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Article: New DLA Contingency Support Team Stands Up in Baghdad.
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- PR Newswire
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- July 9, 2004
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FORT BELVOIR, Va., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- With the newly formed Multi- National Forces Iraq in place, the call went out to begin operation of sustained wholesale supply support to the more than 150,000 forces in theater.
The Defense Logistics Agency acted at the request of Brig. Gen. Scott West, the deputy commanding general for logistics for MNF-I, formerly known as Combined Joint Task Force 7. As a result, a new DLA Contingency Support Team is now in operation.
The team will provide all classes of supply, except for ammunition and major-end items, to the military forces supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Formed as DCST-IZ and located in Baghdad, the ...