DLA News Archive

May 4, 2022

Latvians gain insight on US Army logistics from LRC Italy

LERINO, Italy — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 405th Army Field Support Brigade website — Officials from the Latvian State Defense Logistics and Procurement Centre paid a visit to U.S. Army Garrison Italy recently to observe Army logistics at work and see what systems and processes the Army uses to receive, inventory and issue supplies and equipment.

Nov. 1, 2021

Logistics makes the mission go round

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — “Do you fly?” Undisputedly, the most commonly asked question an Airman receives when a civilian learns they are in the Air Force.

Oct. 13, 2020

Pentagon’s logistics agency plays key role in procuring, distributing limited pandemic supplies

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Department’s leading logistics agency is playing a key role in the national coronavirus response as it purchases and distributes desperately needed medical supplies for DOD and federal agencies.

July 23, 2020

Name, rank, service and badges will be more identifiable on OCP

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force website — OCP rank insignia, badges, name, and service tapes will now feature a lighter, three-color background pattern, versus the current seven-color pattern, to increase readability and ease rank recognition.

July 23, 2020

Army Greens slated to reach all installations by mid-2021

WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — Recruiters, drill sergeants, and initial entry trainees will be among the first to receive the new Army Green Service Uniform, as program officials look to distribute it to all installations by the middle of next fiscal year.

Oct. 3, 2019

Air Force on schedule with new uniform issue timeline

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — Trainees entering into Basic Military Training, or BMT, at the 37th Training Wing this week are the first group to be issued the new Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, uniforms.

July 22, 2019

Battlefield Sustainment on the Korean Peninsula

South Korea — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Since 1953, the Korean Peninsula has been under a United Nations Command (UNC)-led armistice between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). In order to maintain this armistice, Eighth Army has remained forward-deployed on the peninsula.

July 16, 2019

U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum lets uniforms tell modern Army history

FORT SILL, Okla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command website — As behind-the-scenes work on the U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum's new gallery creeps quietly forward, the museum at Fort Sill, Oklahoma tells an ever-more-complete story of the branch's history in uniforms.

June 6, 2019

DLA supports Marine recruits with quality clothing

Parris Island, South Carolina — Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina, turns recruits into Marines. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support understands service members’ pride in their image and takes pride of their own in providing high-quality uniforms to recruits journeying into military service.

May 10, 2019

Initial clothing issue office dresses trainees as Airmen

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — Scared, anxious and sleep deprived; between 300 and 400 trainees, many with freshly shaved heads from the barber located next door, pass through a brown brick building each week to receive their first sets of uniforms and clothing items they will need for life in the military.