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DLA Energy Americas
DESC Americas (DESC-AM)

In 2010, as part of the We Are DLA initiative, the Defense Energy Support Center was renamed DLA Energy. It effectively retained its previous mission. The regional entities of the DESC were similarly renamed. DESC Americas (DESC-AM) was renamed DLA Energy Americas.

Defense Energy Support Center-Americas (DESC-AM) was the DESC agent for bulk fuel and additive distribution in the continental United States and selected overseas locations. DESC-AM's area of responsibility (AOR) extends to Central and South America, the Caribbean, Greenland, Iceland and the Azores, and includes support to CONUS war fighting CINCS such as USACOM, USSOUTHCOM and SOCOM.

DESC-AM's mission was to provide uninterrupted fuel support to its customers in peace and war-providing quality fuel, in the right place and quantity, at the right time. Core organizational specialties included inventory and transportation management, facilities management and quality surveillance. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DESC-A fueled the forces across the country. From coast to coast, as of 2005, DESC-A shipped about 95 million barrels of fuel each year, supporting over 425 customers from 28 Defense Fuel Support Points and 36 tariff terminals.

Common carrier pipelines provided high-volume, economical transportation from strategic refineries, primarily on the West and Gulf Coasts, to customers and intermediate terminals as far north as Grand Forks, North Dakota, and east to Norfolk, Virginia. Other significant transportation requirements were met by barge, tank truck, rail car and marine tanker.

DESC-AM served as the DESC's liaison with its customers. Local customer support was provided through DESC-A's 4 offices: DESC-Los Angeles, which provided fuel to customers in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Nevada; DESC-Houston, which provided fuel to Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas (resupply only), Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, and oversight of fuel supply for Puerto Rico, Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, Panama, Central America and South America; DESC-St. Louis, whose AOR was Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming, Utah and Montana; and DESC-Fort Dix, which oversaw North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont, as well as oversight for Greenland, Iceland and the Azores.

Through its 4 offices and 28 Quality Surveillance Residencies, DESC-A provided daily face-to-face interaction with its customers, the petroleum industry and the carrier industry. The Military Services were accustomed to the "one-stop shopping" advantage they get by contacting the office in their area-one office that coordinated all quality, transportation, inventory, accounting and supply actions.