Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center associates fill the Battle Creek Salvation Army gym with presents for community members during the holiday season. Working with the Salvation Army, groups of HDI employees adopted 135 local individuals, providing food and gifts for the holidays.
Half of all U.S. states have requested excess military medical supplies and equipment from the Defense Logistics Agency since the national pandemic response began in March.
Since its inception over 20 years ago, the Law Enforcement Support Office, more commonly referred to as the 1033 program, has provided various kinds of excess Department of Defense property to law enforcement agencies across the country. Throughout its history, numerous questions have been asked: where did the program originate, what is the purpose, who is eligible to participate and how does it work?
Nearly 2.5 million medical items in the Defense Logistics Agency’s excess property stock were approved for transfer or donation by the Defense Department and federal coronavirus task force officials through the first week of May.
Police and fire organizations around the country are using their access to surplus military equipment to augment healthcare response in their local jurisdictions.
