Defense Supply Center , Richmond Defense Supply Center , Richmond , or DSCR , serves as the Aviation Demand and Supply Chain manager for Defense Logistics Agency . It is located on the I - 95 corridor in Chesterfield County , Virginia in the Southside area of the Greater Richmond Virginia . The installation comprises that was the Bellwood farm and was opened in 1942 . Originally activated as the Richmond General Depot , the site was later renamed the Richmond Armed Service Forces Depot , which became the Richmond Quartermaster Depot . In its first two decades , the mission of the Richmond Quartermaster Depot was one of traditional logistics support to the U . S . Army with emphasis on Quartermaster items . When the Military General Supply Agency was activated in 1962 , it absorbed the Defense Supply Agency . This resulted in an expanded mission for the depot , which included supply management of more than 30 , 000 general supply items for the military services and certain civilian agencies worldwide . The installation name changed to Defense General Supply Center to match its new logistical mission . In 1977 Defense Supply Agency became Defense Logistics Agency . In 1986 , depot operations were separated from inventory control point functions and a separate command was established on the site : Defense Distribution Depot Richmond . DSCR ’ s core mission is to supply products with a direct application to aviation . These items include a mix of military - unique items supporting over 1 , 300 major weapons systems and other items readily available in the commercial market . They range from critical , safety - of - flight air frame structural components , bearings , and aircraft engine parts , to electric cable and electrical power products ; lubricating oils ; batteries ; industrial gases , bearings ; precision instruments ; environmental products ; metalworking machinery and consumable items . DSCR also operates an industrial plant equipment repair facility in Mechanicsburg , PA . There is a small herd of elk on the backside of the post . When the Army bought the land on which the post is located , the former owners asked the Army to care for these animals , and the post has done so ever since . Environmental review . In the 1960s and early 1970s , DSCR disposed of some of their waste material in a shallow ravine called the Area 50 Landfill . In the 1980s , groundwater contaminated primarily with volatile organic compounds ( VOCs ) was detected downgradient of the landfill . The DSCR site then was proposed for inclusion on the U . S . EPA ' s Exiting Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry ( ATSDR ) Website National Priorities List ( NPL ) in 1984 by EPA for contaminated groundwater and source areas . On July 22 , 1987 , the Center was formally placed on the National Priority List . In 1993 , ATSDR completed a Public Health Assessment that provided recommendations for dealing with the toxic runoff . In 2001 , Virginia Department of Environmental Quality had ATSDR follow up on these recommendations , and the May 2001 report concluded that " ATSDR concludes that the recommendations were substantially met with the appropriate public health actions . "