DLA News Archive

Tag: packaging

Spc. Alexander Triska and Spc. Keith Manning of the 824th Quartermaster Company, secure a parachute to a container for aerial delivery at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 25, 2017. Aerial delivery operations are essential for getting supplies to troops in the Middle East when conventional means of transportation are not feasible. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Bratt)

June 15, 2017

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Central website — While the parachute riggers of the Army Reserve’s 824th Quartermaster Company may not include packing parachutes for Soldiers to jump out of perfectly good airplanes, the supplies and equipment they prepare for aerial delivery are no less vital to the survival of Soldiers.

Airmen with the 305th Aerial Port Squadron prepare a pallet of cargo at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 2, 2017. Mission essential cargo assembled by the Airmen is stored in the warehouse here prior to being shipped overseas.

June 7, 2017

MDL Airmen provide logistical support for operations overseas

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst website — Airmen of the 305th Aerial Port Squadron enable the mission essential function of logistical support for servicemembers and their families throughout the world.

Mike Crawford, Maryland Task Force 1 logistics manager for the Montgomery County Urban Search & Rescue Team, backs a Chevy HD 3500 pickup truck and boat trailer up the loading ramp and into the cargo compartment of a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 18, 2016, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Loadmasters from the 9th Airlift Squadron guided Crawford up the DOMOPS Airlift Modular Approach Shoring ramps, also known as DAMAS 26K. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

Oct. 25, 2016

Maryland Task Force 1 strives for seamless operations with Team Dover

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Dover Air Force Base website — Members from Maryland Task Force 1 trained with Airmen assigned to the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 436th Aerial Port Squadron and 9th Airlift Squadron, learning proper shipping documentation and packaging, vehicle weight and balance, as well as loading vehicles and equipment onto a C-5M Super Galaxy using the domestic operations Airlift Modular Approach Shoring, also known as DAMAS 26K.