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Search and rescue teams train on disposed helicopters

Search and rescue medics train on firefighter tactics during a recent session making use of the CH-46 hull.

July 9, 2021 - Search and rescue medics train using disposed helicopters.

New Environmentally Friendly Stationary Aerial Targets, or EFSATS, are placed by a team of airmen, sailors and Marines on tiny Idesuna Island, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, in June. The local DLA Disposition Services team provided guidance and assistance for a recent range improvement project that required the disposal of an estimated 20,000 pounds of inert munitions and range target residue. The site had previously gone more than a decade without a roundup of debris.

July 7, 2021 - The removal of 20,000 lbs. of inert munitions and range residue will help trainers provide a safer, more realistic place to prepare for combat.

Commentary: PTSD is real

Infographic created using Adobe Photoshop to promote PTSD Awareness during the month of June.

July 1, 2021 - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder affects millions of Americans each year.

Air Force and Navy logistics leaders visit DLA Distribution

The Pentagon’s Director for Logistics, Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam C. Barrett, left, is greeted by Defense Logistics Agency’s Director, Navy Vice Adm. Michelle C. Skubic and Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Keith D. Reventlow, center, as he arrives for a June 23, 2021, visit to DLA Distribution Headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Matthew Mahoney, DLA Distribution Public Affairs)

July 1, 2021 - The Pentagon’s Director for Logistics, Air Force Lt. Gen. Sam C. Barrett and Defense Logistics Agency’s Director, Navy Vice Adm. Michelle C. Skubic, visited DLA Distribution Headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, June 23 for an update on the agency’s COVID-19 support efforts and a tour of the modernization efforts at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

New edition of The Rap features 2020 NCO of the Year

Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Penaflor, DLA's 2020 NCO of the Year and transportation NCO for DLA Europe & Africa, stars in the latest edition of The Rap talk show.

June 29, 2021 - Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Penaflor, DLA's 2020 NCO of the Year, stars in the latest edition of The Rap talk show.

New commander tours Europe and Africa fuel lab

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Europe & Africa Commander Army Lt. Col. Benverren Fortune performs a visual analysis on JP-8 jet fuel during a site visit to the Rhine Ordnance Barracks fuel lab in Germany June 10. The lab tests around 2,000 fuel samples each year including routine quality surveillance, investigations of possible contamination as well as testing for secured fuels. Photo by Dr. Elmar Mohrhardt

June 28, 2021 - One of five DLA Energy fuel laboratories worldwide, the Europe & Africa facility at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Germany tests around 2,000 fuel samples each year including routine quality surveillance, investigations of possible contamination as well as testing for secured fuels. DLA Energy Europe & Africa’s new commander Army Lt. Col. Benverren Fortune visited the lab to learn more about its capabilities and services June 10.

Employee Assistance Program helps workers maintain mental health

DLA's Employee Assistance Program can help employees and their family members maintain good mental health with a phone call or by visiting the EAP website.

June 28, 2021 - Employees may feel isolated and experience other work-related stressors as mass telework continues. DLA Human Resources officials remind workers that agency EAP counselors can help them with a variety of mental health-related issues.

DLA Disposition Services supports USNS Tippecanoe during COREX in Guam