DLA News Archive

Official portrait of man with flags in the background

Feb. 3, 2022

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know DLA Human Resources Customer Account Manager Pat Bagi.

Feb. 2, 2022

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.

Graphic with text, photo collage and emblems of the military services..

Feb. 2, 2022

DLA Distribution Senior Chief Petty Officer named Senior Enlisted Reservist of the Year

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Ruputz, Joint Senior Enlisted Leader, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, has been named the DLA Senior Enlisted Reservist of the Year for 2021.

Pictured is Machoi Peak, in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. DLA Troop Support’s Construction and Equipment supply chain recently provided India’s military, some of whom are stationed in North Kashmir experiencing minus 20-degree weather, with 15,000 extreme cold weather sleep systems through the government’s Foreign Military Sales program. After delays due to COVID-19 and Hurricane IDA, C&E worked with vendors, stakeholders and various army commands to improve the delivery date by more than three months. (Courtesy photo)

Feb. 1, 2022

Troop Support partners to provide warmth to Indian Armed Forces

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support recently provided India’s military with 15,000 extreme cold weather sleep systems through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.

A nephew and uncle pose at a base in Iraq.

Feb. 1, 2022

Oscar Montiel's great 48

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The organization we now call DLA Disposition Services celebrates its 50th anniversary later this year, but it was still just a toddler when a young farmer and Army vet from Arizona came aboard in 1974.

Feb. 1, 2022

Energy support to Fort Hood, a Utilities Privatization success story

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A new video about DLA Energy’s Utilities Privatization supporting Fort Hood, Texas, highlights the successes of a DLA Energy program to help military installations with utilities privatization and energy resiliency efforts.

Graphic with black text in white boxes on a dark blue background.

Jan. 31, 2022

New Back to Basics framework emphasizes career-long learning for acquisition staff

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The one-size-fits-all approach to training used by acquisition professionals throughout the DOD is shifting to a new framework that emphasizes basic knowledge and skills followed by job- or role-specific education.

Outdoor selfie of man with sunglasses on.

Jan. 31, 2022

Employee Reflection: Nate Barnes

Get to know DLA Disposition Services Operations Deputy Director Nate Barnes.

Three DLA Aviation service members pictured as winners of military awards

Jan. 31, 2022

DLA military members earn top awards for 1st Quarter 2022

Richmond, Va. — Three Defense Logistics Agency Aviation military members earned top military awards for the 1st quarter of 2022.

Pete Foreman knells next to the head of a helicopter

Jan. 29, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Pete Foreman

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Pete Foreman is DLA Disposition Services' chief of staff and a 30-year Army veteran.