DLA News Archive

June 17, 2026

Mutual Aid in Action: DLA San Joaquin firefighters support local crews in 5-alarm fire

TRACY, Calif — Firefighters from Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management, San Joaquin Fire & Emergency Services responded to an offsite five-alarm fire June 11, one with plumes of smoke visible from neighboring counties and television news coverage visible across the nation.

June 17, 2026

The relationships behind readiness | How Cathy Contreras helped shape 15 years of Strategic Supplier Alliances

RICHMOND, Va. — Fifteen years after its formalization, a partnership model designed to strengthen relationships between the Defense Logistics Agency and its industry partners, continues to shape how DLA Weapons Support provides support to the warfighter.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. June 16, 2026

JCORT ’26 wraps up

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services concluded Joint Contingency Operations Readiness Training 2026 June 12, capping an annual simulation that brought together agency civilians and its Joint Reserve Force members.

June 16, 2026

Sabers, shirts sustainment discussed during West Point logisticians’ visit to Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — Maintaining uniform support to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point informed a visit to Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support by West Point logisticians June 8.

June 16, 2026

Responding without hesitation | DLA first responders save employee’s life

RICHMOND, Va. — “There is no mathematical reason whatsoever why I should be here.”

June 16, 2026

J20 Petroleum Quality Assurance Course taught at DFSP Okinawa for first time

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Energy conducted its J20 Petroleum Quality Assurance Course at Defense Fuel Support Point, or DFSP, Okinawa in Japan from April 6-24, marking the first time the course was hosted at an active DLA fuel facility.  The J20 course, for Quality Assurance Representatives, or QARs, is traditionally taught at the Petroleum, Water and Energy Department at Fort Lee, Virginia. The three-week course brought 25 students to Okinawa for a blend of classroom instruction and hands-on training in an operational environment. 

June 15, 2026

DLA Energy Middle East welcomes new commander, honors outgoing commander’s leadership

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Army Lt. Col. Juan G. Martinez assumed command of the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Middle East from Army Lt. Col. Eunseok "Sam" Yoo during a change of command ceremony at the KMC Onstage Theatre on Kleber Kaserne in Kaiserslautern, Germany on June 8.

June 15, 2026

Troop Support’s Medical and Subsistence hit a homerun for workplace morale

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s teamwork was in full swing as friendly competition, and a shared sense of camaraderie, took center field when employees from the Medical and Subsistence supply chains faced off in a softball game to strengthen morale and build connections beyond the office on June 10.

June 15, 2026

Army’s past, future celebrated during birthday ceremony

Defense Logistics Agency — Current soldiers, retirees and the workforce at the McNamara Headquarters Complex celebrated the Army’s 251st birthday during a ceremony June 11.

June 15, 2026

Removing roadblocks: Policy changes make LESO easier and more accessible to local law enforcement departments

Policy changes make the Law Enforcement Support Office program easier and more accessible to local law enforcement departments. These new rules will help ease the administrative burden of participants and further narrow the gap between law enforcement and the taxpayer-funded excess equipment that can help them protect communities across the country.