DLA News Archive

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June 15, 2017

General Herbert "Hawk" Carlisle, USAF (Ret), President & CEO NDIA

ARLINGTON, Virginia — General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle became president and chief executive officer of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) June 15, 2017.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Col. Mark Hirschinger, chief, Army Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, cuts the Army birthday cake June 13, 2017 with Sgt. Tom Katsiyiannis, 392nd Army Band, Fort Lee, Virginia, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The cake ceremony is a long standing Army tradition where the soldier with longest time in service cuts the cake with the soldier with the least amount of time in service using the ceremonial military saber.

June 14, 2017

DLA celebrates the Army’s 242nd birthday!

Richmond, Virginia — Soldiers and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees celebrated the Army’s 242nd birthday with a ceremony at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation-San Diego employees Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Angeli Legardye, right, Contract Specialist Nicole Johnson, left, and Management Analyst Karen Higdon, middle, sort through clothing donated by employees for local non-profit organizations to distribute to families in need. The program collects clothing for newborn to 1 year-old children of families who have been identified by local nurses and social service agencies.

June 14, 2017

San Diego’s culture committee teams up with local NPOs

San Diego — The Culture Committee at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation-San Diego collaborated with a local non-profit organization and held a clothing drive in May to provide baby items for newborn to 1-year-olds throughout San Diego County.

June 14, 2017

Microsoft Home Use Program

Columbus, Ohio — DLA government employees are eligible to participate in the Microsoft Home Use Program. You can purchase Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 at a discounted price for use on your home computer.

June 14, 2017

Ohio National Guard to Deploy

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Task force from Ohio National Guard's 174th Air Defense Artillery Bridgate to deploy.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jemme Neal and Sgt. 1st Class Isaac Wilson, both from DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain, cut a cake June 13 to mark the Army’s 242nd birthday. Subsistence helped deliver 300,000 servings of birthday cake to dining facilities around the world.

June 14, 2017

Troop Support celebrates Army’s 242nd birthday

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support celebrated the Army's birthday with cake before the weekly senior leader staff meeting. And the Subsistence supply chain helped soldiers around the world enjoy their cake too.

Members of the Iraqi air force and the U.S. Army 574th Combat Support Command work together to load recovered 463L pallets onto an U.S. Army truck at Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq, April 16, 2017. The pallet recovery initiative, led by aerial porters at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, Iraq, involved the recovery of more than 1,500 aircraft pallets and 1,600 cargo nets, which were used for foreign military sales cargo destined for the Iraqi military to fight ISIS in Mosul. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)

June 14, 2017

U.S. and Iraqi Air Forces work together to recover, put pallets back into DOD system

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group here started an initiative recently to recover more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts.

Army Lt. Col. Daniel J. Bidetti assumed command of DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas, in a June 14 ceremony.

June 14, 2017

Corpus Christi distribution center welcomes new commander

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Army Lt. Col. Daniel J. Bidetti assumed command of DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas, in a June 14 ceremony. The ceremony was officiated by DLA Distribution commanding general Army Brig. Gen. John S. Laskodi.

DTRA Deputy Director Rear Adm. Scott Jerabek presents JIDO Vice Director Army Maj. Gen. Julie Bentz an expression of appreciation for her presentation commemorating the Army birthday.

June 14, 2017

Employees gather for joint celebration of Army birthday

McNamara Headquarters Complex tenant agencies celebrated the Army’s 242nd birthday June 13 in the HQC auditorium. This year’s theme, “Over There,” harks back to another commemoration – the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entry into World War I.

During the June Battle Assembly about 65 Defense Logistics Agency Joint Reserve Force members attended the Combined Drill Weekend event June 9-11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Va.

June 13, 2017

DLA Joint Reserve Force leaders assemble to improve processes, sharpen skills

During the June Battle Assembly about 65 Defense Logistics Agency Joint Reserve Force members attended the Combined Drill Weekend event June 9-11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Va.