DLA at a Glance
As America's combat logistics support agency, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) provides the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, other federal agencies, and combined and allied forces with the full spectrum of logistics, acquisition and technical services. The Agency sources and provides nearly 100 percent of the consumable items America's military forces need to operate, from food, fuel and energy, to uniforms, medical supplies, and construction and barrier equipment. DLA also supplies more than 84 percent of the military's spare parts. In addition, the Agency manages the reutilization of military equipment, provides catalogs and other logistics information products, and offers document automation and production services. The Defense Logistics Agency is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va. As a global enterprise, wherever the United States has a military presence, DLA is likely there as well.

Defense Logistics Agency's Director's Guidance
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) just reached 50 years of providing increasingly expansive supply and distribution services, both across the Defense Department and to select customers outside the Department. As the Department of Defense's (DoD's) only logistics Combat Support Agency, we provide direct support and play a major role across DoD's global supply chain.

Mission
As America's Combat Logistics Support Agency, we provide effective and efficient worldwide support to Warfighters and our other customers. We receive guidance from the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics and Materiel Readiness), and as a statutory Combat Support Agency we report to the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combatant Commands in providing worldwide logistics support to deployed forces.

Vision
Warfighter-focused, globally responsive, fiscally responsible supply chain leadership.

Values
Our values are DLA's foundation for all we do, our basic guiding principles:

• Warfighter needs guide us
• Integrity defines us
• Diversity strengthens us
• Excellence inspires us

DLA History
The origins of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) date back to World War II when America's huge military buildup required the rapid procurement of vast amounts of munitions and supplies.