DLA Distribution celebrates 25th Anniversary
This month marks the 25th Anniversary of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, a major subordinate command of DLA. Originally named Defense Distribution Center, DDC was officially stood up on October 1, 1997, in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania after a lengthy study of potential locations for the consolidated Defense Distribution Center headquarters. The first DDC commander, Major General (then Brigadier General) Kenneth L. Privratsky, USA, retired, reported for duty on Oct. 1, 1997. His mission was to create a single agency that could provide world-class distribution for the nation’s Warfighters.