Fort Belvoir, Virginia –
My name is:
Wallan Hashimoto.
I am:
A management and program analyst for DLA Disposition Services Pacific.
Describe your job in a sentence:
For the Pacific Region office, which links headquarters and field sites throughout the region, I help manage resources such as finance, travel, training, personnel and support agreements that help sites provide world-class service to the warfighter.
How long have you worked at DLA?
I’ve worked for DLA Disposition Services six years, beginning as a student summer hire. After earning my master’s, I was picked up full-time as a property disposal tech, later got into the DLA Corporate Intern Program and eventually moved into my current job.
What is your favorite thing about working for DLA?
I really enjoy helping customers. At field sites, the primary customer is the warfighter, but we also provide excess property to federal, state and local agencies. One day I’d get a call from a sheriff’s office asking about flashlights. Another day we had the local Air National Guard needing a medical gurney. Or we’d be helping schools get computers. You never knew what the day would bring.
What are your best memories of working here?
My coworkers. At every place I’ve worked at DLA, there’s been a sense of family. At every stage, I’ve met smart, innovative, generous people who go the extra distance to make you feel part of the team. That’s what sets DLA apart from other organizations I’ve worked for. I’ve always felt our work is serving a larger purpose — a commitment to help each other and others. Now that I work daily with folks from Energy, Installation Support, Troop Support, Distribution and DLA Pacific, I see how the PFLAs help support the warfighter in the Asia-Pacific region.
How do you make a difference?
I try to treat everyone how I would want to be treated, how I would want a family member to be treated — with respect, integrity and kindness. When I deal with our folks on an isolated base in Northern Japan, I keep in mind I’m their contact with HQ multiple time zones away. Or if we have an employee deployed to the area who has questions or is trying to arrange training here so others don’t have to fly halfway around the world. I’m very aware that without help from others, I couldn’t support our folks who directly support the warfighter.