DLA News Archive

Oct. 3, 2023

San Joaquin’s Paredes awarded for outstanding customer service

TRACY, Calif. — Lead Information, Ticketing and Registration Recreation Specialist Cynthia (Cindy) Paredes assigned to Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management at San Joaquin received the 2023 Morale, Welfare and Recreation Facility and Program Excellence Individual award for Outstanding Customer Service.

Sept. 29, 2023

DLA Installation Management Susquehanna team sweeps the Commander’s Cup Series

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — This year's competition included participation from five teams: Army, Air Force, Marines, DLA Installation Management Susquehanna and DLA Distribution Susquehanna.

Sept. 28, 2023

Republic of Korea Capt. visits DLA Distribution Korea

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Republic of Korea Navy Capt. Lee, Dong Won toured Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Korea, July 19. The tour and briefing provided an overview of DLA Distribution, Korea facilities on Camp Carroll.

Sept. 26, 2023

DLA Distribution Corpus Christi strategic airlift missions enhance global readiness

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas, plays a vital role in supporting CCAD’s airlift missions that transport helicopter airframes around the globe.

Sept. 15, 2023

DLA Distribution Commander delivers Air Force birthday message

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Rear Adm. Grafton Chase, SC, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution delivers his Air Force birthday message to the work force.

Sept. 15, 2023

National Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Yolanda Rodriguez

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution spotlights Yolanda Rodriguez, a tTransportation Aassistant at DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California.

Sept. 15, 2023

A case study: Lessons learned from Champlain Towers building collapse

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — DLA Installation Management Susquehanna Installation Emergency Operations Center team hosted a lessons learned case study featuring Marty Nevil of  Pennsylvania Task Force 1, who was on the incident command team during the event.

Sept. 13, 2023

DLA Distribution Korea employee named DLA Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Chong Pil Ho, with Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Korea, is one of three recipients of the DLA Employee of the quarter award, for the 3rd quarter of fiscal year 2023.

Sept. 11, 2023

Remembering 9/11: DLA Distribution operations director recalls morning at Pentagon

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was sunny and clear at the nation’s capital. Paul Abel, then an Army lieutenant colonel working in Army logistics at the Pentagon, put the top down on his convertible for the short commute to work. He even called his father, who worked in the same building in the 1960s, to brag that he would enjoy the late summer day through a window in his recently relocated office.

Sept. 6, 2023

DLA Distribution Puget Sound leadership visits USS Barry

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — In his first official site visit to Everett since taking command of DDPW, DDPW Commander, Navy Cmdr. Marcus Craig, shared his command priorities, and was briefed by the team on key aspects of the Everett operation.