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Rear Adm. Peter G. Stamatopoulos (at head of table), the director of fleet ordnance and supply at Navy Fleet Forces Command, receives a briefing about the Clothing and Textile supply chain at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia May 4. Stamatopoulos visited each of Troop Support’s supply chains and other organizations on Naval Support Activity-Philadelphia. Troop Support plays a large role in Fleet Forces Command’s mission to equip Naval Forces for assignment to combatant commanders. Photo by Shawn J. Jones.

May 11, 2017

Navy's fleet ordnance and supply director visits DLA Troop Support

Philadelphia — Troop Support plays a large role in Fleet Forces Command’s mission to equip Naval Forces for assignment to combatant commanders.

Since returning from her Defense Logistics Agency Support Team-Kuwait deployment in 2015, Amelia Stanko understands better how the strategic contracts she works on, as a contracting officer in the Supply Operations Commodities Directorate of DLA Aviation, impact the warfighter. She says she get parts to the warfighter quicker by decreasing the number of tactical buys DLA Aviation makes. (May 10, 2017 Photo)

May 10, 2017

Personal experience: Why DST is important, why I would do it again

Richmond, Virginia — Many people have asked me why I volunteered to go to Kuwait. Even more have asked me if I was scared. If I am very honest, the answer is yes. But if I admitted that even to myself, I would not have gone.

The Expeditionary Team works to set up a deployable warehouse, complete with Distribution Standard System, during Operation Pacific Reach.

May 10, 2017

Distribution supports Operation Pacific Reach

POHANG, South Korea — DLA Distribution’s 25th distribution center, the Expeditionary Team with the support from a DLA Distribution Korea team deployed in support of Operation Pacific Reach, which is an exercise conducted every other year. This year’s exercise was held from April 10 through April 21 at Dogu Beach in Pohang, South Korea.

Answering question 21 honestly shows candor and responsibility.

May 10, 2017

It’s okay to answer Question 21

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — a good time to bring up question 21 on the Questionnaire for National Security Positions, the SF-86 form one completes for every security clearance, whether initial or renewal.

Senior Airman Daniel Striggles, a 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels facilities operator, and Senior Airman Christopher Benavente, a 49th LRS fuel cryogenics operator, fill a cart with liquid nitrogen at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. on May 5, 2017. Cryogenics operations involve servicing liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen to Holloman’s aircraft. The liquid oxygen is pure, almost 99 to 100 percent oxygen, which Holloman’s F-16 pilots breathe during flight, and liquid nitrogen is used for tire services to aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis P. Docherty)

May 9, 2017

F-16 maintainers and fuel specialists run 24 hour operations

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Holloman Air Force Base website — Holloman’s 54th Aircraft Maintenance Airmen work tirelessly to keep the F-16 Fighting Falcon, a single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft, flying high above New Mexico’s desert.

A construction worker prepares a power pole for removal at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. April 24, 2017. More than 200 poles are being replaced as part of an ongoing project to renovate Beale’s electrical infrastructure.

May 9, 2017

Beale AFB modernizes electrical infrastructure

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Combat Command website — In order to keep Beale the intelligence spearhead of the Air Force, more than 200 power poles and their wiring are currently being replaced as part of an ongoing project to renovate and modernize Beale’s electrical infrastructure.

Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith (center), director of DLA Logistics Operations, stands with the USS Ford’s supply officers, and Navy Capt. Harry Thetford (right), commander of DLA Distribution Norfolk, during his visit on May 2.

May 9, 2017

DLA’s director of logistics operations visits Norfolk distribution center

NORFOLK, Virginia — On May 2, Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith, director of Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations, visited Norfolk, Virginia, for a tour of the pre-commissioned unit USS Ford, and of DLA Distribution’s operations.

Jim Lecollier, chief of the Subsistence individual rations branch, will be inducted into the Research & Development Associates for Military Food & Packaging Systems, Inc. Hall of Fame May 24. He's being honored for his unwavering support to the warfighter, and bringing industry and government together.

May 9, 2017

Subsistence employee to be inducted into R&DA Hall of Fame

Philadelphia — Jim Lecollier, Subsistence, will be inducted into the Research & Development Associates for Military Food and Packaging Systems, Inc. Hall of Fame in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 24. He's being honored for his unwavering support to the warfighter, and bringing industry and government together.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Army Customer Facing Division soldiers and civilian employees answer customers' supportability questions April 27, 2017 at DLA's exhibit during the 2017 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

May 9, 2017

Aviation Army team staffs DLA exhibit at Nashville Conference

Richmond, Va. — Representatives from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Army Customer Facing Division staffed the DLA Exhibit at the annual Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit, April 26-28 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Spc. Jeffrey Nichols of the 381st Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Reserves, bulldozes rock for a road on the Non-Standard Live-Fire Range at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania, as part of Resolute Castle 17. Resolute Castle 17 is an exercise strengthening the NATO alliance and enhancing its capacity for joint training and response to threats within the region.

May 8, 2017

National Guard engineers make their own path in Romania

CINCU, Romania — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Rainy weather in early May is just another obstacle to overcome for the Soldiers of Resolute Castle 2017, an engineering exercise underway in Romania and Poland. When rain turned their roads to a slick muck, endangering the trucks hauling rock for the tank trails, the engineers built a new road to continue work and prevent future delays.