The Defense Logistics Agency contributes to Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Any military campaign is successful because of four things: trained warriors, ammunition, food and fuel. Without those four things it would be difficult to succeed. The Defense Logistics Agency provides two of the four: food and fuel.

In support of OIF, DLA's Defense Supply Center Philadelphia has shipped more than 30 million individual menu bags of Meals, Ready-to-Eat (MREs). If laid end-to-end, these MREs would span the Continental United States twice.

DLA's Defense Energy Support Center has provided over 1 billion gallons of petroleum and lubricants in su