DLA News Archive

Tag: Construction

Spc. Jeffrey Nichols of the 381st Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Reserves, bulldozes rock for a road on the Non-Standard Live-Fire Range at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania, as part of Resolute Castle 17. Resolute Castle 17 is an exercise strengthening the NATO alliance and enhancing its capacity for joint training and response to threats within the region.

May 8, 2017

National Guard engineers make their own path in Romania

CINCU, Romania — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Rainy weather in early May is just another obstacle to overcome for the Soldiers of Resolute Castle 2017, an engineering exercise underway in Romania and Poland. When rain turned their roads to a slick muck, endangering the trucks hauling rock for the tank trails, the engineers built a new road to continue work and prevent future delays.

Aerial view of DLA Aviation Operations Center construction site Feb. 13 2017.

April 24, 2017

DLA Aviation Operations Center construction continues

Richmond, Virginia — Employees looking at the skyline toward Public Safety Building 201 will notice quite a change from October 2015, when ground was broken for the DLA Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Contractors dredge the river during construction preparations for a new pier, which is used to receive jet fuel, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 17, 2017. The new pier will be constructed out of concrete and will measure approximately 36 feet wide to give first responders access in times of emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell)

April 20, 2017

‘Piering’ into future: Construction to improve fuel operations

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — Construction preparations for a new pier, which is used to receive jet fuel, began April 3, 2017. The project, which is overseen by the 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Facilities, is expected to be completed in 18 months.

Douglas Tait and Dustin McIver work to clean the lines for the asphalt crack sealer. (U.S. Air Force photo / W. Eugene Barnett Jr.)

April 4, 2017

Civil Engineering gearing up for spring road repairs

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base website — Winter weather can take a heavy toll on roadways. This can pose a big challenge to the 88th Civil Engineer Group teams responsible for maintaining the 120 miles of base roads on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Spc. Daniel Czigler, right, deployed in support of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve, assigned to 258th Engineer Utilities Detachment, drills into a stand-up desk while Spc. Adam Heath, carpentry and masonry specialist, 258th EUD, holds the desk in place in Baghdad, Iraq, March 6. Czigler is an interior electrician by trade but learned he would be doing a lot of wood work when he arrived.

March 22, 2017

Coalition engineer detachment builds a stronger alliance through construction

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Fort Riley website — The North Carolina National Guard’s 258th Engineer Utilities Detachment, Union III team, learned new capabilities and challenged themselves to be more creative as they supported operations and made Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve a better place to work.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Pinkerton, a 18th Civil Engineer Group pavement maintenance and heavy equipment operator, uses a sweeper to clear rocks from a simulated repaired runway at the munitions storage area of Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 3, 2017. The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps worked side by side, trading different approaches to the same problems, bolstering the others ability to work with their sister services in any situation, planned or otherwise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nick Emerick/Released)

March 13, 2017

More than one way to fill a hole

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Kadena Air Base website — Heavy machinery lumbered around, piloted by U.S. Air Force Airmen, U.S. Navy Seabees, and U.S. Marine Corps combat engineers during an exercise which included the repair of a mock-up of an airfield in Kadena Air Base’s munitions storage area.