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# Norfolk distribution center celebrates Navy’s 240th birthday

By DLA Distribution Public AffairsDLA Distribution Public Affairs

                NORFOLK, Virginia  –              
On Oct. 13, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Va., celebrated the Navy’s 240th birthday.   Norfolk is DLA Distribution’s largest operation supporting Navy customers.  The distribution center has a diverse base that includes home ported and transient ships, from aircraft carriers to destroyers and submarines, as well as Navy industrial activities and shore establishments located on and around the world’s largest Navy base.

The command’s ceremony honored 240 years of Navy heritage, which started with only two armed ships, which searched for munitions ships supplying the British Army in America.  From there, the Navy grew to include not only ships, but also what some call the most secretive and powerful fighting component of the Navy; the submarine force, which DLA Distribution Norfolk supplies.

Norfolk supports Navy customers through several major operations, including the Norfolk Intermodal Hub, a dynamic cross-dock facility that receives, processes, consolidates, and containerizes export surface cargo and also provides onward movement for cargo and retrograde received in its surface import operation. In addition to its designation as an official water port, the Norfolk Intermodal Hub provides specialized pier side stevedoring support for loading and offloading ship's cargo. The Material Processing Center provides customized material sorting, receipt processing, and delivery services to over 150 afloat units in the Hampton Roads region, including the Norfolk based aircraft carriers and submarines.

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