DLA News Archive

April 5, 2019

DLA Distribution’s Shird presented commander’s coin

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Equal Employment Specialist Tommy Shird received a commander’s coin during DLA Distribution Commanding Officer Navy Rear Adm. Kevin M. Jones’ employee recognition event Feb. 26.

April 5, 2019

Emergency response terms explained

Richmond, Va — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, conducted a tornado response exercise March 19. During the exercise, the installation’s mass notification system disseminated the message that included the words “seek shelter.” Participants’ post-exercise comments indicated confusion with respect to the meaning of “seek shelter,” which is different from “shelter-in-place” or “lockdown.”

April 4, 2019

Small sites provide big support shipping excess property to new users

Blue Grass Amy Depot, Kentucky — Like the popular 2001 Army recruiting slogan, Disposal Support Representative William Thompson must see himself as “an army of one” as he serves multiple locations from his one-person DLA Disposition Services site at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky.

April 4, 2019

Memories of dirty boots, cold showers shared during Vietnam War Commemoration Day event

PHILADELPHIA — Approximately 70 local Vietnam War veterans were honored during a commemoration event March 29 at KleinLife in Northeast Philadelphia.

April 4, 2019

Specialized training program helps new employees thrive in the Subsistence supply chain

PHILADELPHIA — As a former intern in the now, Defense Logistics Agency Pathways to Career Excellence program, these are feelings that Bill Blake knows very well. So he decided that he would do something to help ease the transition for those participants who came after him.

April 4, 2019

3D-printed impeller enhances readiness of Corps’ main battle tank

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps Systems Command website — Marine Corps Systems Command recently collaborated with fleet Marines and other organizations to review the successful performance of several 3D-printed impellers used on M1A1 Abrams tanks at Twentynine Palms, California. The Corps plans to use 3D-printed impellers when the original part wears or becomes inoperable and a new part cannot be received in a timely fashion.

April 4, 2019

Old-school whiteboards: a key tool in warfighter readiness

RICHMOND, VA — Advancements in technology are critical to the ongoing success of military operations here and overseas, and this need is evident to the thousands of men and women in service who rely on technology to help them accomplish their missions. But one analog staple survives — and even thrives — alongside the high-tech gadgets in service today: the humble whiteboard.

April 4, 2019

Seeds of hope planted at DSCC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As part of raising awareness for Child Abuse Prevention, Defense Supply Center Columbus associates gathered at Hope Garden in Mission Park to place pinwheels and spread seeds around the garden April 1. April is the designated Child Abuse Prevention Month and blue is the color associated with the cause.

April 4, 2019

DLA innovator honored for integrating robotics into agency processes

John Lockwood of DLA Information Operations was selected for Federal Computer Week Magazine’s Federal 100 Awards, presented each year to executives in government, industry and academia who had the greatest impact on government information systems the previous year.

April 4, 2019

DLA Distribution announces 2018 “Global Distribution Excellence” awards winners

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution has announced the winners of the 2018 “Global Distribution Excellence” awards.