67738	Vol. 14, Issue 1	13 OCT 2023	IOC to ASC: A Revolution of Military Logistics
	68422	Vol. 14, Issue 2	28 NOV 2023	Rock Island Prison Barracks at 160 Years
	68575	Vol. 14, Issue 3	15 DEC 2023	Field Support & Prepositioned Stocks: An Enduring Legacy
	69522	Vol. 14, Issue 4	26 JAN 2024	Weapon Systems Laboratories & Rodman Labs
	69802	Vol. 14, Issue 5	4 MAR 2024	“History is made everyday in this command.”
	71145	Vol. 14, Issue 7	17 MAY 2024	Critical Lessons Learned
	71444	Vol. 14, Issue 8	3 JUL 2024	Surpassing OVERLORD: Logistics & Operation DOWNFALL
	71644	Vol. 14, Issue 9	2 AUG 2024	Supplying the Spanish-American War The Sinking of the U.S.S. Maine
	71946	Vol. 14, Issue 10	4 SEP 2024	Antietam: The Battle That Changed the Nation Utilization of Enemy Equipment Stocks

Volume XV, Fiscal Year 2025

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	72039	Vol. 15, Issue 1	1 OCT 2024	The Hauntings of Leavenworth Kadena: A Gateway to More Than the East
	72270	Vol. 15, Issue 2	8 NOV 2024	Resolving Horror: Resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis Key Takeaway's From the Cuban Missile Crisis
	72355	Vol. 15, Issue 3	2 DEC 2024	Born in Conflict: The Modern Santa Claus
The following Newsletters are all Army 250th Birthday Special Editions (Click the title to read the full article)
	72584	Vol. 15, Issue 4	8 JAN 2025	Impact of the Enlightenment on the American Revolution

Rock Island Arsenal 160th Anniversary

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	61457	Vol. 12, Issue 4 SE	21 JAN 2022	The Battle of the Rock Island Rapids
	61976	Vol. 12, Issue 5 SE	15 FEB 2022	Fort Armstrong
	63130	Vol. 12, Issue 6 SE	16 MAR 2022	The Black Hawk War
	63403	Vol. 12, Issue 7 SE	18 APR 2022	The Bridges at Rock Island
	63689	Vol. 12, Issue 8 SE	17 MAY 2022	The Sentries of the Rock Island Prison Barracks
	64219	Vol. 12, Issue 9 SE	17 JUN 2022	Prominent Figures at Rock Island
	64375	Vol. 12, Issue 10 SE	7 JUL 2022	The Birth of a Grand National Arsenal
	64699	Vol. 12, Issue 11 SE	4 AUG 2022	A Short History of Quarters One
	65071	Vol. 12, Issue 12 SE	13 SEP 2022	A Road Tour of Rock Island Arsenal
	65185	Vol. 13, Issue 1 SE	13 OCT 2022	SGT Christiansen's Cannon and Rock Island Arsenal
	65646	Vol. 13, Issue 2 SE	18 NOV 2022	Army Materiel Command at Rock Island Arsenal
	65982	Vol. 13, Issue 3 SE	19 DEC 2022	Preservation of History of Rock Island Arsenal

COVID-19 Special Edition

Link	DVIDS ID	Publication	Date	Title
	56085	Vol. 10, Issue 6 SE1	30 MAR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 1)
	56086	Vol. 10, Issue 6 SE2	7 APR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 2)
	56087	Vol. 10, Issue 7 SE1	14 APR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 3)
	56088	Vol. 10, Issue 7 SE2	30 APR 2020	Rock Island Arsenal & Influenza (Part 4)
	56089	Vol. 10, Issue 7 SE3	7 MAY 2020	Sports & Influenza