DLA Public Affairs Office, 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Suite 2545, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 571-767-6200

SERVING THE WARFIGHTER ALWAYS

TRANSFORMING GLOBAL LOGISTICS

February 2023

About DLA

As the nation’s combat logistics support agency, the Defense Logistics Agency manages the end-to-end global 

defense supply chain – from raw materials to end user disposition – for the five military services, 11 combatant 

commands, other federal, state and local agencies and partner and allied nations.

As a logistics integrator and acquisition/service provider:

• DLA procures items from manufacturers and suppliers and provides them to DoD and other federal/state

customers, with services such as warehousing, packaging and transportation;

• DLA contracts for items that are shipped directly by the manufacturer to military units and installations;

• DLA provided more than $48.2 billion in goods and services for FY2022;

• DLA disposes of excess military property through reutilization, resale and demilitarization programs.

Mission

DLA’s mission is to “deliver readiness and lethality to the Warfighter Always and support our nation through quality,

proactive global logistics.” To accomplish this mission, DLA has a staff of about 25,000 employees divided into:

• Multiple supply chains that contract for material and services across the military classes of supply, to

include: subsistence (food/water), clothing and textiles, bulk petroleum and other energy products,

construction material and equipment, personal demand items, medical material and equipment, and repair

parts for land, sea and air systems;

• A worldwide warehouse and distribution services network;

• Logistics and staff planning support to DoD’s combatant commands;

• Operations that reutilize or dispose of excess materiel and environmental waste from the military services.

Supporting the National Response to COVID-19

In times of humanitarian crisis, DLA’s unique large-scale logistics capabilities are often called upon for “whole of 

nation” support. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, DLA supported DoD and other federal agencies by 

leveraging its supply chain relationships for critical personal protective equipment (PPE), virus test kits, medical 

devices, and overseas military vaccine distribution. To date, DLA has managed thousands of contract actions worth 

billions of dollars to provide millions of N95 and surgical masks, virus test kits, and medical gowns plus thousands 

of ventilators for medical providers, vaccination sites, nursing homes, schools, and the Department of Health and 

Human Services’ Strategic National Stockpile.

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DLA Organization

Reporting to the DLA Director are six major subordinate commands. Four of these are buying commands:

DLA Aviation, DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Troop Support and DLA Energy. These commands are directly

responsible for meeting the military services’ needs for spare parts, fuel, food, medical supplies and other

commodities. DLA Distribution provides storage and distribution services, while DLA Disposition Services

provides “reverse logistics,” disposing of excess and hazardous material from the military services and DLA. 

DLA Programs and Services

DLA also manages a variety of military and federal-level programs and services through its headquarters at Ft.

Belvoir, Virginia, including: strategic materials and National Defense Stockpile oversight; the FedMall e-commerce

acquisition platform; federal and international cataloging, to include Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE)

Code and National Stock Number (NSN) management; and a range of document services, to include bulk and

specialty printing, electronic content management, and office device management.

Our Customers

DLA has three distinct classes of customers:

(1) Deployed Warfighters – those operating forces deployed to an active theater of operations. DLA delivers

supplies to various distribution points near or within the combat zone.

(2) Non-deployed Warfighters and U.S. military installations, depots and shipyards around the world. DLA is

the wholesale supplier to these operational customers, who in turn provide their own retail services.

(3) Other federal, state and local agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Forest

Service and the General Services Administration. DLA also supplies foreign military sales customers.

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DLA AVIATION

Richmond, VA

DLA ENERGY

Fort Belvoir, VA

DLA DISPOSITION SERVICES

Battle Creek, MI

DLA DISTRIBUTION

New Cumberland, PA

DLA INDO-PACIFIC

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI

DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM

MacDill Air Force Base, FL

DLA EUROPE & AFRICA

Kaiserslautern, Germany

DLA LAND AND MARITIME

Columbus, OH

DLA TROOP SUPPORT

Philadelphia, PA

Manages the supply chain for 

aviation weapons systems repair 

parts, flight safety equipment, 

maps, consumable hardware, 

environmental products and 

industrial plant equipment.

Manages the supply chain for 

petroleum and lubrication products, 

alternative fuel/renewable energy, 

aerospace energy; provides fuel 

quality and technical support, fuel 

card programs and installation 

energy services.

Disposes of excess property 

by reutilization, transfer and 

demilitarization; conducts 

environmental disposal and reuse.

Manages the supply chain for 

ground-based and maritime 

weapons systems repair parts, 

consumable hardware, small arms 

parts and fluid-handling systems.

Manages the supply chains 

for food, textiles, construction 

material, and medical supplies 

and equipment, including 

pharmaceuticals.

Provides storage and distribution 

solutions and management, 

transportation planning and 

management, logistics planning and 

contingency operations; operates a 

global network of distribution centers. 

The agency’s primary liaison to U.S. 

Indo-Pacific Command, U.S. Forces 

Korea, U.S. Forces Japan and U.S. 

Alaskan Command, providing a 

unified DLA interface for warfighters 

throughout the area of responsibility.

The agency’s primary liaison to U.S. 

Central Command and U.S. Special 

Operations Command, providing a 

unified DLA interface for warfighters 

throughout the area of responsibility.

The agency’s primary liaison to U.S. 

European Command, NATO and 

U.S. Africa Command, providing a 

unified DLA interface for warfighters 

throughout the areas of responsibility.

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

FORT BELVOIR, VA