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Oct. 2, 2017
DLA San Joaquin’s IT Contingency team members provide crucial communications to hurricane relief efforts
TRACY, Calif. — Preparation was key to the successful deployment of two DLA Information Operations Contingency Information Technology Support team members from DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California, during DLA’s current humanitarian efforts for hurricane relief.
Sept. 29, 2017
DoD Continues Support in Hurricane-Ravaged Areas
WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — The Defense Department is continuing relief operations in areas of the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and on the island of Dominica, which were stricken by hurricanes in recent weeks, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Red River’s Expeditionary team assists hurricane victims
RED RIVER, Texas — The DLA Distribution Red River, Texas, Expeditionary team makes up one-third of the DLA Distribution Expeditionary team. The other two-thirds are located at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California.
Sept. 28, 2017
DLA Distribution senior leaders visit DSCC
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Commander Army Brig. Gen. John Laskodi and members of his command staff toured the Defense Supply Center Columbus during a Sept. 26 operational assessment.
Installation Support hosts Preparedness Training
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In support of National Preparedness Month, DLA Installation Support at Susquehanna’s Security and Emergency Services conducted a Preparedness Training session at DLA Distribution headquarters on September 19.
Sept. 27, 2017
Distribution Warner Robins aids cot storage and distribution mission in support of Hurricane Irma
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — When DLA Distribution Warner Robins, Georgia, received the call that the Georgia Army National Guard’s 277th Maintenance Company needed assistance receiving and storing cots slated for Hurricane Irma evacuees, the answer was a resounding yes.
Sept. 26, 2017
DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas Bounces Back from Hurricane Harvey
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas is bouncing back from wind damage sustained from Hurricane Harvey, a category-4 hurricane that formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in southeastern Texas with wind speeds of up to 130 miles per hour. In the days following the hurricane, rain added another element of destruction to the already damaged area.
Sept. 25, 2017
Eye on the ground: A look inside Distribution’s Expeditionary Team’s hurricane support
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Before the 2017 hurricane season, DLA Distribution had never had all three expeditionary teams deployed simultaneously in support of a natural disaster. They worked together on deployments in Afghanistan but never for a FEMA response.
Sept. 22, 2017
Distribution Transportation Team ensures meals, water and other supplies delivered to those affected by hurricanes
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Every March, the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Headquarters Transportation Team works with Surface Deployment and Distribution Command on DLA/FEMA requirements to prepare a solicitation to the carrier industry for disaster support rates. When FEMA requirements are sent, the team utilizes the carriers and rates from this solicitation to quickly position supplies at the FEMA staging locations.
Distribution celebrates 70 years of the Air Force “Breaking Barriers”
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — On Sept. 18, the DLA Distribution team came together to celebrates the United States Air Force’s 70th birthday.