DLA News Archive

March 8, 2021

Women's History Month Spotlight: Danielle Woods

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Get to know Danielle Woods, property disposal specialist, with environmental duties in the Pathway to Career Excellence Program.

March 5, 2021

Clothing and Textiles team provides cloth face masks to Army recruits

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles provided nearly 16,000 operational camouflage pattern face masks to Army recruit training centers across the country, in time for initial uniform issuance March 1.

March 5, 2021

Troop Support Commander reflects on 2020, year ahead at Town Hall event

PHILADELPHIA — During his Town Hall event March 4, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence shared his reflections on the past year, provided employees with an overview of recent events, and set a course for the organization’s way ahead in 2021.

March 5, 2021

Good old fashion teamwork leads to greater security measures on DSCR

RICHMOND, VA — The electronic security system on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, is undergoing a much-needed upgrade.

March 4, 2021

DLA, Navy project increases sustainable aircraft disinfectants

Richmond, Va. — Working with Naval Air Systems Command’s Materials Engineering Division, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation invested in a sustainable aircraft disinfectant project in May 2019 that resulted in DLA offering seven new products to meet Navy needs.

March 3, 2021

Land and Maritime Chief of Staff departs to support DLA Director as executive officer

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After serving an accelerated assignment U.S. Air Force Col. Samuel Payne left Land and Maritime Feb. 26 to assume new responsibilities as the executive officer for Defense Logistics Agency Director Navy Vice. Adm. Michelle Skubic.

March 3, 2021

DSCR fire officer, firefighter of the year proven leaders and innovators

Richmond, Va. — You may not know them until you need them, but the firefighters and staff of Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services are a critical element of Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia’s emergency response teams.

March 3, 2021

Excess oil to support South Carolina forestry equipment

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — More than 800 gallons of excess hydraulic oil no longer needed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, will now help sustain equipment used by the South Carolina Forestry Commission to fight fires.

March 2, 2021

Subsistence military food advisor promoted to chief warrant officer four

PHILADELPHIA — Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Trevor J. Farrow Sr. was promoted to chief warrant officer four during a ceremony Feb. 26 at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia.

March 2, 2021

Award-winning support recognized by government procurement coalition

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency’s Troop Support's Medical Directorate’s Strategic Materiel Sourcing Group and Construction and Equipment employee Meghan Michalski earned the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Acquisition Excellence Awards for Government, according to the group’s announcement February 26.