NEW DLA CHARTER OUTLINES AGENCY'S AUTHORITIES
A new Department of Defense document outlines the Defense Logistics Agency’s mission as assigned by law.
The charter, DoD Directive 5105.22, is an update to the 2006 version and identifies DLA as the department’s executive agent for numerous classes of supply and includes newer authorities, such as nuclear enterprise sustainment and retail support at military industrial sites.
“Many of our customers look to this document when they want to learn about what DLA can offer them and what DLA has the authority to do, so it’s an important way of keeping them informed,” said Mike Perozziello, chief of DLA Transformation’s Strategic Initiatives and Governance Division.
— Beth Reece
DLA Public Affairs
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ENGINEERS IMPROVE TRAINING CENTER IN ROMANIA WITH DLA-PROVIDED MATERIALS
Military engineers are improving the Joint National Training Center in Romania with materials largely provided through the Defense Logistics Agency. 
“Behind me you can see what I think will be soon known in the Romanian army and throughout the Black Sea Region as the best mounted gunnery range in this part of Europe,” said Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army Europe commander, while visiting the JNTC in Cincu July 14.
Hodges referred to the non-standard live-fire range at the JNTC, which will allow a tank platoon to conduct shoot and move live-fire exercises on five lanes, according to a release from the 926th Engineer Brigade.
The work is underway as part of Resolute Castle 2017, an exercise to strengthen NATO forces’ capability to train and respond to threats within the region.
The stones, lumber, rebar, concrete, hardware and other materials used to improve the training center’s infrastructure were provided through DLA’s Maintenance, Repair and Operations program, said Ada “Cathy” Torres Vega, a contracting officer with DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
— Mike Tuttle
DLA Troop Support Public Affairs
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MILITARY COMPUTERS GO TO SCHOOL
Computers once used by the U.S. military are now in the hands of Georgia middle and high school students thanks to a program administered by Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.
Irwin County Schools in Georgia has received 45 computers through Computers For Learning. The computers were first turned over to DLA Disposition Services at Warner Robins from Moody Air Force Base personnel.
The program allows DLA to pass on excess computers no longer needed by the military to school districts for use by their students.
Jose Perez, a disposal specialist at Warner Robins, helped the transfer take place.
“Any time cutting-edge technology in serviceable condition can be legitimately transferred to an educational institution is a win,” Perez said. “The schools get computers at no cost and DLA avoids any associated costs with additional required disposal actions.”
— Jeff Landenberger
DLA Disposition Services Public Affairs
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DLA-PROCURED POLICE-PRESENCE KITS DELIVERED TO IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
On the verge of victory in Mosul, Iraqi security forces received police equipment that they’ll use to protect their citizens.
The first Police Presence in a Box kits were transferred to Iraqi security forces July 3 during a ceremony in Baghdad. The Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve transferred the kits after procuring them through Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support.
The kits are “temporary stations that provide a local police force with the equipment necessary to establish themselves in areas where [Islamic State group] has destroyed their infrastructure,” said Canadian Brig. Gen. David Anderson, the multinational task force’s director of partner force development and ministerial liaison team, during a press briefing July 6.
The kits in this batch are the first of 100 that will be transferred this summer.
“The imminent liberation of Mosul rids Iraq of ISIS and sets conditions for political reconciliation,” Anderson said. “The coalition’s role in preparing for what comes after ISIS is to train and equip hold forces and area security forces so stabilization can occur.”
— Mike Tuttle
DLA Troop Support Public Affairs
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