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Dec. 19, 2025

Humble excellence defines 4 decades of service for retiring DLA Distribution leader

Gene Surmacz, chief of staff, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, was honored at a retirement ceremony Dec.16, marking the end of a distinguished career spanning more than 40 years of military service and civilian leadership.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Division (1 ID) enjoy food and gifts during a Christmas party at Boleslawiec, Poland, Dec. 25, 2022. Defense Logistics Agency Subsistence supply chain helps to keep morale high by giving servicemembers around the globe the smells and tastes of the December holidays. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Kevin T. Brown Jr.)

Dec. 18, 2025

DLA Troop Support Subsistence keeps morale alive with December holiday meals

PHILADELPHIA — While Santa Claus prepares his Christmas Eve deliveries, the Defense Logistics Agency has already delivered holiday cheer in the form of meals to U.S. service members stationed around the world.

Several parachuters descend with text overlay saying "Just Enough Logistics: Shifting the Logistics Paradigm," by Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly and LTC Daniel Marvin

Dec. 17, 2025

‘Just enough logistics’ shifts paradigm in military supply chain readiness

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — In response to increasingly complex and asymmetric battlefield environments, new strategies are being advanced to recalibrate how logistics enable warfighter readiness and operational agility.

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Dec. 16, 2025

DLA Energy CAG Inaugural Enterprise Rotational Program Participant

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — For Kathryn Pegram, a professed life-long learner and auditor at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the decision to embark on an 11-month rotational program – January to November 2025 – was a deliberate step toward continuous growth.

Five people a mix of men and women unload packages from a pickup truck onto a flat bed cart. there is snow on the ground.

Dec. 16, 2025

HDIFC staff deliver holiday joy

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency staff from Battle Creek’s Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center delivered holiday cheer through the Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family program Dec. 12.

Text says DLA Dialogues From Factory to Foxhole, special guest Air Force Col. Ryan LeBlanc with an outline of a microphone over a globe

Dec. 16, 2025

Agency podcast spotlights DLA’s wargaming approach to strategic modernization

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The latest episode of DLA’s podcast series explores how wargaming and strategic planning efforts are positioning the agency to tackle future logistics challenges and advance its modernization agenda.

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Dec. 16, 2025

PACE graduates recognized at HDFIC

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services held a graduation ceremony for six interns from the Pathways to Career Excellence Program at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, Dec. 4.

Escape from Saigon: A DLA Employee’s Story of Survival and Service

Dec. 11, 2025

Escape from Saigon: A DLA employee’s story of survival and service

RICHMOND, Va. — On April 29, 1975, as artillery thundered over Saigon, “White Christmas” played across radio stations throughout Vietnam.

Members of the 2025 graduating class of DLA Energy's Pathways to Career Excellence Program pose for a group photo after their graduation ceremony with Mr. George Atwood (center left) and other agency leaders at Fort Belvoir, Va., on October 22, 2025.

Dec. 10, 2025

DLA Energy celebrates newest class of PaCE graduates, connecting early development with long-term success

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After two years of rigorous training and professional development, Defense Logistics Agency Energy recognized 18 graduates of its Pathways to Career Excellence Program during a ceremony Oct. 22.

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Dec. 10, 2025

Learn how DLA keeps warfighters fed in ‘Behind the Bite’

Feeding the nation’s warfighters is a job that spans the globe. Whether it’s in the field, on a ship or in a dining facility, millions of troops need nutritious food to stay mission ready. he story of how the Defense Logistics Agency gets food to 1.5 million warfighters around the world is told in the new “Behind the Bite” video.