Defense Supply Center, Richmond

Defense Supply Center, Richmond, or DSCR, serves as the Aviation Demand and Supply Chain manager for the Defense Logistics Agency. It is located on the I-95 corridor in Chesterfield County, Virginia in the Southside area of the Greater Richmond Region. The installation comprises 631 acres (2.55 km2) that was the Bellwood farm in 1887 and was opened in 1942. Originally activated as the Richmond General Depot under the command of Lt. Col. Turner R. Sharp, the site was later renamed the Richmond Armed Service Forces Depot, which became the Richmond Quartermaster Depot.

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