DLA News Archive

July 23, 2026

Operating under pressure: Hazardous waste removal amid security threats and monsoon weather in the Philippines

JOINT BASE PEARL-HICKAM, Hawaii — Demand for reverse logistics services is increasing at joint training sites across the Philippines.

July 22, 2026

Last-minute phone call takes a North Philly local from the baseball diamond to the Pentagon

PHILADELPHIA — For Giovanni Morales, the path to the highest corridors of military leadership did not begin in a traditional way. It started on a college baseball diamond, wound through the demanding aisles of retail distribution warehouses and ultimately hinged on an unexpected vacation phone call that forced a life-changing, ten-minute decision.

July 22, 2026

DLA Troop Support, FDA interagency partnership informs DOW drug supply chain security policies

Philadelphia — Ensuring the security of the military pharmaceutical supply chain, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support pharmacists came to a rare interagency data sharing agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This agreement, meant to increase warfighter readiness, produced the latest dataset on 28 June.

July 21, 2026

PACE Spotlight: Brittany Bradford

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brittany Bradford has served with the Defense Logistics Agency for five years and is part of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 50.

July 21, 2026

Leadership changes hands at DLA Distribution San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Leadership at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego, California, officially changed hands from Navy Capt. Phoebe Tamayo to Navy Capt. Edelio “Del” Joloya in a ceremony onboard Naval Base San Diego, July 17.

July 20, 2026

US Cyber Command senior enlisted leader: Data is the currency of warfare

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Every individual, whether in uniform or not, is a critical warfighter in the cyber domain where data is the new currency of warfare, Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Bruce, the senior enlisted leader for U.S. Cyber Command, told a Defense Logistics Agency audience July 7.

July 17, 2026

Inaugural military medical supply chain, industry meeting reinforces warfighter readiness through  partnerships

Cherry Hill, N.J — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical supply chain brought government and industry partners together for the first Joint Medical Acquisition Talks in support of warfighter readiness, July14-15. Over 200 representatives from government and industry were in attendance, including representatives from the Army, Veteran’s Affairs and the Defense Health Agency. Hosted by Medical’s Capital Equipment division, the purpose of the meeting was to inform industry stakeholders about current acquisition issues and potential business opportunities within the division’s product lines.

July 17, 2026

DLA Distribution hosts agency vice director to discuss strategy, modernization

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution hosted DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn and other members of the agency's headquarters staff for an update on the command’s Annual Operating Plan, a tour of the Eastern Distribution Center and to recognize outstanding employees.

July 17, 2026

At the nexus of readiness: Gen. Caine visits DLA's largest distribution hub

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, July 14 to observe firsthand how the command supports warfighter readiness and is modernizing its operations.

July 17, 2026

Digital backbone emphasized in Fiscal 2027 Annual Guidance

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA’s newly released Annual Guidance for fiscal year 2027 outlines a push to modernize the agency by building a unified "digital backbone" while continuing to sustain global military operations.