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Sept. 9, 2022

Battle Creek MWR hosts 9/11 Remembrance Walk

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The somber display marked the 21st anniversary of the terrorist attack for agency personnel in Michigan.

DLA leaders pose in from he Maersk Peary, one of three consolidated cargo, or CONSOL, capable ships located in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Sept. 9, 2022

DLA leaders visit DLA Indo-Pacific operations in Pearl Harbor

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Defense Logistics Agency senior leaders received updates on DLA Indo-Pacific operations while touring agency facilities and meeting local employees August 22-26 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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Sept. 8, 2022

DLA’s partnership with FEMA highlighted during National Preparedness Month kickoff

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency kicked off National Preparedness Month with a ceremony and expo at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Sept. 7.

Commander sees firsthand support DLA Aviation at San Diego provides to the warfighter

Sept. 8, 2022

Commander sees firsthand support DLA Aviation at San Diego provides to the warfighter

RICHMOND, Va. — Since taking over as Commander of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation in Richmond, Virginia at the end of June, Air Force Brig. Gen. Sean Tyler has made it a priority to see firsthand the support those Aviation employees based at sites outside of Richmond provide to the nation’s warfighters on a daily basis.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, drive a tactical vehicle onto the USNS Seay during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 26, 2022. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enables the U.S. Marine Corps Central Command and U.S. Central Command to receive and employ forces and resources rapidly in the region through a growing network of western geographic access and staging points.

Sept. 8, 2022

Marine Officer Leads MPF Efforts

SAUDI ARABIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marines website — In the small port city of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast of western Saudi Arabia, more than 600 vehicles and pieces of equipment were offloaded via a Maritime Prepositioning Force offload operation during exercise Native Fury 22. But how was Combat Logistics Regiment 1, the exercise's lead unit, able to acquire hundreds of thousands of pounds of equipment in order to meet mission requirements?

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Sept. 7, 2022

DLA Document Services preparing customers for NARA’s Dec. 31 deadline for digital records

New Cumberland, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Document Services is making it easier for Defense Department components that submit records to the National Archives and Records Administration to meet a new digital-format requirement by Dec. 31, when physical records will no longer be accepted.

An employee of the Defense Logistics Agency Fire Support Mission aboard DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California, prepares to ship food materiel to the US Forest Service Redding Fire Cache.

TRACY, Calif. Sept. 7, 2022

DLA Distribution San Joaquin California assists national fire readiness

TRACY, Calif. — The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, fire mission is essential to supporting firefighters across North America.

DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight

Sept. 7, 2022

Employee Spotlight: Jessica Ozuna

RICHMOND, Va. — Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs.

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Sept. 7, 2022

DLA Disposition Services welcomes OSHA inspectors for VPP recertification

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Voluntary Protection Program is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration program that recognizes employees and managers who have adopted effective safety and health management systems maintaining injury rates below the national average. Since 2013, DLA Disposition Services has been certified in the Star Program category. Other program categories include Merit and Demonstration.

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Sept. 6, 2022

PaCE Spotlight: Danielle Woods

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Program for DLA Disposition Services is a two-year program that takes PaCERs through all of DLA Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate.