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A snow plow on a street at night

Jan. 15, 2025

DLA Installation Management teams clear snow during season’s first storm at 4 sites

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Snow-removal teams, many of them DLA volunteers, removed snow and ice from parking lots and walkways after the season’s first winter storm at four DLA locations in early January.

Two photos of a man, one in military uniform and one in a suit.

Jan. 14, 2025

SkillBridge tailors OJT for transitioning servicemembers

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A DLA Disposition Services-assigned Army officer leveraged the six-month DOD program to continue working for the agency after military retirement.

Two women stand behind a food service counter while one scoops food.

Jan. 14, 2025

DSCR’s MWR program earns 2024 program excellence award

RICHMOND, Va. — A team of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees at DLA Installation Management Richmond earned recognition for doing what other people doubted they could do: open a cafeteria in 90 days.

Carpenter named 2024 DLA Leader of the Year for transformative leadership, innovation

Jan. 13, 2025

Carpenter named 2024 DLA Leader of the Year for transformative leadership, innovation

RICHMOND, Va. — Scott Carpenter, chief of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Cherry Point’s Planning and Support Division, has earned recognition as the level 4 DLA Leader of the Year award, a testament to his transformative leadership and innovative contributions.

A large group of people, both men and women stand in a office lobby. One man in front is wearing a Navy military uniform.

Jan. 10, 2025

DLA Maritime shipyard contracting chiefs collaborate at offsite

PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, Washington — Defense Logistics Agency naval shipyard contracting chiefs, their support personnel and DLA Land and Maritime Procurement Process Support Directorate and Maritime Customer Operations associates collaborated at DLA Maritime’s Puget Sound location Nov. 13 and 14.

High school students sit at long lab tables working on laptops while a teacher stands looking at them in a class room.

Jan. 9, 2025

Excess military computers donated to rural Ohio schools through DLA

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The National Trail Local School District in Paris, Ohio, is a small, rural district in a farming community where education funds are tight. Yet, thanks to the efforts of District Technology Coordinator Brian Pool, students there are thriving in the digital age with some help from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and DOD Computers for Learning.

Four men and one women pose for a photo during a Hall of Fame ceremony honoring new inductees.

Jan. 8, 2025

DLA Energy celebrates three new Hall of Fame members

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy) inducted three previous employees into the DLA Energy Hall of Fame, in a ceremony held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex on Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Brown sign with DLA and military logos at top. Under that reads: DSCC Mission Park - followed by a paragraph

Jan. 8, 2025

DSCC’s Mission Park receives update

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Supply Center Columbus’ Mission Park recently received a ‘facelift,’ to keep the park fresh and presentable for years to come.

Jimmy Carter poses after being elected the 39th president of the United States.

Jan. 8, 2025

In memoriam: President Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Mourning is remembering. As the nation reflects on the life of Jimmy Carter, it’s helpful to recall the many ways his administration changed the Defense Department, and what those changes meant for the Defense Logistics Agency.

People standing during a ceremony.

Jan. 7, 2025

DLA Distribution Susquehanna welcomes new Senior Enlisted Advisor

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In a small ceremony held in the lobby of DLA Distribution Center Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, the organization hosted a change of responsibility ceremony Dec. 6 that welcomed Army 1st Sgt. Rayon Cunningham and bid farewell to Army 1st Sgt. Gabriel Hamilton.