DLA News Archive

Nov. 14, 2025

Navy works to keep fleet ready during increasing global demand

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Navy Rear Adm. Andrew Biehn, director of Surface Maintenance, Modernization, and Sustainment for Naval Sea Systems Command, spoke at the Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters as part of its Campaign of Learning series Sept. 29.

Nov. 13, 2025

Supervisors updated on DLA Weapons Support’s progress towards FOC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A major transformative milestone was met Oct. 27 when Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support hosted a joint supervisors’ call across two locations. The event, hosted at the DLA Weapons Support (Columbus) Operations Center Auditorium on Defense Supply Center Columbus and livestreamed at the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, signaled greater collaboration and shared purpose as the organization moves forward.  

Nov. 3, 2025

PaCER recent graduate spotlight: Mika Adams

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mika Adams is a recent graduate of the Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus) Pathways to Career Excellence program. She began her PaCE journey in July 2023 and graduated July 2025 as a post-award contract specialist.

Nov. 1, 2025

Wargaming the future to sharpen readiness

In a world of evolving threats, the Defense Logistics Agency is using creative ways to prepare for future conflicts – one of those is wargaming. Earlier this year, DLA conducted a wargame exercise as part of its Campaign of Learning. Dubbed “Assassin’s Mace,” the tabletop wargame focused on a notional future conflict involving China and Taiwan.

Nov. 1, 2025

A conversation with the leaders of DLA Weapons Support

The Defense Logistics Agency stood up a new major subordinate command dedicated to supplying spare and repair parts to the military services Oct. 1, 2025. DLA Weapons Support integrates the missions of DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime into a single unified command responsible for weapon systems support to the joint force. In this interview, the new MSC’s leaders talk about the transformation, what it means for the agency, employees and warfighters, and what stakeholders can expect.

Nov. 1, 2025

Agile and adaptable: DLA Distribution Expeditionary capabilities adapt, excel in 2025

In an era marked by rapidly evolving technology and contested logistics, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Expeditionary capabilities enable warfighter readiness, multinational exercise support and humanitarian assistance.

Nov. 1, 2025

Guest Commentary: From red tape to readiness - sharpening the acquisition edge

Redstone Arsenal — It's an honor to share a few thoughts with this community, a vital part of the Army’s and the nation's logistics enterprise. As the Army’s principal buying agent, the Army Contracting Command is focused on a singular, urgent mission: providing our warfighters with premier contracting support at the speed of war. To do this, we must relentlessly pursue efficiency, responsiveness and effectiveness, using every tool at our disposal.

Nov. 1, 2025

Maintaining military first impressions: Third-party logistics team essential to military clothing supply chain

PHILADELPHIA — Behind every recruit’s first set of uniforms is a team and a process that ensures more than a billion dollars’ worth of inventory is handled properly. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles supply chain works with five third-party logistics firms, also known as 3PLs, that provide outsourced logistics services including warehousing, transportation, inventory management, and procurement.

Nov. 1, 2025

Personalities and the past: How history makes the Army, Marine Corps, Navy unique

Officers joining George Washington’s army outside Boston in the summer of 1775 didn’t swear allegiance to the United States. They couldn’t: America didn’t exist. The U.S. Marine Corps, Navy and Army all celebrated their 250th anniversary in 2025, making them a year older than the nation they support.

Nov. 1, 2025

I am DLA: Matt Borsinger

A spotlight on Matt Borsinger, a Small Business Innovative Programs program manager with DLA Research and Development at the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.