DLA News Archive

Tag: humanitarian aid

Airmen from the 123rd Contingency Response Group head toward aircraft at the Louisville International Airport, Louisville, Kentucky.

July 1, 2017

Fort Belvoir, VA — Natural disasters, outbreaks of disease and large human migrations are all supported by DLA through teams of volunteers who stand ready to deploy around the world.

Operation Christmas Drop volunteers pack boxes Dec. 3, 2016, at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Over 200 volunteers packed clothes, rice, fish hooks, school supplies and more to be dropped over 50 islands throughout the Pacific.

Dec. 12, 2016

Operation Christmas Drop: Behind the Scenes

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Pacific Command website — The longest running humanitarian aid/disaster relief has kicked off on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam on Dec. 6. In order for the mission to come to fruition, months of hard work went into making it happen.

DLA Distribution Europe commander Army Lt. Col. Krista Hoffman signs the last official receipt for the Intermediate Staging Base in Incirlik, Turkey, alongside Matt Merrill, chief of Operations Division, far left, Richard Holland, accountable officer, back center, and Derrick White, chief of Inventory Division, far right.

Feb. 10, 2016

DLA Distribution Europe supports Turkey humanitarian mission virtually

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — To facilitate the delivery of humanitarian supplies to millions of Syrian refugees in Turkey and surrounding areas, DLA Distribution Europe, located in Germersheim, Germany, had to verify and receipt materiel virtually- a first for DLA Distribution.

U.S. Service members with the Joint Task Force 505 prepare boxes of aid and relief supplies to be loaded onto an aircraft at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 14, in order for the supplies to be delivered to remote locations during Operation Sahayogi Haat. JTF 505 along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations are currently in Nepal providing aid after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, April 25 and a 7.3 earthquake on May 12. At Nepal’s request the U.S. government ordered JTF 505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Staff Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson/Released)

May 15, 2015

DLA Energy supports relief efforts in Nepal

Nepal — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy is providing fuel-related support to Nepal following the April 25 and subsequent May 12 earthquakes.