DLA News Archive

Tag: Strategic Engagement

Senior Procurement Executive Aviation Review, Aug. 1-2, at DSCR, Virginia

Aug. 10, 2017

Senior Procurement Executives meet in Richmond

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Acquisition Executive and Head of Contracting Activity Cathy Contreras hosted the Senior Procurement Executive primary-level field activity Aviation Review, Aug. 1 – 2, on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. DLA’s Acquisition Director Matthew Beebe attended the event and was briefed by Aviation’s leadership on current acquisition topics.

Aug. 4, 2017

Stay fit, involved, ready, DLA director urges service members at military breakfast

Military service members on duty at the Defense Logistics Agency headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, participated in a day of fellowship, fitness and focus on the mission Aug. 4, during the director’s first DLA 5K Run, Military Breakfast and Picnic.

Aug. 3, 2017

New DLA Charter outlines agency’s authorities

DLA customers throughout the government will likely find it easier than ever to obtain support from the agency, thanks to a long-awaited revision to a critical document.

Stephanie Samergedes, director of DLA Intelligence, discussed the latest developments affecting the workforce and DLA partners with senior leaders from the DLA field activities and U.S. Pacific Command, at USPACOM headquarters in June.

July 20, 2017

DLA Intel chief, U.S. Pacific Command leaders discuss latest threats, travel rules, more

The director of DLA Intelligence visited DLA Pacific and U.S. PACOM headquarters in June to discuss the latest developments affecting the DLA workforce and ways her organization is working with DoD partners in the region.

Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams speaks to the DLA Headquarters workforce about his personal and professional goals.

July 7, 2017

Williams hosts first town hall as DLA director

In his first Town Hall as Defense Logistics Agency director, Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams took time to show DLA Headquarters employees a personal side of himself as well as share his strategic goals.

Command Sgt. Major Charles Tobin, DLA senior enlisted leader, addresses the headquarters workforce at a town hall, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, April 13, 2017.

July 6, 2017

The role of a noncommissioned officer in a joint forces environment

DLA's senior enlisted leader discusses how he adapted to his unique role in a defense agency made up primarily of civilian employees, reflects on the rewards of serving in a joint environment and offers insights for current and future senior NCOs.

The latest issue explores the work of employees across the agency and across the ocean.

July 5, 2017

July/August Loglines now available

Tornado relief, the use of ancient skills to make high-tech parts and much more: You can read about them all in the latest issue of Loglines.

Graybeards, retired Rear Adm. Michael Finley and retired Vice Adm. Michael Malone (from left to right), receive a brief on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s logistical support of the Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet by DLA Aviation Deputy Commander Charlie Lilli, Chief of Staff at DLA Aviation Steve Kinskie, along with Navy Cmdr. Eric Lockett, Operations Officer, Navy Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, DLA Aviation and Navy Capt. Mark Harris, Chief, Navy Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, DLA Aviation June 6, 2017 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

June 12, 2017

Graybeards briefed by DLA Aviation leadership

Richmond, Va. — Graybeards, retired Rear Adm. Michael Finley and retired Vice Adm. Michael Malone (from left to right), receive a brief on Defense Logistics Agency’s logistical support of the Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet June 6 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Army Col. Erik Larson, defense attaché at the U.S. embassy in Oman, joins officials from the Oman Ministry of Defense and the Port of Duqm to answer questions at a May 14-15 workshop for Omani company representatives.

June 9, 2017

DLA helps educate Omani vendors on DoD contracting processes, opportunities

The Defense Logistics Agency joined the U.S. Embassy in Oman, U.S. Central Command and 40 Omani company representatives in the sultanate’s first ever defense-contracting workshop May 14-15 in the capital city of Muscat.

Defense Logistics Agency Operations Research and Resource Analysis' Air Force Capt. Raymond Hill, wargaming program manager operations research analyst and David Jones practice wargaming strategies for the Advancing Globally Integrated Logistics Effort 2017 humanitarrian assistance/disaster relief wargame event hosted by the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, at Lockheed-Martin Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia. May 17 - 25, 2017.

June 7, 2017

DORRA supports Joint Staff war game: AGILE 17

Suffolk, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency’s Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis team supported a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief war game hosted by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Logistics, May 8 -12 at Lockheed-Martin’s Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia.