DLA News Archive

Category: Resiliency, People and Culture, SAPR

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton (left in black Army PT uniform) leads a group of participants at the second annual Federally Employed Women's 5K Walk/Run May 25. Hamilton encouraged employees to participate as part of DLA's resilience program.

May 27, 2016

Troop Support employees gets physical during FEW 5K

PHILADELPHIA — More than 75 DLA Troop Support employees participated in the second annual Federally Employed Women's 5K Walk/Run May 25.

Winifred Woll, keynote speaker during the Memorial Day observation May 26, receives a thank you bouquet from Jackie Baxter, Philadelphia Compound Veterans Committee chairperson. The PCVC organized the ceremony.

May 27, 2016

Employees remember Pearl Harbor nurses during Memorial Day ceremony

Philadelphia — Naval Support Activity Philadelphia employees heard stories about military nurses that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor as part of a Memorial Day observation May 26.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden employee Melissa Small receives a check from DLA Aviation Deputy Commander Charlie Lillie May 19, 2016 in a ceremony honoring her selection as the March 2016 Employee of the Month.

May 26, 2016

Small named DLA Aviation Employee of the Month

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden employee Melissa Small was honored as the March 2016 Employee of the Month in a ceremony May 19. Small works remotely from Huntsville, Alabama, as a contracting officer aligned with DLA Aviation’s Strategic Acquisition Programs Directorate in Ogden, Utah.

Elias and Bec Dungca and their two sons, Elijah and Isaiah, lost most of their belongings in a fire Oct. 24, 2014. Through faith, family and friends, they were able to recover and return to their normal lives.

May 24, 2016

Division chief overcomes fire with faith, support from co-workers

PHILADELPHIA — Elias Dungca looked at his apartment on fire and knew that he was going to lose everything in it. His faith, family and friends helped Dungca’s family resiliently overcome the fire that destroyed their home in October 2014.

DLA Police Lt. James Haaf (left) and Staff Sgt. James Sprecher participated in the Law Enforcement United "Road to Hope Memorial Bicycle Ride” May 10-12, during National Police Week 2016.

May 20, 2016

DLA police officers participate in bike ride to honor the fallen, remember the survivors

Two DLA police officers participated in the Law Enforcement United “Road to Hope Memorial Bicycle Ride” from Chesapeake to Arlington, Virginia, May 10-12, during National Police Week.

DLA employee Phil Prater stops at an overlook during a motorcycle ride through Skyline Drive, Virginia, Oct. 18, 2010.

May 20, 2016

DLA motorcyclists share tips for riders, drivers to keep each other safe on the road

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and a few Defense Logistics Agency motorcyclists share their thoughts on what bikers and drivers can do to keep everyone safe on the road.

Army Col. Ralph Roper, outgoing DLA Joint Reserve Force Army Reserve Element commander, speaks to attendees at a May 14, 2016, Dining Out at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland.

May 20, 2016

DLA Army Reserve Element holds 'dining out' to say farewell to outgoing ARE commander

The Defense Logistics Agency Army Reserve Element on May 14 honored its outgoing commander, Army Col. Ralph S. Roper, with a "dining out" banquet during the unit’s May Battle Assembly.

Distribution police chief Douglas Schraeder thanked everyone who gathered to show their respect for the men and women who have died in the line of duty nationwide at the National Police Week wreath laying ceremony on May 18.

May 19, 2016

Distribution police officers honor National Police Week with ceremony

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Police Force hosted a wreath laying ceremony to pay tribute to local, state, and Federal peace officers who have died in the line of duty on May 18, in the base chapel. Each year, our nation loses between 140-160 law enforcement officers in the line of duty.

Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond police officers respond to a simulated active shooter during an emergency response exercise held on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 2014. DLA will hold another active shooter exercise May 24, 2016.

May 18, 2016

DSCR emergency response exercise takes place May 24

RICHMOND, VA — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond and DLA Aviation will conduct an active shooter emergency response exercise on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 24. DLA Police and Fire and Emergency Services officials will participate in the exercise.

The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution headquarters team assembled a group to test out the Continuity of Operations program at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

May 18, 2016

DLA Distribution practices the Continuity of Operations Plan

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — In keeping with the efforts to strengthen preparedness capabilities, the Continuity of Operations planners of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution recently took the Emergency Relocation Group to an alternate work site.