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Christopher Camacho, Area Manager, DLA Disposition Services (left); and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, director, Defense Logistics Agency; look at damaged doors taken from High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, aka Humvees, as Busch tours a DLA warehouse with Joseph Hayward, Supply Management Specialist, DLA Distribution and Brent Cox, Director, DLA Distribution aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Jan. 26.

Feb. 14, 2017

Defense Logistics Agency three star visits MCLB Barstow

BARSTOW, California — United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, who heads the organization supplying every branch of America’s military, visited Defense Logistics Agency facilities aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Jan. 26.

The Department of Homeland Security recently updated its lists of states that are compliant, noncompliant, or under extensions for making the ID they issue conform to the Real ID Act.

Feb. 14, 2017

Deadline for ‘Real ID’-compliant driver’s license extended to June for some states

If you have family members whose only ID is issued by one of an expanded list of non-compliant states or territories, they will not be able to use that ID for unescorted access to Department of Defense or other federal facilities after June 6, following an extension of the deadline by the Department of Homeland Security.

Ed Dolanski, right, president, Global Services and Support, Boeing Corporation, speaks with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Navy Customer Facing Division Chief Cmdr. Mark Harris, far left, DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day, second from left, during a break at the activity’s Senior Leader Conference. Dolanski provided attendees with the supply chain perspective from the aviation industry point-of-view. The conference was held Feb. 7-9, 2017 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Feb. 13, 2017

Aviation senior leaders meet to dial up performance

Richmond, Va. — Senior leaders from across Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s 18 geographical locations within the U.S. traveled to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Feb 7-9 to meet with teammates and other DLA, military services and industry leaders to review last year’s performance and discuss how to improve support this year.

Pictured are the Navy Reservists of DLA Distribution Operations Team San Joaquin with members of the Distribution Expeditionary Logistics and the DDXX team assigned to DLA Distribution San Joaquin.

Feb. 13, 2017

DLA San Joaquin hosts Expeditionary Academy

TRACY, California — Members of the DLA Distribution Expeditionary Team assigned to DLA Distribution San Joaquin, in concert with partners from DLA Distribution Expeditionary Logistics and DLA Training, hosted an Expeditionary Academy Jan. 17 through 27 for the DLA Distribution Operations Team San Joaquin Navy Reserve unit. The two-week event consisted of classroom and hands-on training, with a focus on DLA Distribution and mobilization training.

Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees with the DLA Joint Reserve Force staff at the IMA All-Call event Feb. 3, 2017.

Feb. 10, 2017

DLA Hosts Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees

The DLA Joint Reserve Force hosted 45 Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees for a weekend of training, networking and team building at DLA Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 3-5.

Curtis Rumbaugh, branch chief of Voluntary Campaigns for the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Services, discusses changes to the 2017 Combined Federal Campaign during a DLA CFC awards ceremony in the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 9.

Feb. 10, 2017

DLA celebrates exceeding CFC goal at awards ceremony

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Workers and contributors to the Defense Logistics Agency’s 2016 Combined Federal Campaign celebrated surpassing the organization’s donation goal during an awards ceremony in the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 9.

Students at Discovery Middle School in Madison, Alabama hold up their Alabama-grown satsumas during lunch. DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain provides satsumas to Alabama schools through Department of Defense Fresh program.

Feb. 9, 2017

Subsistence grows produce support to Alabama schools with satsumas

PHILADELPHIA — Schoolchildren in Alabama are enjoying a citrus treat this winter thanks in part to DLA Troop Support. Satsumas are a seedless fruit with loose skin grown in Alabama. And the Subsistence supply chain provides them to schools through the DOD Fresh Program.

Terry Lutz is a customer support specialist who supports our warfighters from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden, Utah

Feb. 9, 2017

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Terry Lutz

Richmond, Va. — Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs. For more information, call (804) 279-3130.

Each year Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego, Calif., at Port Hueneme supports the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic research mission by participating in the yearly annual vessel load out.

Feb. 9, 2017

Port Hueneme’s team supports annual Antarctic resupply mission

PORT HUENEME, California — Each year, the Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking team at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego, Calif., at Port Hueneme supports Operation Deep Freeze, the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic research mission at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, the logistics hub for NSF’s research mission.

Senior Airmen Leonard Montoya, left, and Ian Lauzon, both 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle operators, prepare to move a Humvee onto the back of a tow truck at a missile alert facility which will later be transferred to Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., for maintenance Feb. 7, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Heavner)

Feb. 8, 2017

Vehicle operators keep the mission rolling at Malmstrom

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Malmstrom Air Force Base website — When it comes to the fleet of more than 800 vehicles that travel both on base and in the nearly 13,800 square mile missile field located in central Montana, the 341st Logistical Readiness Squadron vehicle operators are on hand to ensure that transportation needs are met for units to carry out mission objectives.