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Aug. 28, 2023

Commentary: DLA’s support for the Abrams as involved, critical as ever

DLA Historian Colin Williams chronicles the agency's long and storied relationship with the Abrams tank, which it helped develop in the 1970s.

Sept. 8, 2022

Marine Officer Leads MPF Efforts

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marines website — In the small port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast of western Saudi Arabia, more than 600 vehicles and pieces of equipment were offloaded via a Maritime Prepositioning Force offload operation during exercise Native Fury 22. But how was Combat Logistics Regiment 1, the exercise's lead unit, able to acquire hundreds of thousands of pounds of equipment in order to meet mission requirements?

Aug. 8, 2022

F-15 becomes golden eagle assisted by Hill’s CMXG

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Hill Air Force Base website — Taking to the skies 50 years ago, the F-15 Eagle can now be called a Golden Eagle and the Ogden Air Logistics Complex’s 309th Commodities Maintenance Group continues to play a significant role in keeping it soaring.

Aug. 4, 2022

NAVSUP, mission partners in Europe support Kearsarge ARG’S logistics and maintenance periods

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the US Navy website — Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella’s (NAVSUP FLCSI) logisticians and contracting specialists, along with their mission partners, coordinated the maintenance scheduling and procurement and delivery of repair parts for several ships assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), in July 2022.

July 27, 2022

Preparation underway for turn-in of armored brigade’s worth of APS-2 issued after Ukraine invasion

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 405th Army Field Support Brigade website — The 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team is wrapping up its mission after about six months in Europe. The 1st ABCT conducted a no-notice deployment to Germany with nothing but their rucksacks and duffle bags on their backs, but was quickly outfitted with everything needed from Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 stored in Europe, to include Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, plus a lot more.

Sept. 22, 2021

Realignment of industrial hardware procurement to streamline support, yield savings

Transfer of the industrial hardware supply chain from Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support to DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime is expected to better align weapons system support and enable the agency to support growing missions of other defense and federal agencies.

Feb. 8, 2021

NAVSUP FLC Norfolk Conducts First of its Kind Repair Parts Analysis on LHD

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Navy website — When Commander, Naval Surface Forces Atlantic (SURFLANT) approached the Industrial Support Department at NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Norfolk about performing a pilot project adding a full Repair Parts Analysis Group (RAG) to an integrated logistics overhaul (ILO) scheduled for USS Wasp (LHA 1), the response was an enthusiastic “yes.”

Jan. 24, 2021

Longstanding partnership reduces part wait time, cost

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command website — A U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command partnership with an arm of the Defense Logistics Agency will significantly reduce delivery time on necessary parts while simultaneously saving millions of dollars.

Oct. 13, 2020

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

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 13, 2020

Beans, Bullets, Bandages and Care Packages - Fleet Logistics in the Indo-Pacific

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — The 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed fleet, with hundreds of ships, submarines and aircraft in the theater on any given day. That steady presence would not be possible without the responsive, resilient sustainment provided by the replenishment team at Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific / Task Force 73 and the Military Sealift Command’s Combat Logistics Force.