DLA News Archive

Category: Warfighter Always, Global Posture, Strong Partnerships, Whole of Government, Always Accountable

Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training, or OCORT, prepares military and civilian agency personnel for constructing and manning portable disposal sites that can be shipped and used nearly anywhere in the world.

June 11, 2019

BATTLE CREEK AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. — The agency's annual expeditionary disposal skills exercise prepares deployment teams for the rigors of challenges of warfighter support downrange.

Four of seven U.S. Navy "Seabees" who helped DLA save thousands through equipment transport: Petty Officer 2nd Class Vonell Williams, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Klem, Chief Petty Officer William Wilson and Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Dickinson are pictured with Guam site chief Eric Mills.

June 7, 2019

Sometimes you help the warfighter, sometimes they help you

GUAM — U.S. Navy Mobile Construction Battalion personnel, known as “Seabees,” recently helped their local DLA disposal site save an estimated $11k in equipment transportation costs.

Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support Commander, center, speaks to participants during an exercise at DLA Troop Support May 28, 2019 in Philadelphia.

June 5, 2019

Troop Support, federal partners prepare for hurricane season

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a two-day tabletop exercise to prepare for the 2019 hurricane season May 28-29.

June 4, 2019

Europe and Africa hold customer-focused workshop

Striving to improve customer service and outreach, DLA Energy Europe and Africa hosted an Order Requestors Workshop at the Sembach U.S. Army Installation Conference Center in Germany earlier this year.

More property at NAS Jacksonville Building 110 warehouse that awaits the beginning of the Material Exploratory Program Pilot.

June 3, 2019

Teamwork clears the decks at Navy warehouses

NAS Jacksonville, Florida — The Navy and the Defense Logistics Agency are working together to make a "clean sweep" of material in warehouses that needs to go.

Staff Sgt. Victoria Keyes, the outgoing 379th Expeditionary Medical Group (EMDG) pharmacy services NCO in charge, counts pills at the clinic Jan. 15, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

May 31, 2019

National Contracts success gives ‘a billion’ reasons to celebrate

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Pharmaceutical National Contracts program helped Department of Defense customers avoid $1 billion on generic pharmaceutical drugs.

Senior Airman Gibbs Bellamour, 5th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician, organizes supplies in an ambulance storage space at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, April 4, 2019.

May 30, 2019

Medical’s ‘ECAT’ program helps government partners spend less

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Electronic Catalogue is providing new opportunities for government customers to avoid costs on medical items.

May 30, 2019

DLA Energy, French commanders build partnership

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Albert Miller met with his French counterpart to discuss ongoing and upcoming fuel support and ways to continue to build their partnership May 15-16.

Members of the U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet, one of the Army’s premiere chamber ensembles.

May 23, 2019

Sun Tzu, woodwind quintets and a Texas high school band

Alvarado, Texas — The Texas State Agency for Surplus Property reached a big milestone recently thanks to excess items acquired through the Defense Logistics Agency.

May 20, 2019

Fueling interoperability with Peru Navy

Expanding its 38 fuel agreements across the world, Defense Logistics Agency Energy signed a new Fuel Implementing Arrangement with the Peru Navy to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Peruvian Navies.