SUPPORTING THE FIGHT DELIVERING DIVERSE EPIDEMIC-DRIVEN RELIEF
PROJECTING LOGISTICS IN PANDEMIC MITIGATION
In support of the military services and other federal agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Distribution has been providing support as part of DLA’s longstanding agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Department of Health and Human Services. By Dawn Bonsell, DLA Distribution
Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, employees receive 20 million donated cloth masks from the Department of Health and Human Services for distribution to warfighters and federal, state and authorized local governmental agencies April 17, 2020. (DLA Distribution Susquehanna)
The agency responded early and often to requests from military services and federal agencies focused on winning the COVID-19 battle and continues distributing critical supplies. From the onset of the pandemic through the end of 2020, DLA Distribution centers received and/or shipped 39,500 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, over 400 vaccine ancillary kits, 1.5 million N95 respirator masks, 20 million other masks, 1.2 million face shields, more than 517,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, more than 66,000 thermometers, 39,000 testing swabs, 1.5 million rapid COVID-19 test cards, 157,000 COVID19 rapid test kits, an additional 100,000 COVID-19 test kits, 500 ventilators, 7.3 million medical gloves, 110,000 exam gloves and 350 oxygen tanks. In March, DLA Distribution Europe worked with the 21st Theater 6 | Combat & Casualty Care | Spring 2021
Sustainment Command to distribute 42 pallets of American Red Cross comfort packs to nine locations throughout the U.S. European Command as part of the regional response. Personal protective equipment was also distributed to military field hospitals deployed to the hardest hit areas throughout the U.S. DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, the Defense Department’s largest distribution processing facility, began processing COVID-19 test kits, ventilators, hand sanitizers, masks, cots, hand-washing stations, industrial goggles, industrial face shields and breathing sets in April. The DDSP Transportation Services Team also shipped more than 72,000 Meals-Ready-to-Eat and nearly 1.1 million shelf-stable meals to support FEMA, U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
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