DLA News Archive

Category: Resiliency, People and Culture, SAPR

A blond woman in a teal jacket looks at the camera and smiles while she stands in front of marble pillars, she is outside.

April 16, 2024

Spotlight: Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Krista Nawrocki

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Meet Krista Nawrocki, DLA Disposition Services Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.

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April 15, 2024

Army veteran, 3-time sexual assault victim spreads hope for survivors

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A former soldier shares her journey to rock bottom after three sexual assaults, one of them from her fellow troops, in hopes of educating DLA employees on the aftermath of sexual trauma and inspiring courage among survivors.

Man standing at a staircase surrounded by books with title "March is National Reading Month"

March 27, 2024

Book Review: The Energy Bus

PaCEr Sara Vaughn offers some literary critique during National Reading Month.

Open book with text "March is National Reading Month"

March 23, 2024

Book Review - Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgement

PaCEr Cory Harter offers some literary critique during National Reading Month.

A woman standing in front of the American flag.

Feb. 27, 2024

Employee Spotlight: Jen Ganka

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A short Q&A with the agency's first-ever DSR program manager.

Two side-by-side photos of an olive orchard and tractor, and then a burnt wasteland.

Jan. 18, 2024

Euro team rallies to support colleague’s orchard loss

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When a DLA employee-owned generational Sicilian farm was destroyed by wildfire, the DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa region staff came together to help replace lost olive trees.

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Jan. 4, 2024

White House printshop lead retires

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Mischelle O’Neal bade farewell to her role as lead production operations specialist for the Defense Logistics Agency’s Disposition Services - Document Services office at the White House, marking the conclusion of an illustrious career in December.

Two photos, one is a silhouette of a man on a surfboard, the other is the same man sitting at a table posing with a retirement cake.

Dec. 29, 2023

Endless surf ahead for retiring Pacific operations lead

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A stalwart property disposal expert gives his final ‘aloha’ to the agency Dec. 30 after a career that began in 1988.

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Dec. 27, 2023

Kathy Atkins-Nunez: Pioneering excellence in leadership

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Longtime employee Kathy Atkins-Nunez recently concluded a remarkable 39-year journey with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, while helping to establish an organizational benchmark for leadership.

Dec. 20, 2023

Al Pacenza retiring from DLA Document Services after 57 years

NEW CUMBERLAND, Penn. — A legend retirees from the West Point DLA Document Services site.