Defense Logistics Agency
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Formed | 1961 |
Headquarters | Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
Employees | 26,000[1] |
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Parent department | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment |
Website | www.dla.mil |
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a combat support agency in the United States Department of Defense (DoD), with more than 26,000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world. Located in 48 states and 28 countries, DLA provides supplies to the military services and supports their acquisition of weapons, fuel, repair parts, and other materials.[2] The agency also disposes of excess or unusable equipment through various programs.
Through other U.S. federal agencies, DLA also helps provide relief supplies to victims of natural disasters, as well as humanitarian aid to refugees and internally displaced persons.
Structure
DLA is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.[3] contains numerous offices responsible for supporting the overall agency.
The agency has several major subordinate activities operating in the field:
- DLA Aviation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, primarily supplies aircraft parts and expertise.
- DLA Disposition Services, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, helps the military dispose of excess items. In addition to typical military items, such as vehicles and uniforms, Disposition Services also helps the military donate computers to primary schools, through the DoD Computers for Learning program.[4]
- DLA Distribution, headquartered in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, transports and stores items for DoD and other customers.[5]
- DLA Energy provides fuel for aircraft, ships, the U.S. space program, and for commercial space exploration.[6] It has also provided helium for the U.S. Border Patrol surveillance aerostats.[7]
- DLA Troop Support, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, supplies uniforms, meals, medical supplies, construction equipment, and other items to deployed military members. It also supports the U.S. Department of Agriculture and helps provide fresh fruits and vegetables for some U.S. primary schools and eligible Indian reservations.[8][9]
- DLA Land and Maritime, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, provides parts and maintenance for military ground vehicles and some ships.
DLA also operates three full-time organizations embedded with three Combatant Commands (COCOMs) of the U.S. military: DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM, DLA Europe & Africa, and DLA Indo-Pacific.
DLA Police
DLA has its own police department that provides police services (patrol, minor investigations, traffic enforcement) physical security, emergency response, access control, alarm response and counter-terrorism protection.[10][11]
Organisation and Training
DLA Police Officers are federal police officers who were trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centre (FLETC) (in Georgia) or at the Army Civilian Police Academy (ACPA) (in Missouri) and then further on-the-job training.[12]
During the first year, officers have 11 weeks of intensive training in the Uniformed Police Training Program (UPTP) (provided by the FLETC), or a 9-week course at the ACPA. Then, after graduation from FLETC, officers will continue to develop skills through additional in-service training.[13]
Uniform and Equipment
DLA Police Officers wear a dark-blue typical city-style police uniform and are armed with a SIG Sauer M17 pistol along with a Benelli M4 patrol shotgun. They also have expandable batons, radios, spare magazines, and handcuffs.
History
Origins, 1941–1954
The seeds of the DLA were planted in
After the war, the call grew louder for more complete coordination throughout the whole field of supply—including storage, distribution, transportation, and other aspects of supply. In 1947, there were seven supply systems in the Army, plus an Air Technical Service Command, and 18 systems in the Navy, including the quartermaster of the
The Munitions Board was not as successful as hoped in eliminating duplication among the services in the supply area.
Integrated management began in 1958 with the formation of the Armed Forces Supply Support Center. For the first time, all the military services bought, stored, and issued items using a common nomenclature. The Defense Department and the services defined the material that would be managed on an integrated basis as "consumables", meaning supplies that are not repairable or are consumed in normal use. Consumable items, also called commodities were assigned to one military service to manage for all the services.
Early history, 1955–1961
The pressure for consolidation continued. In July 1955, the second Hoover Commission recommended centralizing management of common military logistics support and introducing uniform financial management practices. It also recommended that a separate and completely civilian-managed agency be created with the Defense Department to administer all military common supply and service activities. The military services feared that such an agency would be less responsive to military requirements and jeopardize the success of military operations. Congress, however, remained concerned about the Hoover Commission's indictment of waste and inefficiencies in the military services. To avoid having Congress take the matter away from the military entirely, DoD reversed its position. The solution proposed and approved by the Secretary of Defense was to appoint "single managers" for a selected group of common supply and service activities.
Under a Defense directive approved by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Supply and Logistics, the Secretary of Defense would formally appoint one of the three service secretaries as single manager for selected group of commodities or common service activities. The Army managed food and clothing; the Navy managed medical supplies, petroleum, and industrial parts; and the Air Force managed electronic items. In each category, the single manager was able to reduce his investment by centralizing wholesale stocks, and to simplify the supply process by persuading the services to adopt the same standard items. Over a six-year period, the single manager agencies reduced their item assignments by about 9,000, or 20 percent, and their inventories by about $800 million, or 30 percent. Proposals were soon made to extend this concept to other commodities. The single manager concept was the most significant advance toward integrated supply management within DoD or the military services since World War II.
The Defense Cataloging and Standardization Act led to the creation of the first Federal Catalog, completed in 1956. The federal catalog system provided an organized and systematic approach for describing an item of supply, assigning and recording a unique identifying number, and providing information on the item to the system's users. The initial catalog, containing about 3.5 million items, was a rough draft, full of duplications and errors, but it effectively highlighted the areas where standardization was feasible and necessary.
Defense Supply Agency, 1961–1977
When Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara assumed office in the spring of 1961, the first generation of single managers were handling roughly 39,000 items by procedures with which the Services had become familiar. Yet, it was clear that the single manager concept, though successful, did not provide the uniform procedures that the Hoover Commission had recommended. Each single manager operated under the procedures of its parent service, and customers had to use as many sets of procedures as there were commodity managers. Secretary McNamara was convinced that the problem required some kind of an organizational arrangement to "manage the managers". On March 23, 1961, he convened a panel of high-ranking Defense officials, and directed them to study alternative plans for improving DOD-wide organization for integrated supply management, a task designated as "Project 100." The committee's report highlighted the principal weaknesses of the multiple-single-manager supply system.
After much debate among the service chiefs and secretaries, on August 31, 1961, Secretary McNamara announced the establishment of a separate common supply and service agency known as the Defense Supply Agency (DSA). The new agency was formally established on October 1, 1961, under the command of
When the agency formally began operations on January 1, 1962, it controlled six commodity-type and two service-type single managers: Defense Clothing & Textile Supply Center, (formerly the
During the first six months, two additional single managers—the Defense Industrial Supply Center in Philadelphia and the Defense Automotive Supply Center in Detroit, Michigan—came under DSA control, as did the Defense Electronic Supply Center, Dayton, Ohio. By July 1, 1962, the agency included 11 field organizations, employed 16,500 people, and managed 45 facilities. The Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center, a new activity, was established under the agency in March 1963 to handle storage, repair, and redistribution of idle equipment. By late June 1963 the agency was managing over one million different items in nine supply centers with an estimated inventory of $2.5 billion. On July 1, 1965, the Defense Subsistence Supply Center, Defense Clothing Supply Center, and Defense Medical Supply Center were merged to form the Defense Personnel Support Center in Philadelphia.
The DSA was tested almost immediately with the
As the buildup continued in Southeast Asia, on 1 January 1963, the agency acquired Army general depots at Columbus, Ohio, and Tracy, California, and the Navy depot at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Acquisition of Army depots at Memphis, Tennessee, and Ogden, Utah, on January 1, 1964, completed the DSA depot network.
In addition to the depot mission, the agency became responsible for administering most Defense contracts—both those awarded by DSA and by the military services. In 1965, the Defense Department consolidated most of the contract administration activities of the military services to avoid duplication of effort and provide uniform procedures in administering contracts. Officials established the Defense Contract Administration Services (DCAS) within DSA to manage the consolidated functions. The agency's new contract administration mission gave it responsibility for the performance of most defense contractors, including some new weapon systems and their components. Yet, the services retained contract administration of state-of-the-art weapon systems.
The expanded contract administration mission significantly altered the shape of DSA. The agency that had begun operations three years earlier with more than 90 percent of its resources devoted to supply operations had evolved to one almost evenly divided between supply support and logistics services. As part of a streamlining effort, in 1975, the eleven DCAS regions were reduced to nine. The following year, officials reorganized the DCAS field structure to eliminate the intermediate command supervisory levels known as DCAS districts.
As the move to consolidate Defense contracting progressed, a congressional report in 1972 recommended centralizing the disposal of DoD property for better accountability. In response, on September 12, 1972, DSA established the Defense Property Disposal Service (later renamed the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service) at the Michigan Battle Creek Federal Center, (now renamed the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center) as a primary-level field activity.
During 1972 and 1973, the agency's responsibilities extended overseas when it assumed responsibility for defense overseas property disposal operations and worldwide procurement, management, and distribution of coal and bulk petroleum products (1972), and worldwide management of food items for troop feeding and in support of commissaries (1973). One dramatic example of the agency's overseas support role was during the Middle East crisis in October 1973 when it was called upon to deliver, on an urgent basis, a wide range of vitally needed military equipment. Responsibilities for subsistence management were expanded in 1976 and 1977 with improvements required in the current wholesale management system and the assumption of major responsibilities in the DoD Food Service Program. By 1977, the agency had expanded from an agency that administered a handful of single manager supply agencies to one that had a dominant role in logistics functions throughout the Defense Department.
Defense Logistics Agency, since 1977
In recognition of 16 years of growth and greatly expanded responsibilities, on January 1, 1977, officials changed the name of the Defense Supply Agency to the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The next decade was a period of continued change and expanded missions. Officials published a revised agency charter in June 1978. Major revisions included a change in reporting channels directed by the Secretary of Defense which placed the agency under the management, direction, and control of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.
As part of various organizational changes during this period, officials eliminated depot operations at the Defense Electronics Supply Center in 1979 and began stocking electronic material at depots closer to the using military activities. The Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center was phased out in the late 1980s when responsibility for managing the Defense Department's reserve of industrial plant equipment was transferred to the Defense General Supply Center in Richmond, Virginia.
Another major mission came in July 1988 when, by presidential order, the agency assumed management of the nation's stockpile of strategic materials from the General Services Administration. Soon after, DLA established the Defense National Stockpile Center as a primary-level field activity. In 1989, the military services were directed to transfer one million consumable items to DLA for management.
The 1980s brought other changes as well. On October 1, 1986, the
Further implementation of reorganization recommendations, especially from the Goldwater-Nichols Act, resulted from Secretary of Defense
A Defense Management Review-directed study recommended the consolidation of DoD contract management. Although DLA had received responsibility for administering most defense contracts in 1965, the military services had retained responsibility for administering most major weapons systems and overseas contracts. On February 6, 1990, DoD directed that virtually all contract administration functions be consolidated within DLA. In response, the agency established the Defense Contract Management Command (DCMC), absorbing its Defense Contract Administration Services into the new command. The military services retained responsibility for contracts covering shipbuilding and ammunition plants. In June, however, the services’ responsibility (5,400 personnel and 100,000 contracts valued at $400 million) for managing the majority of weapons systems contracts was transferred to the Defense Contract Management Command.
Reorganizing for the 1990s
During the 1990s, the agency's role in supporting military contingencies and humanitarian assistance operations grew dramatically.
DLA support continued in the Middle East long after most U.S. forces had redeployed. As part of
DLA supported other contingency operations as well. In October 1994 DLA deployed an initial element to support operations in
An even more dominant theme for the 1990s was the agency's efforts to reorganize so that it could support the war fighter more effectively and efficiently. In August 1990, Defense Contract Management Regions
Throughout the 1990s the agency continued its effort to eliminate managerial and stockage duplication, reducing overhead costs. In April 1990 Secretary Cheney directed that all the distribution depots of the military services and DLA be consolidated into a single, unified materiel distribution system to reduce overhead and costs and designated DLA to manage it. The consolidation began in October 1990 and was completed March 16, 1992. The system consisted of 30 depots at 32 sites with 62 storage locations, which stored over 8.7 million spare parts, subsistence, and other consumable items worth $127 billion in 788 million square feet (73 km²) of storage. Until September 1997, two regional offices—Defense Distribution Region East (DDRE) in
The
Meanwhile, DLA headquarters underwent a major reorganization. In March 1993, the agency re-engineered its headquarters to form integrated business units for Supply Management, Distribution, and Contract Management. As a result, only 6 organizations, rather than 42, would report directly to the Director. In 1995 the DLA headquarters and Defense Fuel Supply Center (renamed Defense Energy Support Center (DESC) in January 1998) moved from Cameron Station to Fort Belvoir, Virginia. In October 1996, Defense Printing Services, renamed Defense Automated Printing Service (DAPS), transferred to DLA. In late December 1997 and early January 1998, the headquarters was again realigned, and the agency's Defense Materiel Management Directorate became Defense Logistics Support Command under Rear Admiral David P. Keller.
In November 1995, DLA launched a $1 billion project called the Business Systems Modernization program (BSM) to replace the Defense Department's cache of aging procurement software programs with a DoD-wide standard automated procurement system that supported electronic commerce. The EMall (electronic mall) approach to ordering supplies was developed in 1993, before many organizations were using the internet for electronic commerce. In 1996 the agency received a JMUA for saving DoD and the taxpayer $6.3 billion by using EMall but a 2004 GAO report questioned the value of the program.[16] Since its establishment in 1961, the agency has successfully standardized, procured, managed, and distributed DoD consumable items throughout the military services, thus eliminating wasteful duplication. The agency assumed a major logistics role previously performed by the military services. The reorganization, move to electronic commerce, and other changes in the 1990s better positioned the agency to support the war fighter in the next century.
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21st century
Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and Resolute Support
In support of Operation Enduring Freedom, DLA processed more than 6.8 million requisitions with a total value of more than $6.9 billion; provided $21.2 million in humanitarian support (3.5 million pounds of wheat, 49,000 pounds of dates, 3.8 million humanitarian daily rations and 30,000 blankets) and supplied more than 2.3 billion US gallons (8,700,000 m3) of fuel.
Also, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, DLA processed 6.4 million requisitions with a total value of more than $6.89 billion, provided more than 180.5 million field meals, provided nearly 2 million humanitarian daily rations for displaced refugees and supplied more than 3 billion US gallons (11,000,000 m3) of fuel. As action on the war front wanes, the DLA mission does not. The Agency continues to supply 100 percent of food, fuel and medical supplies, as well as most of the clothing, construction materials, and spare parts for weapons systems for the forces that remain during the reconstruction of Iraq. DLA also supports redeployments, including conducting battlefield cleanup such as removing equipment and debris and even hazardous materials.
DLA did so while employing only 26,000 people, down from 65,000 workers in 1992. The Agency's military force includes slightly more than 500 on active duty with the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, along with nearly 800 reservists.
Two DLA civilian employees have been killed by hostile fire while deployed in theater as volunteers. On Sept. 16, 2014, DLA employee Stephen Byus, 39, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul.[17] On June 8, 2015, DLA employee Krissie Davis, 54, of Talladega, Alabama, was killed in a rocket attack on Bagram Airfield.[18]
Domestic Disaster relief
In the aftermath of earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters, DLA supports other U.S. federal agencies with supplies and personnel as requested. For domestic disasters, DLA supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Forest Service (to support wilderness firefighting), the U.S. Coast Guard, and others. For disasters affecting other countries, DLA primarily supports the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of State, as well as the COCOMs of the U.S. military (e.g., U.S. Southern Command).
International relief
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
The tsunami waves that struck December 26, 2004, and killed thousands in South Asia was the largest earthquake to strike since 1964. The 8.9-magnitude quake hit off the coast of Indonesia and triggered extremely large waves that brought massive flooding, damage, and loss of life in the region.
The initial call came in December 30 warning DSCP's Medical Directorate it would be getting about 1,400 line requisitions as soon as the orders were official for the
2005 Kashmir earthquake
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan at 8:50 a.m. local time on October 8, 2005. The epicenter was located near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani-administered Kashmir, about 60 miles (97 km) north-northeast of Islamabad.
A total of 14 commercial Boeing 747s were required to move the 506 air pallets built by DLA and shipped to Pakistan. The last shipment arrived November 23. In addition to these materials, 9,720 cases of Halal meals, or 116,640 individual pre-packaged meals, produced through DSCP for the Combined Forces Land Component Command, were sent to Pakistan to provide immediate feeding to refugees and survivors. The Pakistan earthquake relief effort continued throughout the winter.
2010 Haiti earthquake
Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, DLA provided humanitarian support to Haiti, including 2.7 million Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs).
2011 Japan earthquake
DLA provided humanitarian support to Japan in wake of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 by supplying fuel for Japanese helicopters conducting search and rescue operations, in addition to providing diapers, blankets, medical supplies, food, MREs, and water.
2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa
In 2014, civilian and military employees of DLA deployed to Liberia as part of Operation United Assistance, to help African countries deal with an outbreak of ebola.[19]
2015–2018 support to Syrian refugees
DLA has, at the instruction of the DoD and Congress, supported the provision of relief supplies to refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East.[20][21]
2016 Haiti hurricane
In 2016, DLA personnel deployed to Haiti to assist in humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.[22]
Domestic missions
DLA also provides support during domestic natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires.[23][24]
In 2005, DLA's domestic disaster support amounted to $409 million, with Hurricanes Katrina and Rita relief commanding the vast majority of the resources. As Hurricane Katrina began developing into a Category 5 hurricane, DLA prepared to step in, directing command and control functions through the DLA Logistics Operations Center. It deployed about 19 people to work positions in support of hurricane relief efforts. The response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was massive, and it spotlighted DLA's continuing, if increasing, role in domestic storm relief.
DLA provided the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with MREs and other supplies for evacuees and personnel fighting the October 2007 California wildfires.
In 2008, DLA provided humanitarian supplies in support of Hurricanes
In 2017, DLA assisted the FEMA in providing supplies and personnel to support relief to Americans affected by Hurricanes Harvey,[25] Irma[26] and Maria.[27]
Since February 2020, DLA has been supporting relief efforts related to the
List of directors
No. | Director[29] | Term | Service branch | |||
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Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | Term length | ||
Director, Defense Supply Agency | ||||||
1 | Lieutenant General Andrew T. McNamara (1905–2002) | October 1, 1961 | July 1, 1964 | 2 years, 274 days | U.S. Army | |
2 | Vice Admiral Joseph M. Lyle (1912–1990) | July 1, 1964[30] | July 1, 1967[30] | 3 years, 0 days | U.S. Navy | |
3 | Earl C. Hedlund (1916–2002) | Lieutenant GeneralJuly 1, 1967 | July 31, 1971 | 4 years, 30 days | U.S. Air Force | |
4 | Wallace H. Robinson (1920–2013) | Lieutenant GeneralAugust 1, 1971 | January 1, 1976 | 4 years, 153 days | U.S. Marine Corps | |
5 | Woodrow W. Vaughan (1918–2010) | Lieutenant GeneralJanuary 1, 1976 | January 1, 1977 | 1 year, 0 days | U.S. Army | |
Director, Defense Logistics Agency | ||||||
5 | Woodrow W. Vaughan (1918–2010) | Lieutenant GeneralJanuary 1, 1977 | July 1, 1978[31] | 1 year, 181 days | U.S. Army | |
6 | Gerald J. Post (1925–2003) | Lieutenant GeneralAugust 1, 1978 | July 1, 1981 | 2 years, 334 days | U.S. Air Force | |
7 | Eugene A. Grinstead Jr. (1923–2007) | Vice AdmiralJuly 1, 1981 | June 29, 1984 | 2 years, 364 days | U.S. Navy | |
8 | Donald M. Babers (born 1931) | Lieutenant GeneralJune 29, 1984[32] | July 9, 1986 | 2 years, 10 days | U.S. Army | |
9 | Vincent M. Russo (1930–2021) | Lieutenant GeneralJuly 9, 1986[33] | November 1988 | ~2 years, 305 days | U.S. Army | |
10 | Charles P. McCausland (born 1935) | Lieutenant GeneralNovember 1988 | July 2, 1992 | ~3 years, 244 days | U.S. Air Force | |
11 | Edward M. Straw (born 1939) | Vice AdmiralJuly 2, 1992[34] | October 25, 1996 | 4 years, 115 days | U.S. Navy | |
12 | George T. Babbitt Jr. (born 1942) | Lieutenant GeneralOctober 25, 1996[35] | May 31, 1997 | 218 days | U.S. Air Force | |
13 | Henry T. Glisson (born 1944) | Lieutenant GeneralJune 10, 1997[36] | July 20, 2001 | 4 years, 40 days | U.S. Army | |
14 | Keith W. Lippert (born 1947) | Vice AdmiralJuly 20, 2001 | July 31, 2006 | 5 years, 11 days | U.S. Navy | |
15 | Robert T. Dail (born 1953) | Lieutenant GeneralAugust 1, 2006 | November 13, 2008[37] | 2 years, 104 days | U.S. Army | |
16 | Alan S. Thompson (born 1954) | Vice AdmiralNovember 19, 2008[38] | November 18, 2011 | 2 years, 364 days | U.S. Navy | |
17 | Mark D. Harnitchek (born 1955) | Vice AdmiralNovember 18, 2011[39] | December 19, 2014[40] | 3 years, 28 days | U.S. Navy | |
18 | Andrew E. Busch | Lieutenant GeneralDecember 28, 2014[41] | May 4, 2017[41] | 2 years, 127 days | U.S. Air Force | |
19 | Darrell K. Williams (born 1961) | Lieutenant GeneralJune 16, 2017[42] | June 8, 2020[43] | 2 years, 358 days | U.S. Army | |
20 | Michelle C. Skubic (born 1961) | Vice AdmiralJuly 24, 2020[44] | February 2, 2024 | 3 years, 193 days | U.S. Navy | |
21 | February 2, 2024 | Incumbent | 69 days | U.S. Army |
Civilian Award
The Defense Logistics Agency Civilian Award is a medal awarded to civilian employees of the United States Department of Defense working worldwide and supporting the logistical needs of the Department of Defense.[45]
See also
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