DLA News Archive

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

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch addresses members of the Joint Reserve Force from throughout DLA during the Combined Drill Weekend June 11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. JRF leadership from throughout DLA attended, which focused on readiness, training and operational support to DLA.

June 13, 2016

DLA JRF holds annual leadership meeting, reviews goals and objectives

During the DLA Joint Reserve Force's June Battle Assembly, about 75 JRF members from various locations gathered at the McNamara Headquarters Complex for the annual Combined Drill Weekend, June 10-12.

After the Navy took ownership of the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the supply department works to feed sailors aboard the destroyer May 20 in Bath, Maine. The Zumwalt’s inaugural dinner included lobster tail, crab and filet mignon.

June 9, 2016

Subsistence delivers lobster tails for inaugural dinner aboard USS Zumwalt

PHILADELPHIA — The inaugural dinner aboard the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer included 160 pounds of lobster tails that were delivered just in time, thanks to the DLA Troop Support Subsistence team.

Dix recognized Eartha Beaty, a 90-year-old Montford Point Marine, one of the first African Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps, with a Certificate of Appreciation from the Montford Point Marine Association.

June 9, 2016

Distribution commander delivers keynote address at Midland Cemetery Memorial Service

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — DLA Distribution commander Army Brig. Gen. Richard Dix delivered the keynote address at the Friends of Midland Cemetery annual memorial service Saturday, May 28, 2016.

Soldiers of the 66th Transportation Company upload 10-ton forklifts at the Szczecin port for delivery to Zagan Training Area May 20. From here, the forklifts are line-hauled to various raining areas within Poland.

June 3, 2016

TF Steel Knight keeps essential supplies moving for Exercise Anakonda

DRAWSKO-POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — Soldiers from 39th Transportation Battalion arrived at Drawsko-Pomorskie training area May 10 to execute onward movement for exercise Anakonda 2016 and worked to accomplish that logistics mission during subsequent weeks.

DLA Troop Support Medical employees meet with customers at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan during a visit to Pacific Region customers in May. The visit was an opportunity to provide face-to-face customer service to military hospitals in the region.

June 2, 2016

Medical supply chain works face-to-face with Pacific customers

PHILADELPHIA — Being able to meet with customers in person allows a better flow of communication, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain division chief said about a visit last month to customers in the Pacific region.

Dave Edmonson, DLA Troop Support customer service representative, Master Sgt. Darrell DeGroff, Washington Army National Guard, and John Tolomeo, DLA Troop Support Pacific Northwest Team chief, are pictured at the Army National Guard’s annual Menu Board Meeting at Joint Base Lewis-McChord March 17. A Subsistence customer operations team visited Washington to strengthen their partnership with the Washington Army National Guard.

May 26, 2016

Washington National Guard learns language of DLA food support

PHILADELPHIA — When the Washington Army National Guard decided it needed a better way to provide food to guardsmen, it reached out to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence team.

Visitors to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, may view one of the first models of the A-10 Thunderbolt II that is on loan to Defense Logistics Agency from Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina. (Photo by Jackie Roberts, DLA Installation Support at Richmond)

May 25, 2016

DLA Aviation helps keep the Thunderbolt II mission ready

RICHMOND, Va. — Trying to maintain an antique machine is a challenge for any collector or parts provider whether it’s a bicycle, a car, or a multiple-million-dollar weapon system flying critical missions keeping Americans safe at home and abroad. The A-10 is one such system whose length of service has recently been extended until 2022.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia is part of a team that keeps the UH-60 platforms mission ready. The UH-60 Black Hawks are used for a variety of missions including medical evacuation, air assault, personnel transport and airlift. Shown here are two, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare for landing at Forward Operating Base Kalagush, Sept. 7, 2008.

May 23, 2016

Teamwork key for sustaining the UH-60

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia, is part of a team that keeps the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter mission ready in production, deployment, and sustainment.

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.

Army Col. Ronnie Davis speaks to the crowd just after taking command of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Army Reserve Element May 15 at a change of command ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

May 20, 2016

DLA’s Army Reserve Element receives new commander

In a May 15 ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Army Col. Ronnie Davis took command of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Army Reserve Element, replacing Army Col. Ralph S. Roper.