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# Distribution Expeditionary Team honored by DLA Director with award 

By DLA Distribution Public Affairs

                FORT BELVOIR, Virginia  –              
The DLA Distribution Expeditionary Team was recognized fortheir contributions to Operation United Assistance, receiving the DLA TeamPerformance Award during an awards ceremony Dec. 10.

Members of the 27-person team attended the 48th AnnualEmployee Recognition Program at the McNamara Headquarters Complex to receivethe award from DLA director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch, in honor of beingone of the first organizations in Africain the fight against Ebola.

In August 2014, DLA received the presidential order tosupport Operation United Assistance.  Thedirector immediately dispatched the DLA Distribution Expeditionary team tosupport the construction of Ebola Treatment Units, or ETUs, in Liberia and Senegal.

Beginning September 24, team members were mobilized from NewCumberland, Pa., to Monrovia, Liberia, and Dakar, Senegal.  Once on the ground, the team was led byMarine Maj. John Simpson, the first to volunteer despite being new to DLA.Although the environment they were operating in wasprimitive with regard to infrastructure, with roads full of potholes and ruts, andfuel and modern warehouses were scarce, the team immediately got to work toprepare warehouses to receive cargo and find a way to transport items to futureETU sites.

With minimal materiel handling equipment, and in 100-degreeheat and occasional heavy rains, the team offloaded hundreds of containers andstowed them in austere warehouses to await distribution.

In total, the team tenaciously planned and completed 1,300transportation missions supporting the construction and operation of 15 ETUs.

“The DLA Distribution Expeditionary Team truly distinguisheditself during this mission.  Despiteoperating in an extremely austere environment, they focused on the task at handand truly proved that Distribution can operate at the tip of the spear,” saidDLA Distribution chief integration officer Perry Knight.

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