DLA Headquarters News

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch (far left) presents an award to Air Force Lt. Col. Teresa Rivers for supporting her husband, Randy Taft (second from right) in his career as son Cody Taft (far right) looks on.

July 15, 2016

Agency's first senior enlisted leader retires

The 43-year career of Randy Taft, DLA’s first senior enlisted leader, was celebrated July 15 in a ceremony by numerous dignitaries, DLA employees and Taft family members.

The new issue of Loglines magazine features stories about DLA employees from across the agency.

July 14, 2016

July/August issue of Loglines magazine now available

The July/August 2016 issue of Loglines magazine is now available.

Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Nicole Collins, Material Examiner Mike Hambrick, Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Clarice Johnson and Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Tracy McCall discuss the plan for their team’s expeditionary disposition site build during training at Fort Custer National Guard Base.

July 12, 2016

Annual contingency training underway

Defense Logistics Agency personnel from around the country and globe converged on Battle Creek , Michigan, this week to kick off the 2016 edition of Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training, or "OCORT."

Brad Sparks, a pest controller at DLA checks a mosquito trap to see if any live specimens have been captured. Each week Sparks collects the samples and sends them to a laboratory to test for the presence of the Zika virus.

July 12, 2016

DLA joins fight against Zika

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime health officials are working with Army entomologists to collect mosquito samples on its installation in Columbus, Ohio, to test for the Zika virus.

Students in the Navy Supply Corps School’s International Leadership Executive Advanced Development course

July 8, 2016

Foreign officers' course visits DLA Distribution for lesson on DoD logistics

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — On July 6, students in the Navy Supply Corps School’s International Leadership Executive Advanced Development course visited the Department of Defense’s largest distribution center to learn how DoD does global logistics.

DLA now has a fully operational program to detect and counter insider threats.

July 1, 2016

Teams safeguard employees against insider threats

The Defense Logistics Agency will be the first of 43 Department of Defense components to have a fully operational insider-threat program, achieving this goal well ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline.

Kristen Baldwin, Acting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Engineering left poses with the DLA Value Engineering Achievement Award winners from left: Edilia Correa, DLA Logistics Operations, Technical and Quality Assurance; Brig. Gen. Allan Day, Commander DLA Aviation; Brodie Whitehead, DLA Aviation; Calvin Lee, DLA Aviation; along with Lt. Gen. Andy Busch, Director DLA; Frank Dipofi, DLA Aviation; Milton Lewis, DLA Land and Maritime; Rocky Sunday, DLA Land and Maritime; Dale Roberts, DLA Aviation; Amelia Walling, DLA Land and Maritime and Jorge Betancourt, DLA Aviation.

June 30, 2016

Agency wins 5 Value Engineering Awards

Arlington, VIRGINIA — One Defense Logistics Agency employee and four teams were awarded Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards for fiscal 2015 at a Pentagon ceremony, June 28.

Military vehicles and equipment wait to be loaded from a new seaport facility created by DLA expeditionary logistics teams at Port Arthur, Texas, for Turbo Distribution 16-4 in April 2016.

June 30, 2016

Logistics, Live and On Location

Two teams of DLA expeditionary logisticians stand ready to deploy to support global contingencies. To stay ready, they participate in any of four lifelike exercises every year.

A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew member assigned to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard inspects the aircraft prior to conducting night flight training at the aviation support facility in Isla Grande, Puerto Rico, Sept. 2, 2014. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Pablo Pantoja/Released)

June 30, 2016

Keep Them Flying

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA Aviation helps sustain warfighter support and save taxpayer dollars by keeping several dependable veteran aircraft in the air and flying missions.

In order to assess the acceptability of the new torque converter as an alternate item for the present one a fit check was needed to insure compatibility with the Humvee engine and transmission. Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brown with the Ohio Army National Guard conducts a transportation bracket fit test showing the seated torque converter has the same axial relationship with the transmission flange as the current item.

June 30, 2016

A Proper Fit

Fort Belvoir, VA — A critical part was in short supply, with few replacements available. DLA Land and Maritime worked to help develop a hybrid part that is quicker to produce and meets all specifications.

Senior Airman Rory Nowosielski stands on the ramp as container delivery system bundles exit the aircraft during a high-altitude airdrop mission in a C-17 Globemaster III Feb. 14 over Afghanistan. Airman Nowosielski is a C-17 loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron.

June 30, 2016

Factory to Foxhole

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA and the U.S. Transportation Command collaborate to ensure supplies are where they are needed before and after shipping.

Defense Logistics Agency San Joaquin Police Chief Chuepheng Lo.

June 30, 2016

An American Story

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA Police Chief Chuepheng Lo’s journey to becoming America’s first Hmong police chief included living in a refugee camp and serving as an Army officer.

The Joint Logistics Operations Center is DLA’s full-time coordination point for global logistics activities.

June 30, 2016

Synchronizing the Effort

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA’s Joint Logistics Operations Center sustains the agency’s operational readiness around the clock and around the world.

DLA Troop Support representative Sally Pooler (right) answers questions from a soldier at the DLA Warfighter Support Initiative, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

June 30, 2016

DLA Warfighter Support Initiative Engaging Customers

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — The DLA Warfighter Support Initiative is part of DLA’s effort to bring outreach and education directly to customers.

June 30, 2016

Slick Solution

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Conventional motor oil has been blamed for environmental damage and is often sourced from foreign nations, and the Department of Defense is a major consumer. But a DLA program may help change that.