Beyond Factory to Foxhole: DLA Transforms for a Contested Future
To bolster its sustainment capabilities and minimize the risk of failures during a prolonged conflict, DLA introduced the Global Resilience Initiative (GRI). GRI is a DLA-wide initiative designed to address sustainment gaps across DLA-managed classes of supply, procuring necessities like subsistence, individual combat equipment, packaged POL, construction materials for airfield and port damage repair, medical supplies, and materiel repair parts. Ultimately, GRI enables DLA to support the Joint Force during both "generating the force" (forward-positioning stocks for rapid response) and "sustaining the force" (maintaining a “warm” vendor base capable of quickly scaling up production to meet surge requirements).