Lt Gen Andrew Busch is a Senior Fellow with the Flatter Executive Cadre.
Lieutenant General, U.S. Air Force.
Summary: Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch is the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, with headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He provides strategic leadership for the Defense Department’s combat support agency for worldwide logistics. General Busch directs nine supply chains supporting the U.S. military, as well as federal, state, local and international partners. DLA provides food, medical material, uniforms and construction equipment, 98 percent of the DoW’s fuel, and the majority of spare parts for military weapon systems. He oversees the National Defense Stockpile, an international network of 25 distribution centers and the DoW’s process for reverse logistics. He leads a global, expeditionary workforce of over 25,000 military and civilians. General Busch earned his commission in 1979 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. His early career focused on operational assignments in fighter aircraft maintenance where he commanded three maintenance squadrons. In his later assignments, he specialized in supply chain management and aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul. As a general officer, he commanded an aircraft MRO depot, the DLA-Aviation supply chain, an Air Force logistics center, culminating in his selection as the 18th Director of the Defense Logistics Agency.
