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2025 DLA Foundation scholarship winners announced

June 22, 2026

2026 DLA Foundation scholarship winners announced

The Defense Logistics Agency Foundation awarded 32 scholarships to students with close family ties to current or past employees for the 2026-2027 school year.

a man in the foreground and a woman next to him both have a single arm up while looking a gauges and pushing buttons on the face of a machine taller than them.

June 22, 2026

DLA technician’s troubleshooting fix saves agency $4.2M

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel recently solved a yearslong challenge that would have eventually impacted the agency’s armor-cutting and demilitarization capability.

A man with a ponytail, dressed in a blue lab coat reaches into a 3D printing chamber to pull out a 3D printed object. It is a black rod.

June 22, 2026

DLA’s Product Test Center supports readiness with 3D printing capability

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus) Product Test Center advanced its additive manufacturing game with the addition of a specialized 3D printing capability with much more on the way, thanks to DLA Research and Development.

An Air Force major general stands on a stage with military flags behind him.

June 22, 2026

Avoiding risk, slow changes could have consequences for the military, Defense Innovation official says

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Making changes comes with risk, but there may be more risks associated with maintaining the status quo, the military deputy for the Defense Innovation Unit said during a Warfighter Talk at the Defense Logistics Agency’s headquarters last month.

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June 18, 2026

DLA Distribution Yokosuka welcomes new commander

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Leadership at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, officially changed hands from Navy Cmdr. Daniel Moldonado III to Navy Cmdr. Long Tran in a ceremony presided over by Army Brig. Gen. Kevin Cotman, commanding general, DLA Distribution, June 16 onboard Fleet Activities Yokosuka.

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Thomas Poe, right, incoming commander of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Indo-Pacific, and Navy Capt. Ryan Cullinan, left, outgoing commander, participate in a change of command ceremony as U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Sean P. Kelly, commander of DLA Troop Support, center, observes the traditional transfer of authority. The ceremony, held June 5, 2026, marks the formal relinquishment of command from Cullinan to Poe. DLA Troop Support Indo-Pacific provides comprehensive logistics, supply, and support services to joint warfighters across the Pacific theater. U.S. Navy photo by Wesley Burgos, public affairs specialist, NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor.

June 18, 2026

New leadership takes command at DLA Troop Support Indo-Pacific strengthening readiness across the region

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — Framed by two enduring symbols of American history, the USS Arizona Memorial and Battleship Missouri Memorial, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Indo-Pacific hosted a change of command ceremony June 5 at Kilo Pier.

The cover of the June 2026 issue of Loglines features a helicopter and the words "Western Hemisphere & Homeland Defense"

June 18, 2026

Western Hemisphere, homeland defense highlighted in latest issue of Loglines

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Homeland defense and the Western Hemisphere are the themes of the latest issue of Loglines, the Defense Logistics Agency’s professional journal.

two women, one in colonial clothing, stand in front of colonial display

June 17, 2026

DLA Troop Support embroiderers celebrate 250 years of American flag making at Betsy Ross House

PHILADELPHIA — Maintaining the tradition of America’s first flag maker, two embroiders from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Flag Room demonstrated hand embroidery of the presidential flag at the Betsy Ross House Flag Makers’ Hall June 12 to celebrate “Flag Fest.”

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June 17, 2026

New DLA Distribution Sigonella commander outlines 'mission and people always' vision at first all-hands call

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy — Navy Cmdr. Aaron Smith, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Sigonella, Italy, held an all-hands call with employees June 12, his first since assuming command of the distribution center as the 11th commander.

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June 17, 2026

Partnerships and people at forefront as leaders change

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — New hands are on the reins at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Korea. Army Lt. Col. Celina Pargo relinquished command to Army Lt. Col. Kelly Svarstad during a ceremony at Camp Carroll, Korea, June 12. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin L. Cotman, commanding general, DLA Distribution, presided over the ceremony.