Aberdeen was the center of the Ordnance branch for 68 years, until 2008. Schooling for Ordnance officers and enlisted personnel was consolidated in 1940 in The Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (shown in 1941). Although, each colony developed a militia system in which members were required to provide their own weapons and initial amount of gunpowder and shot, colonial Ordnance officials provided a logistical depth for any type of sustained operations. His responsibility was to deliver powder and ammunition to selected towns, recover weapons from militia members, receive payment from those who lost weapons, and provide periodic reports to government officials to guide the purchase of firearms, powder, and shot. Just sixteen years later, the Massachusetts Bay Colony had a permanent Surveyor of Ordnance. In 1629, the Massachusetts Bay Colony appointed Samuel Sharpe as the first Master Gunner of Ordnance.
However, the duties and responsibilities of the profession date back to the colonial era.
The Ordnance Branch is one of the oldest branches of the U.S.
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