DLA News Archive

May 4, 2021

Philadelphia-based DoD agency delivers life-saving COVID-19 medical supplies to India

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia-based government agency is enabling support to India through the acquisition of medical supplies as part of the Defense Logistics Agency’s effort to help meet urgent health needs there. DLA Troop Support, located in northeast Philadelphia, worked with interagency partners to coordinate two shipments of supplies from Travis Air Force Base, California, April 28 and 29 that included 702,400 test kits and 84,000 N95 masks so far. A third shipment third with oxygen concentrators, additional test kits and N95 masks left April 30, and a fourth shipment is scheduled to arrive in India today. Planning is ongoing for additional flights to send more supplies.

April 30, 2021

DLA provides critical supplies to USAID for India pandemic response

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Rapid COVID-19 tests and N95 masks are among initial supplies from the Defense Logistics Agency being flown to India as part of the U.S. government’s effort to help meet urgent health needs there.

April 21, 2021

DLA Aviation logistics ops center vital to warfighter support during pandemic

RICHMOND, VA — The Aviation Logistics Operations Center has been a hub for Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s warfighter support during the COVID-19 pandemic by overseeing over a dozen functions ranging from monitoring weapons system readiness to developing logistics plans that support every combatant command.

April 20, 2021

DLA team supports DOD vaccination plan at DHA Headquarters

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees from DLA Headquarters and DLA Distribution support DOD's COVID-19 vaccine rollout with daily help from teams at DLA major subordinate commands.

April 15, 2021

DLA prepared to increase overseas vaccine distribution as DOD allotment grows

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA is helping military health officials prepare for a surge in COVID-19 vaccinations available to the Defense Department starting this month.

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.

March 25, 2021

DLA Distribution San Joaquin employees receive first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

TRACY, Calif. — Mission essential workers at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, continue to work on-site during the pandemic, providing mission and COVID-19 support to the warfighter and federal partners. In a move toward normalcy, over 480 of them received their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine March 16-18.

March 18, 2021

DLA Distribution delivers Johnson & Johnson vaccines to overseas troops

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Logistics Agency started receiving and shipping Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine to overseas troops just days after the U.S Food and Drug Administration announced the emergency-use authorization Feb. 27.

March 15, 2021

RDT White sharpens skills while assisting ARNORTH’s support to federal vaccination efforts

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A Defense Logistics Agency Rapid Deployment Team is ready to support the upcoming hurricane season and other emergencies or contingencies after a month of assisting U.S. Army North in its initial deployment of service members to state-run vaccination centers throughout the nation.

March 10, 2021

DLA Distribution Yokosuka ships COVID-19 vaccines to troops on Diego Garcia

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, is supporting the federal response to COVID-19 by distributing vaccines and ancillary kits to troops at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in an on-going mission that began Feb. 8.