Mae E. De Vincentis

Pentagon’s logistics agency delivers holiday fare for Christmas

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 21, 2020

Logistics planners worked diligently with regional vendors both locally and across the globe to ensure military food service professionals had what they needed to prepare a festive holiday meal for those away from home this Christmas.

Key Points: 
  • Logistics planners worked diligently with regional vendors both locally and across the globe to ensure military food service professionals had what they needed to prepare a festive holiday meal for those away from home this Christmas.
  • DLA Troop Support supplies Americas armed forces with $19 billion annually of food, uniforms, protective equipment, medicine and medical supplies, repair parts, and construction and equipment.
  • As the nations combat logistics support agency, the Defense Logistics Agency manages the global supply chain from raw materials to end user to disposition for the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, 11 combatant commands, other federal agencies, and partner and allied nations.
  • For more information about DLA, go to: www.dla.mil , www.facebook.com/dla.mil or http://twitter.com/dlamil .