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Chapter 22-18. The theater surgeon recommends a theater evacuation policy through the CCDR and the JointChiefs of Staff (JCS) for approval by the SECDEF. The evacuation policy establishes the number of daysan injured or ill Soldier may remain in the theater before returning to duty.STRATEGIC LEVEL PROVIDERS2-19. Strategic providers enable U.S. forces to maintain combat power and enable strategic reach andensure endurance. Strategic providers include DOD agencies and commands. They link the national baseto the theater. These agencies and commands provide sustainment to joint and Army forces.INDUSTRIAL BASE2-20. The industrial base consists of privately owned and government-owned industrial capability andcapacity for manufacture, maintenance, modification, overhaul, and/or repair of items required by the U.S.and selected allies. It includes the production base and maintenance base. Active plants and productionlines have some capability to surge. Repair parts manufacturers may be able to surge production for itemsthat sustain deployed weapon systems. National policy requires the use of commercial materiel as much aspossible.DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA)2-21. DLA provides support for military departments and the GCC during peace and war. DLA is thefocal point for the industrial base and is the EA for consumable supply items. DLA procures, stores, anddistributes items to support the military Services and other customers. It also buys and distributeshardware and electronic items used in the maintenance and repair of military equipment. Excluded supplyitems are munitions, missiles, and military Service unique items.2-22. DLA provides contract administration services to all DOD components and administers andsupervises:• The Federal Catalog System.• The Defense Personal Property Reutilization Program.• The DOD Industrial Plant Equipment Reserve.• The Defense National Stockpile.2-23. DLA provides reutilization and marketing services at the strategic through operational levels.Initially, salvage and excess materiel destined for the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office iscollected in theater areas. As the theater matures, DLA-directed activities may use HN or contractorsupport to assist in retrograding this materiel for inspection, classification, and disposal.U.S. TRANSPORTATION COMMAND (USTRANSCOM)2-24. USTRANSCOM is responsible for providing common-user and commercial air, land, and seatransportation (including patient movement), terminal management, and aerial refueling to support globaldeployment, employment, sustainment, and redeployment of U.S. forces. This ability makes possibleprojecting and maintaining national power where it is needed with the required speed, agility, highefficiency, and accuracy. The USTRANSCOM commander has the authority to procure commercialtransportation services (such as Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP)), through itstransportation component commands and to activate, with approval of the SECDEF, the Civil Reserve AirFleet and Ready Reserve Fleet.2-25. USTRANSCOM is DOD’s Distribution Process Owner (DPO). As the DPO, USTRANSCOM isresponsible for monitoring and managing the global distribution network. The DPO ensures the flow offorce movement and sustainment for the supported GCC.2-26. USTRANSCOM is composed of three component commands which remain under the combatantcommand of USTRANSCOM in contingency operations; Air Mobility Command (AMC), Military SealiftCommand (MSC), and the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). These2-4 FM 4-0 30 April 2009