DLA News Archive

May 17, 2024

San Joaquin’s Loyd selected as Defense Logistics Agency Fire Service Instructor of the Year

TRACY, Calif. — Christopher Loyd, Security and Emergency Services fire department training captain, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management, San Joaquin, was selected as the 2023 DLA Fire Service Instructor of the Year.

May 14, 2024

Agency property disposition warehouse gets virtual makeover

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A “digital twin” research and development project is helping logistics planners reconfigure DLA’s San Joaquin site within a virtual environment.

May 10, 2024

Wright selected as Defense Logistics Agency Emergency Communication Center Operator of the Year

TRACY, Calif. — Melody Wright, lead emergency services dispatcher, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management, San Joaquin, Security and Emergency Services Branch, was selected as the 2023 DLA Emergency Communication Center Operator of the Year.

May 7, 2024

San Joaquin’s Haynes selected as Defense Logistics Agency Firefighter of the Year

TRACY, Calif. — Mark Haynes, firefighter, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management, San Joaquin, Security and Emergency Services Fire Department, was selected as the 2023 DLA Firefighter of the Year.

Oct. 19, 2022

DLA Installation Management San Joaquin’s White recognized as the DLA Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Police Officer Jacob White of the Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management San Joaquin Police Department was selected as the DLA Employee of the Quarter, third quarter, fiscal year 2022.

Oct. 3, 2022

National Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Manuel Arceo

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution spotlights Manuel Arceo, a supervisory supply systems analyst at DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California.

Sept. 20, 2022

National Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Guillermo Urrea

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution spotlights Guillermo Urrea, a distribution process worker at DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California’s Consolidation & Containerization Point .

July 1, 2022

DLA Distribution San Joaquin hosts the F-35 Joint Program Office

TRACY, Calif. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, leaders hosted the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin representatives to discuss its logistics program June 23 at the Defense Distribution Depot San Joaquin located in Tracy, California.

Dec. 17, 2021

Defense Logistics Agency San Joaquin Police Department named Outstanding Police Activity of the Year

SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. — The Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management San Joaquin Police Department was named the DLA Outstanding Police Activity of the Year. This is a back-to-back win for the department.

April 8, 2019

DLA Distribution San Joaquin acquires ADA compliant van making transportation easier for its disabled employees

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — At DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California, our people are our greatest resource. It is imperative that we take care of all employees and the distribution center went one step further in obtaining a wheelchair accessible van to transport our disabled employees around the installation.A brand-new van with side wheelchair lift accessibility was