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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) defense agency. The DLA Director reports to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics through the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness). DLA provides worldwide logistics support for the missions of the Military Departments and the Unified Combatant Commands under conditions of peace and war. It also provides logistics support to other DoD Components and certain Federal agencies, foreign governments, international organizations, and others as authorized. DLA's origins date back to World War II when America’s huge military buildup required the rapid procurement of vast amounts of munitions and supplies. A major initiative underway is Business Systems Modernization, a project that will replace DLA's mission critical legacy systems with a new enterprise architecture based on COTS software and best commercial practices.  Please peruse our library and the resources listed below for more DLA background information. Also, visit our Business Opportunities, Information Technology, and Corporate Headquarters websites for more information on DLA functions. The DLA Customer Handbook, a reference guide to everything DLA sells and supplies, is available at http://www.supply.dla.mil/CustomerHandbook/index.asp. A toll-free customer number is also available at 1-877-DLA-CALL.

 

 

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The following are the DLA Business Unit sites:

Defense Supply Center Columbus supplies weapon systems spare parts and end items and manages almost 1.8 million different construction and electronic spare parts.

Defense Supply Center Richmond is the lead center for aviation weapon systems and environmental logistics support and is the primary supply source for nearly 930,000 repair parts and operating items.

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia supplies and services U.S. service members by providing them food, clothing, textiles, medicines, medical equipment, general and industrial supplies, and supports U.S. humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. 

Defense Distribution Center depots stores, issues, packs, preserves and provides worldwide transportation of supplies and parts.

Defense Energy Support Center purchases and manages DOD energy products.

 

The following are Other Service Area sites:

Defense National Stockpile Center is an international commodity broker of strategic and critical materials that sells and maintains strategic and critical materials to reduce the U.S. dependence on foreign supply sources.

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service provides DOD with worldwide reuse, recycling and disposal solutions that focus on efficiency, cost avoidance and compliance.

Defense Logistics Information Service is involved in the creation, management and dissemination of logistics information to military and government customers using the latest technology.

Document Automation & Production Service is the single manager for all DOD printing and duplicating, provides automated information products and services to DOD and designated federal activities.

DLA Europe serves as a DLA world presence and focal point for DLA matters in Europe and for common European support serving customers in the U.S. and in the European Command.

DLA Pacific is a focal point within the Pacific, directly services DLA by providing customer assistance, liaison, services, war planning interfaces, and logistics support to the U.S. Pacific Command.
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