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Article: DLA Continues Ongoing Hurricane Relief Support.
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- PR Newswire
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- September 30, 2005
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FORT BELVOIR, Va., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- The Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Defense's largest combat support agency, is heavily engaged in providing support to the hurricane-ravaged areas of the U.S. Gulf Coast and Texas, as part of the overall DOD logistics support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. DLA has assets working around the clock to provide the critical supplies in support of this effort.
To date, DLA has shipped more than 24.4 million Meals Ready to Eat or MREs to designated FEMA delivery points, and an additional 4.7 million MREs for the use of U.S. military forces deployed to the region. The Defense Supply Center ...