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April 17, 2020
DLA Distribution San Diego providing mission essential support to national fight against COVID-19
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Employees with the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego are providing mission essential support to the ongoing national fight against COVID-19 by providing critical supplies to the USNS MERCY currently docked at the Port of Los Angeles. The ship and its medical crew were deployed to alleviate the load on the local healthcare system by taking onboard non-COVID-19 patients.
April 16, 2020
DLA Disposition Services makes excess military items available for COVID-19 response
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Government organizations and nationwide hospitals are getting valuable assets to confront the coronavirus pandemic from a Defense Department asset that manages the military’s excess equipment.
April 15, 2020
DLA Research & Development supporting COVID-19 response with face shields, advanced manufacturing
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency will deliver 11,000 face shields to New York City medical workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 response by coupling a novel acquisition approach and one of DLA’s Research & Development projects using advanced manufacturing technology.
April 14, 2020
DLA Energy maintains fuel quality with modified procedures
Quality assurance representatives at DLA Energy are modifying procedures to ensure military fuel remains on-spec during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are closely synchronizing fuel movements with suppliers, and in some cases where there is an acceptable level of risk to the supply chain, using remote oversight methods to overcome restricted travel and social distancing requirements.
DLA Aviation monitors, expands contract to include COVID-19 combatants
RICHMOND, Va. — In February, DLA Aviation started looking at its chemical, petroleum, oils and lubricants contract with Science Applications International Corporation to review products available to fight the spread of the coronavirus.
April 13, 2020
Agency locates 47,000 excess N95 masks for Coast Guard responders
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A respirator lot was retrieved by DLA Disposition Services personnel from an excess property contract sales warehouse where they had been sent prior to the coronavirus outbreak.
Teamwork provides protective masks quickly
ALBANY, Georgia — Quick efforts by elements of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Transportation Command moved 154,000 N95 masks from storage at Albany, Georgia, to make them available to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services or the military in their response to COVID-19.
April 10, 2020
Scholarships available for students of Defense Logistics Agency employees
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA Foundation is offering scholarships to students who have a close family connection to a current or past civilian or military Defense Logistics Agency employee.
Aviation signs contract to certify engine part built through additive manufacturing process for airworthiness
RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, the Air Force and General Electric signed a contract March 17 to construct and evaluate an engine part for airworthiness produced using additive manufacturing processes. It is a first for DLA and the Air Force.
April 7, 2020
Logistics data experts help fight against COVID-19
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — It takes a lot of supplies and many types of equipment to fight a pandemic. Recently, logistics data experts at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Logistics Information Services used their skills to help customers find materials they need to battle the COVID-19 virus.
San Joaquin employees rising to the occasion despite global pandemic
TRACY, Calif. — The men and women of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, are a resilient workforce and understand the importance of providing world-class support to the warfighters and first responders during this coronavirus pandemic. The team is working in unison with U.S. Northern Command, in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who is leading the federal government response to COVID-19 efforts in the continental United States.
School district uses excess Guard trucks to deliver meals
Battle Creek, Mich. — Pennsylvania’s West Mifflin Area School District is dishing out 800 meals daily with trucks acquired for free through DLA.
April 6, 2020
DLA taking the pulse of industry during COVID-19
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA is reaching out to take the pulse of industry and offering support as defense companies respond to coronavirus disruptions.
April 5, 2020
DLA Distribution’s Current Operations team ships Passover/Easter ceremonial items to overseas troops
For more than 20 years DLA has been involved with the yearly distribution of ashes, wine and palm leaves to as many as 50 foreign locations. Whether attending Easter mass in a tent in Afghanistan or Passover service on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Bennage says chances are DLA was in some way involved in the process.
April 3, 2020
DLA Rapid Deployment Team supports ARNORTH units mobilizing to combat COVID-19
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A Defense Logistics Agency Rapid Deployment Team is supporting U.S. Army North as it determines requirements for medical and logistics support units mobilizing to assist in the Defense Department’s response to the nationwide spread of COVID-19.
N95 masks ship to healthcare providers
Battle Creek, Michigan — DLA Disposition Services at Okinawa employees prepare nine pallets of excess military N95 respirators for priority shipment to U.S. healthcare providers battling the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
April 2, 2020
DLA Distribution Europe helps provide Red Cross comfort kits
GERMERSHEIM, Germany — As leaders worldwide declare “war” against COVID-19, DLA Distribution Europe supports the EUCOM effort against the pandemic.
April 1, 2020
DLA’s Warstopper Program makes medical supplies available for COVID-19 response
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — DLA is supporting the nation’s COVID-19 response with direly needed supplies like ventilators and face masks through medical readiness contracts that are part of its Warstopper Program.
March 31, 2020
DLA Distribution Norfolk provides mission support to USNS Comfort bound for NYC
NORFOLK, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Virginia’s support to USNS Comfort load out and support to the COVID-19 Medical Mission is DDNV’s No. 1 priority.
March 25, 2020
Disposal specialist aids Italy’s pandemic fight
Battle Creek, Mich. — A longtime agency veteran is coordinating civil protection volunteers in Sicily.
Agency provides wellness resources during pandemic
Fort Belvoir, Virginia — As the coronavirus disease spreads, many DLA employees are anxious and uncertain about the future. DLA's EAP staff provides resources for employees and their families to help manage stress.
March 20, 2020
Agency answers call for medical equipment
Battle Creek, Michigan — The employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services locations have a long history of making excess military equipment available to help those dealing with emergencies and natural disasters, and the COVID-19 response is no exception.
Customer operations support extends to Fort Rucker
Richmond, Va. — The mission of supporting the warfighter through interagency sustainment has been embodied to the fullest by members of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Richmond, Virginia’s customer service specialists.
March 19, 2020
Data, analytics community discusses priorities at recent summit
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Members of DLA's data and analytics community discuss the prioritization of requirements, capabilities, challenges and the future of DLA data as new technologies emerge during the Data and Analytics Strategy Summit.
March 18, 2020
DLA liaison provides logistics support to SPACECOM, Space Force
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Equipping the new service and combatant command dedicated to protecting U.S. and allied interests in space will require the Defense Logistics Agency to be flexible and open to change.