DLA News Archive

April 7, 2022

Chemist, quality expert inducted into DLA Energy Hall of Fame

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Lee Barry Oppenheim was inducted into the DLA Energy Hall of Fame on March 22. He retired from DLA Energy in 2018 as the Quality Technical deputy director with a distinguished 42-year federal career – all of which was spent with DLA.

April 6, 2022

DLA Distribution San Diego hosts U.S. Fleet Forces Command

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego, California, welcomed Navy Rear Adm. Matt Ott III, deputy chief of staff for Fleet Ordnance and Supply, U.S. Fleet Forces Command.

April 6, 2022

April is Security Awareness Month: If you see something, say something!

Richmond, Va. — We all have our daily routines. We go to work, stop by the store, maybe pick up our kids from school and travel home. We usually do not alter our routines unless something unusual occurs. It is the unusual events or unique observations that Defense Logistics Agency, Installation Management Richmond’s Security and Emergency Services wants to hear about! To assist you with reporting these unusual occurrences, DLA has developed a program called DLA iWatch.

April 6, 2022

DLA Disposition Services supports ROTC winter training in New Hampshire

UNIVERSITY OF New Hampshire — Equipment acquired from the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services was used to help educate and train the next generation of military officers at the University of New Hampshire.

April 5, 2022

Employee Reflection: Kristian Fugrad

Get to know the receiving supervisor working at DLA's property disposal site onboard the Sagami General Depot in Japan.

April 5, 2022

Lawyer, judge joins DLA Energy Hall of Fame

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Retired DLA Energy’s General Counsel Martin Harty was inducted in to the DLA Energy Hall of Fame March 22. From 1975-1988, Harty played an influential role guiding the Agency through the unprecedented petroleum marketplace.

April 5, 2022

DLA Distribution Korea hosts 403rd Army Field Support Brigade for new warehouse tour

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — U.S. Army Col. Lisa Villarreal Rennard, then Lt. Col. Rennard, was the commander of the Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia at Camp Carroll when the new warehouse for DDDK was in the planning stages.

April 5, 2022

Employee Spotlight: Royce Stinnett

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. For more information, call (804) 279-3139.

April 5, 2022

Office of Small Business leader inducted into DLA Energy Hall of Fame

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — During her 27-year career at DLA Energy, Lula Manley distinguished herself as a mission-focused contracting officer, a division chief and finally as associate director of the Office of Small Business Programs. 

April 4, 2022

Acquisition professionals receive award honors

Defense Logistics Agency’s Information Operations Acquisition Support Office was awarded the agency’s 2021 DLA Acquisition Support Professional of the Year Award-Team.