# Celebrating DLA's 60th Anniversary: DLA Land and Maritime over the years

/ Published Aug. 26, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio, 
For 60 years, the Defense Logistics Agency has been a leader in defense logistics, dedicated to advancing the art and science of end-to-end supply chain management and streamlined acquisition. In celebration of the DLA’s upcoming 60th Anniversary celebration in October, DLA Land and Maritime looks back at the early days of our historic support to what is known today as DLA. 

            SLIDESHOW | 13 images | DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                    In 1918, the U.S. Army established the installation known today as the Defense Supply Center Columbus to support the heavy demands of World War I. Originally opened as the Columbus Quartermaster Reserve Depot, the center underwent many name changes as its mission and scope fluctuated with the nation’s needs. Today, many longtime employees still refer to the installation as “the depot.”                            DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            1 of 13                                        In 1918, the U.S. Army established the installation known today as the Defense Supply Center Columbus to support the heavy demands of World War I. Originally opened as the Columbus Quartermaster Reserve Depot, the center underwent many name changes as its mission and scope fluctuated with the nation’s needs. Today, many longtime employees still refer to the installation as “the depot.”                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            2 of 13                                        In 1963, the center’s operational activities were merged to form the Defense Construction Supply Center under what is known today as the Defense Logistics Agency. The Central Ohio facility would retain this name for 3 decades under DLA.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            3 of 13                                        The "Depot's" first computers arrived in the early 1960s shortly after the center merged to create the Defense Construction Supply Center under what is now known as the Defense Logistics Agency.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            4 of 13                                        Switchboard operators connect calls at the center in the 1960s.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            5 of 13                                        The Cold War kept the "Depot" busy supporting troops fighting in Vietnam.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            6 of 13                                        A worked at the center's freight terminal checks spare parts to be shipped to the Warfighter.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            7 of 13                                        In the 1970s spare parts flowed to the Warfighter through shipments packed and sent from the Defense Supply Center Columbus.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            8 of 13                                        Warehouses and storage buildings at then-Defense Construction Supply Center.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            9 of 13                                        An IBM terminal and mainframe pictured in the 1970s, a few years after the installation received its first computers.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            10 of 13                                        The computer room in Building 12 in 1975 at what is known today as the Defense Supply Center Columbus.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            11 of 13                                        Aircraft on display at the original Weapons Park at what is known today as the Defense Supply Center Columbus.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            12 of 13                                        An aerial view of the warehouse and storage buildings at the Defense Construction Supply Center. The facility opened in 1918 and was known for many years as the Columbus General Reserve Depot. In the early 1960s, it became the Defense Construction Supply Center under what is known today as the Defense Logistics Agency. After the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commissions consolidated a Dayton facility with the Columbus base, the center began 1996 under the name the Defense Supply Center Columbus.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                                        DLA Land and Maritime Historical Photos                                            13 of 13                                        An aerial view of the warehouse and storage buildings at the Defense Construction Supply Center. The facility opened in 1918 and was known for many years as the Columbus General Reserve Depot. In the early 1960s, it became the Defense Construction Supply Center under what is known today as the Defense Logistics Agency. After the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commissions consolidated a Dayton facility with the Columbus base, the center began 1996 under the name the Defense Supply Center Columbus.                                        Download Image                                            Image Details                    

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