DLA COVID-19 Support News
May 28, 2020
“Get Out Challenge” keeps employees active, connected
RICHMOND, VA —
Virtual workouts, picking strawberries, mountain walks and volunteering at a local food bank are activities McKesia Hester said took place during the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Strategic Acquisition Programs Directorate’s “Get Out Challenge.”
May 22, 2020
Agency helps workforce stay strong against pandemic
BATTLE CREEK, MIchigan —
Defense Logistics Agency employees in Battle Creek, Michigan, have been helping their colleagues stay strong mentally and physically as the workforces supports the warfighter and others responding to a pandemic.
May 20, 2020
Automated data drives DLA, DOD decisions on COVID-19 medical supplies
FORT BELVOIR, Va. —
Automated supply and demand data on personal protective equipment needed in the COVID-19 response is giving Defense Department officials a unified picture of stock levels and requirements across DOD and federal agencies, said the Defense Logistics Agency’s metrics integration chief.
May 19, 2020
DLA Troop Support rushes blankets to customers in Europe
PHILADEPHIA —
Quick action and strong ties with a vendor by Defense Logistics Agency employees helped speed delivery of 200 wool blankets to U.S. Army Europe Mortuary Affairs in Stuttgart, Germany, in response to COVID-19 in late April.
May 19, 2020
DLA’s IT modernization paved way for mass telework
FORT BELVOIR, Va. —
When the COVID-19 pandemic made mass telework a necessity for many government agencies, the Defense Logistics Agency was prepared. Over 26,000 civilian employees, contractors and service members began working from home March 17, more than doubling the agency’s routine number of teleworkers.
May 19, 2020
DLA Aviation leader uses virtual fist bump to connect with staff
RICHMOND, Va. —
Roy Drake knows greetings matter and can change the course of someone’s day and outlook. Communicating during the COVID-19 pandemic remains a priority for him in combating stress, uncertainty and social distancing among his staff.
May 18, 2020
Land and Maritime family battles, defeats COVID-19 virus
COLUMBUS, Ohio —
Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime associates and brothers Kyle and Marc Danneberger know firsthand the effects of COVID-19. The brothers along with their mother Sallie have supported their father Karl through a recent coronavirus infection that saw him hospitalized and on a ventilator.
May 15, 2020
DLA Aviation lends one of its own to national COVID-19 response
RICHMOND, Va. —
A Defense Logistics Agency contracting officer with firsthand experience responding to a crisis is helping the agency’s Rapid Deployment Blue Team support U.S. Army North medical and logistics units responding to COVID-19.