History
Illustration above. After being deployed to Vietnam and settling into their base camp at Long Binh, they met SFC Grady Shoemaker, who used to tell the young recruits, "I'm going to bring smoke on you young bucks". SFC Shoemaker became known as "smoke bringer" and was later promoted to 1st Sgt. So the second half of their company name was created, " Smoke Bringers". Also in this company of men was a talented reservist named Tommy Cooper who was able to draw their company logo as seen above.
Lineage
Constituted 10 March 1922 in the Organized Reserves as Motor Transport Company No. 593
Organized about November 1922 in New York, New York
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as the 593d Motor Transport Company
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1936 as Company I, 3d Battalion, 472d Quartermaster Truck Regiment
Ordered into active military service 15 February 1943 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 3729th Quartermaster Truck Company
Inactivated 19 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Converted and redesignated 1 Augusta 1946 as the 3729th Transportation Corps Truck Company
Redesignated 19 May 1947 as the 319th Transportation Truck Company
Activated 1 June 1947 at Albany, Georgia
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 1 April 1950 at Albany, Georgia
Activated 1 January 1951 at Savannah, Georgia
Inactivated 1 February 1952 at Savannah, Georgia
Redesignated 18 July 1955 as the 319th Transportation Company
Activated 29 July 1955 at Macon, Georgia
Location changed 1 February 1957 to Cartersville, Georgia
Inactivated 15 November 1957 at Cartersville, Georgia
Activated 1 June 1959 at Fort Valley, Georgia
Location changed 1 November 1959 to Albany, Georgia
Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Albany, Georgia; released from active military service 12 Augusta 1962 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 31 December 1965 to Augusta, Georgia
Ordered into active military service 13 May 1968 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 19 Augusta 1969 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 17 November 1990 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 2 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Element ordered into active military service 1 November 2002 at Augusta, Georgia; remainder of company ordered into active military service 16 January 2003 at Augusta, Georgia
Element released form active military service 31 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status; remainder of company released from active military service 15 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 30 March 2010 at Augusta, Georgia; released from active military service 3 May 2011 and reverted to reserve status
