DLA News Archive

May 8, 2019

Navy Hospital Ship Deploying to Help Venezuelan Refugees

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — The U.S. is sending a hospital ship to aid in the refugee crisis resulting from instability in Venezuela. At the annual Washington Conference on the Americas at the State Department, Vice President Mike Pence announced the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort will deploy to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations next month.

May 8, 2019

Subsistence supports Navy in first efforts to provide freeze-dried foods to submarine fleet

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain began providing support to U.S. Navy culinary specialists assigned to submarines in its first ever freeze-dried food pilot program.

May 8, 2019

Consolidation of supply functions under DSA brought efficiencies, cost savings to DoD logistics

When Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara created the Defense Supply Agency in 1961, the military services understood there were efficiencies to be gained in commodity management.

May 8, 2019

Distribution’s Marshall presented commander’s coin

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Current Operations’ Cory Marshall received a commander’s coin during DLA Distribution Commanding Officer Navy Rear Adm. Kevin M. Jones’ employee recognition event March 27.

May 7, 2019

Audit Task Force, SharePoint site guide the agency toward audit readiness

A new collaborative platform in SharePoint gives Defense Logistics Agency employees a single place to find audit-related information and tools as they drive the agency toward achieving clean financial statements.

May 7, 2019

Defense Logistics Agency at Robins Air Force Base: Director of Distribution shares insight

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — “We want to tell our story because we want our story to get out there, but we also have to remember that DLA (Defense Logistics Agency) is to provide support the warfighter. So we are providing that support to the war fighters so they can do what they need to do, which is win the war, win conflict, do whatever it is they need to do to accomplish

May 6, 2019

Free daily webinars available to DLA employees for Public Service Recognition Week

Public Service Recognition Week honors the men and women who serve the nation as federal, state, county and local government employees.

May 6, 2019

445th Airmen train during Agile Combat Support exercise

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 445th Airlift Wing website — Thunderous smoke bombs activated, simulated attacks commenced, and Airmen scrambled to action as more than 80 members of the 445th Airlift Wing participated in an annual Agile Combat Support exercise April 5-7, 2019 here.

May 6, 2019

DLA Distribution employees respond during HAZMAT exercise in Germersheim

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Employees at DLA Distribution Europe conducted HAZMAT training at their main facility at the Germersheim Army Depot. The training took place as DDDE officials wait for German authorities to permit expansion of their HAZMAT storage capacity to support NATO and other military readiness requirements.

May 6, 2019

Excess items avoid landfill to help people in need

Naval Support Activity Bahrain — It took more than luck to complete a long and challenging donation process to provide excess items to Bahrain’s Red Crescent Society, but the charity’s local leaders recently wished good fortune on Defense Logistics Agency employees there for extra efforts from agency employees to provide support.