DLA Headquarters Organizations


The DLA Headquarters building is home to many organizations working together to support the warfighter
The DLA Director provides guidance and messages on topics concerning DLA, our customers, vendors, and employees.

Acquisition manages the establishment and operations of procurement policy and oversight for the DLA' 5.2 million items managed. With nearly $35 Billion in annual sales, DLA buys, stores and distributes food, fuel, uniform apparel, pharmaceutical, medical and surgical products and equipment and weapons system repair parts for the Military services and other customers worldwide.

 The Office of the Chaplain provides religious logistics support for Religious Affairs personnel, enabling the free exercise of religion across the Department of Defense.

Equal Employment Opportunity Office issues policy, provides information, guidance and leadership to DLA's managers and supervisors in implementing EEO law and higher-level EEO directives throughout DLA.

Finance is responsible for obtaining and allocating resources, analyzing execution, providing fiscal guidance and advice to support the Agency, its business areas, and its field activities in accomplishing DLA's mission in a manner which provides the best return on investment to the taxpayer.

General Counsel is provider of legal services to the logistics community.

Human Resources advises and assists the Corporate Board in building and sustaining an exceptional civilian and military workforce within the DLA.

Information Operations serves as the DLA knowledge broker, providing comprehensive, best practice technological support to the Department of Defense (DOD)/DLA Logistics Business Community resulting in expert quality information systems, efficient, and economical computing, data management, electronic business, and telecommunication services.

Installation Support provides specialized support services to DLA headquarters and its primary level field activities to include personnel and physical security, environmental management, safety, facilities and installation management, engineering, military construction projects, and sustainment, restoration and maintenance projects.

Intelligence provides Enterprise-wide agency policy, program, and world-wide operational support for the following programs: Intelligence, Counterintelligence (CI), Special Security Office (SSO), Special Programs, Personnel Security (PERSEC), Information Security (INFOSEC), Operations Security (OPSEC), Industrial Security, and Foreign Disclosure (FD). Act as the principal advisor to assist the Director, DLA, his senior staff, and the commanders of DLA Primary Level Field Activities (PLFA) on the development and implementation of Agency Intelligence and specified security policies and programs.

Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office provides strategic and operational level operational contract support program management across the Department of Defense and the whole of government. When requested, JCASO provides DoD combatant commands a deployable OCS capability to effectively and efficiently coordinate OCS program activities. JCASO's two fly-away teams, policy specialists, and joint operational contract support planners support COCOM planning, exercises, training and deployments.

Joint Reserve Force is responsible for managing DLA's available workforce of military reserve personnel.

Legislative Affairs provides advice and assistance to the DLA director, vice-director, executive board members and field activities on all matters with respect to congressional, White House and all national, state and local political activities bearing on agency mission and operations.
Logistics Operations engages customers around the world to maximize readiness and logistics combat power by leveraging an enterprise solution. Operations and sustainment build value for warfighters and the enterprise by establishing mutually rewarding customer relationships and ensuring customer focus throughout DLA.

Public Affairs provides world-class communications support to all aspects of DLA. The office supports the DoD goal to provide timely and accurate information so that the public, congress and news media can understand the facts about national security and defense strategy. It also responds to requests for information from organizations and private citizens, as well as serves as the DLA director’s principal spokesperson.

Office of the Inspector General is America’s Combat Logistics Support Agency.  Providing effective and efficient worldwide support to Warfighters and our other customers by providing DLA leadership with facts and recommendations, through expert audit and investigative services, to help them mitigate Agency risk, improve processes, ensure compliance, and optimize resources.

Office of Small Business Programs is responsible for ensuring small businesses have an equitable, fair and impartial opportunity to participate in the DLA Acquisition Program.

Strategic Plans and Policy is responsible for the oversight of all agency strategic initiatives, transformation and modernization efforts.