Defense Logistics Agency

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a combat support agency in the United States Department of Defense (DoD), with more than 26,000 civilian and military personnel throughout the world. Located in 48 states and 28 countries, DLA provides supplies to the military services and supports their acquisition of weapons, fuel, repair parts, and other materials. The agency also disposes of excess or unusable equipment through various programs.

Defense Logistics Agency
The Defense Logistics Agency's emblem
Agency overview
Formed1961 (1961)
HeadquartersFort Belvoir, Virginia
Employees26,000
Agency executives
  • LTG Mark Simerly, U.S. Army, Director
  • Brad Bunn, Vice Director
Parent departmentOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
Websitewww.dla.mil
United States
Armed Forces
Executive departments
Staff
Military departments
Military services
Command structure
Unified combatant commands
Combat support agencies

Through other U.S. federal agencies, DLA also helps provide relief supplies to victims of natural disasters, as well as humanitarian aid to refugees and internally displaced persons.

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