John Heikkinen, a retired Army first sergeant who now works as the planning and operations specialist for Defense Logistics Agency Distribution J3, remembers a time when logisticians tried to prepare for that uncertain future by amassing as much equipment as they could get their hands on. As a result, he says, there is still a lot of good equipment in the military’s inventory that was only slightly used or never used at all. One such item...
This year, the annual wildfire season has been less active, with about 28 percent fewer acres of land burning during the season than the 10-year average, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Despite this decrease in fire activity, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment supply chain remains ready in case disaster strikes.
The Defense Logistics Agency is partnering with U.S. Transportation Command and the F-35 Joint Program Office to establish processes aimed at expanding support to the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. The effort will leverage DLA’s global supply chain capabilities to improve F-35 readiness as it assumes storage responsibility in January.
