DLA News Archive

March 2, 2021

Subsistence military food advisor promoted to chief warrant officer four

PHILADELPHIA — Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Trevor J. Farrow Sr. was promoted to chief warrant officer four during a ceremony Feb. 26 at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia.

March 2, 2021

Award-winning support recognized by government procurement coalition

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency’s Troop Support's Medical Directorate’s Strategic Materiel Sourcing Group and Construction and Equipment employee Meghan Michalski earned the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Acquisition Excellence Awards for Government, according to the group’s announcement February 26.

March 2, 2021

DLA Troop Support bids farewell to retiring civilian employee

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support said goodbye to its most recent civilian retiree during a ceremony Feb. 25 in Philadelphia. Pama Hamlett of the Subsistence supply chain retired after 41 years of federal service.

March 1, 2021

Humbled and appreciative: characteristics of a good leader

RICHMOND, Va. — Clyde Shaeffer, supervisory inventory management specialist, Order Fulfilment (QABEX), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Cherry Point, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, was awarded the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Leadership Award for the month of December 2020.

March 1, 2021

Charles D. Ormsby

Charles D. Ormsby is the senior scientific technical manager and chief of the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Division at Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Feb. 27, 2021

Gimcheon ops chief honored

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Pat Leverett was named DLA Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter for his outstanding contributions in South Korea at the start of fiscal 2021.

Feb. 26, 2021

Vice director retires after 35-year DLA career

Fort Belvoir, Va. — The employee who spends an entire career working for one organization is a rarity these days, but Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director Mike Scott did just that. He retired Feb. 26, 2021, after a 35-year career with DLA, working for 12 different directors.

Feb. 26, 2021

DLA Distribution Corpus Christi – supporting warfighters and saving sea turtles

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — When cold water temperatures in the Corpus Christi Bay surrounding Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, proved too cold for endangered green sea turtles, DDCT team members joined community members to rescue them.

Feb. 26, 2021

First quarter employees of the quarter

DLA Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Jimmy Canlas announced Energy’s first quarter, fiscal year 2021 military and civilian employees of the quarter.

Feb. 25, 2021

DLA Distribution Norfolk delivers COVID-19 vaccines to USS Eisenhower during winter storm

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Logistics Agency and federal partners ensured delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to Navy ships despite a historic mid-February deep freeze that delivered snow and ice throughout the southern United States.