DLA News Archive

Tag: Maintenance Repair and Operations

Jan. 24, 2018

Marine Corps range in Hawaii ‘transformed’ with DLA materials

PHILADELPHIA — Marines in Hawaii can now drive through simulated urban blocks lined with buildings that conceal moving targets they engage with their big guns. The Kaneohe Bay Gun Training Facility has been transformed into a combat training environment.

An M1A1 Abrams fires on targets as part of Getica Saber 2017 at the Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania. DLA-provided materials such as stones, concrete and lumber were used for projects to improve the JNTC during Resolute Castle 2017, an exercise to strengthen NATO forces’ capability to train and respond to threats within the region.

July 26, 2017

Engineers improve training center in Romania with DLA-provided materials

PHILADELPHIA — The MRO team at DLA Troop Support Europe and Africa provided stones, lumber, concrete and other materials used to improve the Joint National Training Center in Romania for Resolute Castle 2017, an exercise to strengthen NATO forces’ capability to train and respond to threats within the region.

Several Police Presence in a Box kits were transferred to Iraqi security forces July 3. The kits are the first of 100 that DLA Troop Support procured for Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve and will be transferred to ISF this summer. The kits include: a tent with a working space, furniture, lighting, water tanks, laptops, phones, GPS, weapons storage and checkpoint equipment.

July 18, 2017

DLA-procured police-presence kits delivered to Iraqi security forces

PHILADELPHIA — On the verge of victory in Mosul, Iraqi security forces received police equipment that they’ll use to protect their citizens. The first Police Presence in a Box kits were transferred to Iraqi security forces July 3 during a ceremony in Baghdad.

DLA Troop Support and the Construction and Equipment supply chain hosted industry partners March 4 in Philadelphia to discuss the Maintenance, Repair and Operations program.

March 16, 2016

Troop Support hosts C&E industry partners to boost MRO program

PHILADELPHIA — The Maintenance, Repair and Operations program is a case of the Construction & Equipment supply chain applying best commercial practices to support the warfighter, the agency director said March 4 in Philadelphia.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using a 65-ton crane provided by DLA Troop Support Pacific for hydraulic hoist maintenance on lift gates at the Albeni Falls Dam in Idaho. The dam converts river water into hydroelectricity, reduces floods and provides recreational activities.

July 28, 2015

Crane delivery helps lift support to USACE in Northwest

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Pacific recently provided the muscle for the heavy lifting required to help maintain the Albeni Falls Dam in Idaho.