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Aug. 4, 2022

Director recognizes history of government entities

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — August has the honor of celebrating the birth of both the US Coast Guard and the Department of Defense. The United States Coast Guard celebrates its 232nd birthday on August 4th while Defense Department was created on the August 10, 1949. Semper Paratus—Always Ready.

DLA Troop Support honored the careers of Colleen Hunt, left, a business process analyst in the Process Procurement division, who retired after 40 years of federal service and George Oseyemi, right, who retired after 21 years of federal service as a business systems analyst in the Medical supply chain, during a retirement ceremony July 28, 2022 in Philadelphia.

Aug. 4, 2022

Two Troop Support employees honored at retirement ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Two Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees, with a combined 61 years of federal service, were honored during a retirement ceremony July 28. 

DLA Distribution Norfolk supports Operation Pacer Goose 2022

Aug. 4, 2022

DLA Distribution Norfolk supports Operation Pacer Goose 2022

NORFOLK, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, employees loaded vital equipment July 23 onto the Ocean Gladiator out of New Orleans, Louisiana, in support of Operation Pacer Goose, the annual resupply of mission support items destined for Thule Air Base, Greenland.

Pasquale Buono, a government contractor, performs maintenance aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) during mid-deployment voyage repairs, July 12, 2022.

Aug. 4, 2022

NAVSUP, mission partners in Europe support Kearsarge ARG’S logistics and maintenance periods

NAS SIGONELLA, Italy — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the US Navy website — Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella’s (NAVSUP FLCSI) logisticians and contracting specialists, along with their mission partners, coordinated the maintenance scheduling and procurement and delivery of repair parts for several ships assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), in July 2022.

Firefighter image with statistics on Wildland Fire Support.

Aug. 3, 2022

Groundwork by DLA, Forest Service preps firefighters for busy season

Fort Belvoir, VA — The Defense Logistics Agency works daily to support firefighters stopping fires in their tracks through planning and cooperation with firefighting agencies across the country.

Eric Garris, Property Disposal Specialist with DLA Disposition Services Richmond

Aug. 3, 2022

Employee Reflection: Eric Garris

Get to know Property Disposal Specialist Eric Garris

Magee assumes command of DLA at Oklahoma City

Aug. 2, 2022

Magee assumes command of DLA at Oklahoma City

Richmond, Va. — Air Force Col. Robert Magee took command of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Oklahoma City July 26 during an assumption of command ceremony held at the Tinker Event Center on Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Group photo of people outside in safety equipment

Aug. 2, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Camellia Cochran

Get to know Area Manager Camellia Cochran

An Airman connects a “pantograph” hot-pit re-fueling vessel to an underground pipeline.

Aug. 1, 2022

Reserve, Active Duty partner to enhance unit readiness

DUKE FIELD, Fla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 919th Special Operations Wing website — Working together with a worldwide expeditionary combat logistics squadron at one of Air Combat Command’s largest fighter wings is proving to be a cost-effective approach for both active duty and the 919th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron.

Attendees of the North Pole Defense Fuel Support Point ribbon-cutting ceremony pose for a group photo

Aug. 1, 2022

DLA Energy Americas celebrates North Pole DFSP ribbon cutting

NORTH POLE, Alaska — Americas’ last frontier celebrated the operation of its newest Defense Fuel Supply Point at the North Pole, Alaska, with a ribbon cutting July 26.