The Defense Logistics Agency is providing much needed personal protective equipment and test supplies to state and local hotspots as COVID-19 cases continue rising in the U.S. The DLA Troop Support medical team worked with DLA Distribution during the July 4 holiday to fulfill multiple requests for items used at test sites in Texas, Florida and Louisiana.

The Defense Logistics Agency is shipping a second 7-day supply of COVID-19 personal protective equipment to support staff and residents at over 15,000 nursing homes nationwide after completing delivery of $67 million worth of equipment June 12.

Providing easy-to-prepare meals and rations has been a major part of the Defense Logistics Agency’s COVID-19 response as dining facilities closed, troops were quarantined and military units rushed to restock shelves during the worldwide pandemic. DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain developed five new individual meal kits in March for customers of closed dining facilities at Fort Jackson and the Naval Weapons Station in South Carolina.

U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Germany are saying, “Guten Tag,” or “Hello,” to a brand new food truck. The latest Army Culinary Outpost food truck is the first one shipped overseas, according to Dean Schoendorfer, integrated support team chief within the Subsistence supply chain’s Food Equipment branch at DLA Troop Support. A grand opening for the truck was scheduled for May 29 at the truck’s new home, the U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command.

Defense leaders presented the Space Force flag to President Donald J. Trump May 15 at the White House in Washington, D.C. The flag was created at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support flag room in Philadelphia. The flag represents the newly created armed service, and will hang alongside those of the other military services at the White House.