DLA News Archive

Category: Equal Employment and Opportunity, Human Resources, SAPR, People and Culture

Kenneth “Joe” Pirman, director of DLA Distribution Yokosuka at Sasebo, Japan, will retire on Dec. 31, after 41 combined years of military and federal service.

Dec. 28, 2017

Sasebo director retires after 41 years of service

SASEBO, Japan — Kenneth “Joe” Pirman, director of DLA Distribution Yokosuka at Sasebo, Japan, will retire on Dec. 31, after 41 combined years of military and federal service.

Susan Lucio has been announced as the newest deputy commander of DLA Distribution Puget Sound, Washington.

Dec. 27, 2017

Lucio returns to Puget Sound as deputy commander

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — Susan Lucio has been announced as the newest deputy commander of DLA Distribution Puget Sound, Washington. Lucio previously served as the distribution center’s distribution facilities manager from 2008 to 2011.

Donald Bartlett (right) receives the first Security Professional of the Year Award from Patrick Wright, staff director of Security and Emergency Services at DLA HQ.

Dec. 27, 2017

Investigative analyst is first Installation Support Security Specialist of the Year

An investigative analyst at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation in Richmond recently received the first-ever award recognizing the top civilian security specialist across all of DLA Installation Support.

Army Maj. Tracy Yates and a reenactor portraying a U.S. Army soldier who fought in the Battle of the Bulge pose with a period-correct 48-star American flag, Dec. 16 near Bastogne, Belgium. (Photo courtesy DLA Europe & Africa)

Dec. 22, 2017

DLA personnel brave Belgian cold, honor WWII heroes in memorial walk

Members of the DLA Europe & Africa team braved winter weather Dec. 16 to participate in the 40th Annual Bastogne Memorial Walk in Belgium, commemorating the heroic stand made by U.S. and British forces during the Ardennes Offensive — also known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Seventeen DLA Troop Support retirees with 638 combined years of service were honored during a retirement ceremony Dec. 21. The group, standing with DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, was the largest to retire during 2017.

Dec. 21, 2017

DLA Troop Support honors six centuries of service during retirement ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Seventeen DLA Troop Support retirees with 638 years of combined service were recognized during a retirement ceremony Dec. 21.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Timothy Hagans is a food service technician serving in the Subsistence supply chain as part of the Army's career broadening program. Broadening assignments allow soldiers to gain knowledge and skills that complement those they acquired through Army service.

Dec. 21, 2017

Assignment with DLA Troop Support broadens soldier’s perspective

PHILADELPHIA — When Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Timothy Hagans arrived at DLA Troop Support in December 2013 for a career broadening assignment, he said he wasn’t sure what to expect. But he knew it wouldn’t be like the first 25 years of his military career.

Dec. 20, 2017

DLA Energy employee finds healing in helping CFC organization

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The platoon sergeant made it clear that should he not make it home from deployment his legacy of helping others should continue and that’s what his platoon leader, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Army Capt. Joe Quenga, did.

DLA Troop Support Holiday Card Decorating Contest

Dec. 20, 2017

Industrial Hardware wins holiday decorating contest

PHILADELPHIA — Several DLA Troop Support directorates competed for the most festive and mission-themed decorations during the annual holiday card decoration contest Dec. 18.

Army Reserve Lt. Col. Josh Van Eaton (center) meets with Army Maj. Heather Herbert (left) and Michael Lunceford (right), an administrative specialist in the DLA Office of General Counsel. (Photo by Dianne Ryder.)

Dec. 20, 2017

Award-winning attorney lends talents to DLA as reservist

A Justice Department lawyer serving his Army Reserve duty at the Defense Logistics Agency was one of three people awarded Federal Employee of the Year for 2017 for their work in the government’s lawsuit against Volkswagen Group.

DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams addresses awardees and audience members Dec. 12, 2017, at the 50th annual DLA Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony.

Dec. 19, 2017

DLA Distribution employees honored at DLA 50th annual Employee Recognition Awards

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Among the honorees at this year’s DLA 50th Annual Employee Recognition Program ceremony were 15 DLA Distribution employees honored for their outstanding performance and contributions to DLA and its customers.