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# DLA Distribution Europe supports Turkey humanitarian mission virtually

By Emily TsambirasDLA Distribution Public Affairs

                GERMERSHEIM, Germany  –              

To facilitate the delivery of humanitarian supplies to millions ofSyrian refugees in Turkey and surrounding areas, DLA Distribution Europe,located in Germersheim, Germany, had to verify and receipt materiel virtually — afirst for DLA Distribution.   

When the U.S. Agency for International Development requested assistancefrom the U.S. Transportation Command in coordinating the delivery of criticalcommodities to millions of Syrian refugees fleeing civil war, ittasked its own U.S. Army Military Surface Deploymentand Distribution Command to set up an Intermediate Staging Base in Incirlik,Turkey, to receive and distribute the supplies, which included commodities suchas blankets, fans, gas cookers and hygiene kits. 

SDDC successfully executed its mission and put a contractor in place torun the operation, but incoming materiel had to be accepted by a governmentparty.  As a result, SDDC needed to find anorganization that specialized in the receipt and issue of government materiel tofill this void.  This iswhere DLA Distribution Europe stepped in to assist. 

Because it was deemed too dangerous to put DLA Distribution Europeemployees on site in Turkey, the distribution center had to find a way toverify, both electronically and visually, that the correct materiel was receivedat the ISB or else the materiel couldn’t be officially received and distributedto those in desperate need.   

The process began with the distribution center accessing a centraldatabase, which was populated with all freight moving through Turkey. Once materiel was delivered to the ISB, thecontractor provided the paperwork for the items to DLA Distribution Europe,alongside photos for verification of count and condition.   

Employees at DLA Distribution then identified the assets received againstthe assets shipped and listed in the database.  If all information was deemed correct, DLA Distribution Europe commanderArmy Lt. Col. Krista Hoffman signed for official receipt of the items so thatthey could be distributed.   

Despite this being the first time any distribution center hadparticipated in any distribution mission virtually, DLA Distribution Europesuccessfully processed 176 total receipts, accounting for more than 537,500individual items. 

“I am very proud of what my team accomplished in support of thishumanitarian mission.  Their ability to quicklyadapt to dynamic requirements from a location far from the supplies’ port ofentry shows what dedication and teamwork can do when DDDE gets the call,” saidHoffman.

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