DLA Distribution News

Navy Lt. Jill Corrales, retail manager at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Cherry Point, N.C., has received the Company Grade Officer of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015.

Sept. 29, 2015

Cherry Point’s Corrales awarded DLA Distribution Company Grade Officer of the Quarter

CHERRY POINT, North Carolina — Navy Lt. Jill Corrales, retail manager at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Cherry Point, N.C., has received the Company Grade Officer of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for working closely with the Fleet Readiness Center-East, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and other units onboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to support the warfighter and ensure combat readiness.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brett Sandman, director of DLA Distribution Norfolk, Va., at New London, Conn., has been awarded the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Field Grade Officer of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015.

Sept. 28, 2015

Norfolk’s Sandman awarded DLA Distribution’s Field Grade Officer of the Quarter

NORFOLK, Virginia — Navy Lt. Cmdr. Brett Sandman, director of DLA Distribution Norfolk, Va., at New London, Conn., has been awarded the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Field Grade Officer of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015.

Sang-Hwan So, a supply technician inspector at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Korea, will retire in March 2016 with 43 years of federal service

Sept. 25, 2015

DLA Distribution Korea’s So reminisces on almost 43 years of federal service

CAMP CARROLL, Korea — Sang-Hwan So, a supply technician inspector at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Korea, will hit a milestone in March 2016. That feat is the completion of 43 years of federal service, eight of which have been with DLA Distribution Korea.

DLA director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch toured the fire mission area during his visit to DLA Distribution San Joaquin. The mission was acquired from the U.S. General Services Administration in 2014 when it closed its Western Distribution Center located in Lathrop, Calif. (Photo by Annette Silva, DLA Distribution San Joaquin, Calif.)

Sept. 23, 2015

DLA Director visits DLA Distribution San Joaquin

SAN JOAQUIN, California — Defense Logistics Agency director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch visited DLA Distribution San Joaquin, Calif., Sept. 11 to discuss command operations and tour facilities at DLA’s western Strategic Distribution Platform as well as host a town hall discussing the DLA Strategic Plan.

Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters DSS Systems Access Team has been awarded the DLA Distribution Team of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for their efforts in training and revalidating all DLA Distribution employees that require access to the Distribution Standard System.

Sept. 23, 2015

DLA Distribution’s DSS Systems Access Team wins Team of the Quarter award

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters DSS Systems Access Team has been awarded the DLA Distribution Team of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for their efforts in training and revalidating all DLA Distribution employees that require access to the Distribution Standard System.

Erwin Pacheco, distribution process worker at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Va., has been awarded the Employee of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for his outstanding work in accomplishing a wide variety of distribution-related duties.

Sept. 22, 2015

Norfolk’s Pacheco wins Employee of the Quarter award

NORFOLK, Virginia — Erwin Pacheco, distribution process worker at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Va., has been awarded the Employee of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for his outstanding work in accomplishing a wide variety of distribution-related duties.

Kent Martz on the right posing with a teammate, a safety specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Red River, Texas, has spent the last six months in Afghanistan supporting the MRAP Demilitarization mission.

Sept. 22, 2015

Red River’s safety specialist supports MRAP DEMIL in Afghanistan

RED RIVER, Texas — Kent Martz, a safety specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Red River, Texas, has spent the last six months in Afghanistan supporting the MRAP Demilitarization mission. Arriving in March 2015, he is expected to return home to Red River at the end of September 2015.

Diane Skinnell, acquisition project officer at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution headquarters, has received the Global Distribution Excellence: Acquisition Civilian of the Year award for her outstanding customer support and expert knowledge.

Sept. 21, 2015

Acquisition Operations’ Skinnell wins Global Distribution Excellence: Acquisition Civilian of the Year award

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Diane Skinnell, acquisition project officer at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution headquarters, has received the Global Distribution Excellence: Acquisition Civilian of the Year award for her outstanding customer support and expert knowledge.

The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution headquarters team assembled a group to test out the Continuity of Operations program in preparation for National Preparedness Month.

Sept. 21, 2015

DLA Distribution practices the Continuity of Operations Plan during National Preparedness Month

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Since 2002, the month of September has been observed as National Preparedness Month. September was chosen in memory of the attacks of September 11, 2001, and also because it coincides with the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Homeland Security, National Preparedness Month encourages Americans to take steps to prepare for emergencies in their homes, businesses, schools and communities. The national preparedness architecture encompasses prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts to prepare the United States for all hazards – whether terrorist attack or natural disaster.

To honor the United States Air Force’s 68th birthday, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution employees gathered to commemorate the service’s rich history on Sept. 18.

Sept. 18, 2015

DLA Distribution commemorates Air Force’s 68th birthday

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — To honor the United States Air Force’s 68th birthday, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution employees gathered to commemorate the service’s rich history on Sept. 18.

DLA Distribution hosts Simone Reba, deputy director of Defense Logistics Agency Finance and panel at the Sept. 1 Audit Readiness Roadshow.

Sept. 17, 2015

DLA Distribution Head Quarters hosts Audit Readiness Roadshow

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — “Victory is within reach!” This is the moto Simone Reba, deputy director of Defense Logistics Agency Finance drove home, at the Sept. 1 DLA Distribution Audit Readiness Roadshow.

Jodi Marshall, management services specialist, and Linda Cover, supervisory supply technician, at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., have won the Commander’s Mission Impact award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015 for their work in establishing a computer lab at the Eastern Distribution Center.

Sept. 17, 2015

Susquehanna duo wins Commander’s Mission Impact award

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Jodi Marshall, management services specialist, and Linda Cover, supervisory supply technician, at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., have won the Commander’s Mission Impact award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for their work in establishing a computer lab at the Eastern Distribution Center.

Lt. Gen. Andrew Busch tours DLA Distribution San Diego at Naval Base Coronado Site Industrial Support Division. Photo by: Oliver Olalia

Sept. 16, 2015

DLA Director visits DLA Distribution San Diego during west coast trip

SAN DIEGO, California — Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch visited DLA Distribution San Diego, Calif., facilities on September 9 during a weeklong trip to the region.

Rene Vinette, supervisory distribution facilities specialist in DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa.’s Special Commodities Division, has been named Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Sept. 16, 2015

Susquehanna’s Vinette named Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Rene Vinette, supervisory distribution facilities specialist in DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa.’s Special Commodities Division, has been named Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Brig. Gen. Richard B. Dix listens as Carmen Gordon, the Gold Star wife of Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, speaks of her husband’s heroics and ultimate sacrifice during a Patriot Day and POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony. (Photo by Sherre Mitten-Bell, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa.)

Sept. 15, 2015

Ceremony honors patriots and POW/MIAs

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Sacrifices for freedom must never be forgotten. Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna, employees gathered on the fourteenth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, in remembrance of those sacrifices, which came as a reminder that freedom is not free.