DLA Energy News

April 13, 2020

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Using the school’s online classroom, students at National Defense University’s Eisenhower School learned about DLA Energy during a virtual presentation, April 6. Due to COVID-19 health concerns, the defense fuel management seminar was held online with the more than 20 senior-level military officers and civilians from the U.S. and four international partners – Czech Republic, Lebanon, Norway and Poland.

Tugboats assist USNS Comfort up the Hudson River as the hospital ship enters New York City. Federal, state, and local agencies provide a security escort for the patrol. Actions by logistics data experts at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Logistics Information Services will make it easier for the crew to acquire parts for ship. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Hupp)

April 7, 2020

Logistics data experts help fight against COVID-19

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — It takes a lot of supplies and many types of equipment to fight a pandemic. Recently, logistics data experts at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Logistics Information Services used their skills to help customers find materials they need to battle the COVID-19 virus.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Quincy Moore, 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory NCO in charge, performs a monthly sediment and water test on a refueling unit using an inline sampler at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 3, 2020. These inline samplers are used to grab the sample to verify the fuel quality. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Blair)

April 7, 2020

8th LRS fuels the mission

KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Kunsan Air Base website — The 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight’s mission is to verify the quality of all fuel that comes in and out of the base to ensure the Wolf Pack is always mission ready.

U.S. Space Force launched its first mission on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket

April 1, 2020

Boosting Space Force’s first launch

Boosted with DLA Energy-provided liquid propellant, the U.S. Space Force launched its first mission sending a military communications satellite into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, March 26.

March 30, 2020

Military hospital ships refuel to relieve area hospitals

Preparing for a different kind of war, military hospital ships loaded up on fuel in preparation for the Defense Department’s support to civil authorities responding to the spreading COVID-19 pandemic.

March 27, 2020

Women’s History Month spotlight: Christine George

March is Women’s History Month and this year’s Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute theme is “Honoring the Past, Securing the Future.” Throughout the month, we will spotlight DLA Energy employees who are honoring their history and making a difference through their accomplishments both in their workplace and community.

Property Disposal Specialist Keneicsha Monroe examines some ventilators at the DLA Disposition Services site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Monroe and other specialists at all DLA Disposition Services sites having been working to locate high demand medical supplies and equipment in the excess property inventory to have items ready for reutilization, transfer and donation requisitions in support of the COVID-19 response.

March 20, 2020

Agency answers call for medical equipment

Battle Creek, Michigan — The employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services locations have a long history of making excess military equipment available to help those dealing with emergencies and natural disasters, and the COVID-19 response is no exception.

March 20, 2020

Women’s History Month spotlight: Maria Rodriguez

March is Women’s History Month and this year’s Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute theme is “Honoring the Past, Securing the Future.” Throughout the month, we will spotlight DLA Energy employees who are honoring their history and making a difference through their accomplishments both in their workplace and community.

March 19, 2020

DLA Energy Commander addresses workforce

DLA Energy Commander Brig. Gen. Albert Miller shared employee related news and recognized employees who reached career milestones in federal service during an all hands held in the McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, March 10.

Defense Logistics Agency Blacks in Government Chapter’s Day of Empowerment Annual Training Symposium

March 18, 2020

BIG day of empowerment

Uplifted and inspired were a few of the positive words used to describe the 2020 DLA Blacks in Government Chapter’s Day of Empowerment Annual Training Symposium at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Feb. 26.