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June 19, 2018

It's getting real: annual exercise adds complexity

The annual expeditionary training for disposition personnel known as OCORT has added a new location and new real-life customers in a bid to create greater levels of realism.

June 19, 2018

DLA forward presence enhances commodity, service support during Saber Strike

U.S. forces in the Baltics and Poland for Saber Strike 2018 have easier access to critical supplies like food, fuel and repair parts with the deployment of Defense Logistics Agency personnel to Powidz, Poland.

June 15, 2018

Expeditionary contracting officers needed to provide global logistics support

The DLA Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office needs contracting specialists to join its Expeditionary Contracting Cadre, a group of volunteers who deploy to establish logistics support in the initial stages of disaster relief and contingency operations around the world.

June 14, 2018

Marines innovating expeditionary fuel additization

Although there are more than 600 U.S. Defense Fuel Support Points located around the world, sourcing military specification fuel in an expeditionary environment on short notice or in small quantities sometimes proves challenging. To help find a solution, the U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office partnered with DLA Energy to test a commercial-off-the-shelf injection capability at DFSP Charleston.

June 14, 2018

DLA Troop Support celebrates Army birthday

DLA Troop Support celebrated the Army's 243rd birthday in Philadelphia and helped soldiers around the world celebrate.

June 11, 2018

DLA Dashboard to improve readiness by giving near real-time view of service metrics, supply shortfalls

A new tool known as the Service Readiness Dashboard merges the military services’ readiness data with DLA business metrics for a near real-time view of the status of key weapon systems and platforms.

June 8, 2018

Site visits support operations and real property accounting

Members of DLA Installation Operations Battle Creek and Europe and Africa recently conducted site and customer engagement visits at DLA Disposition Services sites in Germany, Kuwait and Qatar.

June 7, 2018

DLA leaders meet with industry partners, discuss engagement strategies

Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams met with several private-sector leaders at the McNamara Headquarters Complex to discuss how DLA can better engage with its industry partners during a meeting with representatives from industry associations May 31.

June 1, 2018

Agency employees at Iwakuni aid transition to improved medical care

Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Iwakuni, Japan, recently watched the fruits of their labor as the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Branch Health Clinic opened a new facility.

May 25, 2018

OCORT resumes June 9

DLA Disposition Services’ annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training will continue to heighten the bar of excellence for agency field exercises when it convenes in mid-June at sites across Michigan.