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April 1, 2017

DLA NewsWire

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — News from across the agency is highlighted through DLA Newswire.

Kyu Sok Kwak

April 1, 2017

I am DLA

Kyu Sok Kwak, a supply planner for DLA Energy Pacific at Korea, explains the role he plays in DLA's mission.

The sinking of the Lusitania was the most notorious and deadly of several German submarine attacks in early 1917 -- attacks that were a key factor in the United States' decision to abandon a policy of neutrality and enter the war.

April 1, 2017

Logistics and American entry into the Great War

Wheat and thin strips of wood: Did these benign supplies really play a role in getting America into World War I?

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Navy Lt. Traci Irby, center, weapon system support program manager for the F/A-18, Navy Customer Facing Division farewells teammates, Mar. 3, 2017, in a piping ashore ceremony held on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. In an awards ceremony held Mar. 10, 2017, Irby received an exceptional meritorious service award for her performance during a 4-month assignment to Fleet Readiness South West at San Diego, California. Her performance on assignment led to implementing Deputy Materiel Management Chief military positions to be placed at each of the FRC sites.

March 31, 2017

New military positions connecting processes at FRC’s

Richmond, Virginia — From October 2015 through February 2016, Navy Lt. Traci Irby backfilled a position at DLA Aviation at the Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southwest in San Diego. Little did anyone know it would end up being the catalyst for the permanent implementation of military junior officer positions to be placed at each of the FRC sites DLA Aviation supports.

(second from right) DLA Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin along with Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex senior officials cut the ceremonial ribbon signifying the Air Force’s largest energy savings performance contract at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 29. Photo by Kelly White. The largest energy savings contract in Air Force history is projected to save $626 million in energy and operational costs over 21 years.

March 31, 2017

DLA Energy commander attends ribbon-cutting ceremony at Tinker Air Force Base

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with other senior officials for the Air Force’s largest energy savings performance contract at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 29.

Students from the Navy Supply Corps School’s International Leadership Executive Advanced Development course tour DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania’s Eastern Distribution Center after discussing the organization’s mission capabilities.

March 31, 2017

International Leadership course conducts annual visit to DLA Distribution

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Students enrolled in the Navy Supply Corps School’s International Leadership Executive Advanced Development course visited DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania on Mar. 21 to discuss the organization’s mission capabilities and tour the Department of Defense’s largest distribution facility.

A former tactical logistics vehicle stands ready to help Acton firefighters fight brush fires.

March 31, 2017

Logistics vehicle gets new life fighting fires

Acton, Maine — A former military supply vehicle stands ready to help fight forest fires in a New England village.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Zachary Flores, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems technician, performs an operations security (OPSEC) check on an M-61A1 20 mm multi-barrel cannon at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 29, 2017. Armament flight Airmen ensure all machinery entering the facility is inspected and remains in compliance with all OPSEC measures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christopher Maldonado)

March 31, 2017

Armament Airmen lay down the steel

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Shaw Air Force Base website — The 43 Airmen assigned to the 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament systems flight work around the clock to guarantee the weapons and launchers on F-16CM Fighting Falcons are ready to eliminate their target when fired.

Navy Rear Adm. Deborah Haven, center, tours the flag room at DLA Troop Support with the help of flag room employees Ngoc Phung Thi Le, left, and Hue Nguyen, right, during a visit to Philadelphia March 23. Troop Support was the last stop as Haven visited each of DLA’s six primary level field activities since assuming command of the DLA Joint Reserve Forces in October.

March 29, 2017

DLA Joint Reserve Force director visits Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — Military reservists already contribute to the DLA Troop Support mission. And the director of DLA’s Joint Reserve Force wants to know how they can do more. Navy Rear Adm. Deborah Haven returned to her hometown of Philadelphia March 23 to discuss the role of reservists with DLA Troop Support leaders.

Senior Airman Daniel Angulo-Negron, 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technician, examines the bolts on a generator bracket, March 15, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Repairs, updates and inspections are conducted on the aerospace ground equipment to ensure everything is in proper working order. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Victoria Boyton)

March 28, 2017

Aerospace Ground Equipment: No air power without ground power

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base website — The 4th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment shop provides the equipment used by crew chiefs and other aircraft maintainers on the flight line.