DLA News Archive

Tag: Hurricane season

Man stands facing mounds of debris under a blue sky

May 15, 2023

Agency prepares for 2023 hurricane season

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA made final preparations for the upcoming hurricane season during a Hurricane Academics forum May 10.

A female National Guard soldier carries boxes of food and water in support of hurricane victims.

June 10, 2020

DLA ready to support new hurricane season

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA’s Whole of Government Division supports federal and state agencies during natural disasters and provides items like medical supplies, firefighting equipment, construction materials and fuel during crisis situations.

Commodities at FEMA's Caribbean Distribution Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May, 30, 2018.

May 20, 2020

DLA Troop Support gets hurricane-ready amid COVID-19 response

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support stands ready to support federal partners as the 2020 hurricane season approaches amid COVID-19.

Ben Stoline, a forklift mechanic for DLA Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, remembers Hurricane Isabel’s blow to his home and community 16 years later. Ben leans against a forklift.

Sept. 17, 2019

16 years later: DLA Distribution forklift mechanic remembers Hurricane Isabel

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Ben Stoline, a forklift mechanic for DLA Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, remembers Hurricane Isabel’s blow to his home and community 16 years later.

Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support Commander, center, speaks to participants during an exercise at DLA Troop Support May 28, 2019 in Philadelphia.

June 5, 2019

Troop Support, federal partners prepare for hurricane season

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a two-day tabletop exercise to prepare for the 2019 hurricane season May 28-29.

William Bullock, Sr., emergency manager, DLA Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia (standing) facilitates a hurricane emergency tabletop exercise with employees who make up the Defense Supply Center Richmond Emergency Management and Crisis Management Teams July 20, 2017. The exercise brought key installation personnel together who would work to secure the base, perform emergency communications, respond to cleanup efforts and make sure mission essential functions and aviation logistics support continue to our nation’s warfighters in the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster.

July 25, 2017

Emergency exercise keeps installation prepared, ready to support the warfighter during hurricanes, other disasters

RIchmond, Va. — A hurricane emergency tabletop exercise took place July 20 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Its purpose was to bring key installation personnel together.