DLA News Archive

Tag: red team

May 15, 2020

DLA Aviation lends one of its own to national COVID-19 response

RICHMOND, Va. — A Defense Logistics Agency contracting officer with firsthand experience responding to a crisis is helping the agency’s Rapid Deployment Blue Team support U.S. Army North medical and logistics units responding to COVID-19.

Members of DLA’s rapid deployment Red Team brave the gas chamber to conduct a functions test on personal protective equipment during nuclear, biological and chemical training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Jan. 16-20.

May 4, 2020

DLA rapid deployment teams ready to provide emergency logistics support

RICHMOND, Va. — Three Defense Logistics Agency Rapid Deployment Teams stand ready to help military and federal agencies supporting global emergencies like humanitarian assistance and pandemic response. Employees on the cross-functional, 13-member red, white and blue teams are trained to immediately deploy wherever they’re needed.

A group of men and women from the DLA RDT Red and White Teams pose in front of a tank during training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

Jan. 13, 2020

Rapid deployment team members ready to support operations in 2020

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency’s Rapid Deployment Teams support federal agencies during exercises and real-world scenarios including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. In November and December 2019, the teams of subject matter experts from across the enterprise trained for 2020 operations.