DLA News Archive

Tag: masks

Feb. 22, 2022

DLA packs, ships COVID-19 tests for White House mission

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Logistics Agency has been working with the U.S. Postal Service since mid-January to pack and distribute 500 million free COVID-19 at-home tests to American households.

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Irely Garcia, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), puts donated food items into boxes at the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, in Norfolk, Va., April 1, 2021. As part of President Joe Biden’s strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support provided more than 400,000 adult and youth face masks to 16 local community centers, including foodbanks, in Philadelphia in May.

June 14, 2021

DLA Troop Support provides masks to Philadelphia community centers

PHILADELPHIA — As part of President Joe Biden’s strategy to stop the spread of COVID-19, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support provided over 400,000 adult and youth face masks in May to 16 Philadelphia community centers.

Chris Orth, a production control worker at Defense Logistics Agency Susquehanna in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, transports the initial shipment of children’s cloth masks April 9, 2021, as part of a White House effort to deliver 25 million masks to food banks and community health centers.

May 3, 2021

Clothing and Textiles works overtime to support White House masks mission

PHILADELPHIA — To provide more than 25 million cloth face masks to communities hard-hit by the pandemic, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles team members expedited contracting processes and worked hundreds of overtime hours.

April 15, 2021

DLA supports White House effort to supply masks for low-income communities

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Logistics Agency is working with the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture to provide more than 25 million cloth masks to low-income communities.

U.S. Air Force Airmen 1st Class Brett Woods from the 158th Fighter Wing, Vermont Air National Guard, maneuvers a forklift at the Strategic National Stockpile warehouse in Colchester, Vermont, August 27, 2020. The Defense Logistics Agency is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to replenish the nearly depleted SNS with personal protective equipment as the nation continues responding to COVID-19.

Sept. 14, 2020

DLA helps federal partners replenish national stockpile of personal protective equipment

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services to replenish the nearly depleted Strategic National Stockpile with personal protective equipment as the nation continues responding to COVID-19.

Nov. 7, 2018

Guard oxygen Airmen help 176th Wing aircrew breathe easy

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 176th Wing website — Alaska Air National Guard aircrew flight equipment oxygen Airmen help 176th Wing aircrew breathe easy.

July 12, 2018

Fit to fight, fitted for flight

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — The overall mission of the U.S. Air Force is to Fly, Fight and Win. In order to carry out that mission, every plane and pilot must be equipped and ready for any situation. Aircrew Flight Equipment is one of the many units that ensure the safety and success of Air Force flying missions.

California Guard members on duty at height of October fires

Oct. 30, 2017

Cal Guard’s 49th Military Police Brigade brings 1,900-plus into California inferno

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Even with the 49th Military Police Brigade's storied career – one of multiple successful overseas deployments and a current homeland security mission – this California Army National Guard unit has never witnessed a natural disaster so destructive as October's fire inferno in Northern California.