DLA News Archive

Lt. Col. Douglas Etter, an Army National Guard chaplain, speaks to Troop Support employees to help them better understand PTSD during a workshop Aug. 25.

Aug. 29, 2016

Chaplain talks life after combat during PTSD workshop

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania Army National Guard chaplain spoke to Troop Support employees to help them better understand PTSD during a workshop Aug. 25. “I think everyone who has been to combat comes back different,” said Lt. Col. Douglas Etter.

Customer Interaction Center agents like Amanda Duckworth help DLA customers get answers to questions on supply and transportation issues ranging from online ordering to delivery statuses

Aug. 28, 2016

More than a Help Desk

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA’s Customer Interaction Center at Battle Creek, Michigan, takes up to 1,600 contacts a day to help customers place orders, check delivery status and more.

Part of the 1,484 pallet shipment of water vendors delivered to Torun, Poland, during the exercise.

Aug. 28, 2016

Crushing It in Europe

Fort Belvoir, VA — A multinational exercise in Poland hones DLA logisticians’ skills while working with other agencies and allied nations under high pressure.

Staff Sgt. Angel Tavarez (driving), a native of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, consolidates excess metal scraps from base closure operations for reuse on different bases or to sell to Afghan locals, in the evening hours on Forward Operating Base Walton, July 15, 2014. Tavarez serves with the 266th Ordnance Company, Army Reserves, attached to the Expeditionary Disposal Remediation Team, Defense Logistics Agency, Disposition Services.

Aug. 28, 2016

Battle Ready in Battle Creek and Beyond

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA’s quick-reaction teams not only help set up port openings and obtain needed supplies for contingencies. They also do expeditionary disposition.

U.S. Army Sgt. Frisco Cleary, assigned to with the 396th Combat Support Hospital Company, condense medications in the pharmacy tent during a medical readiness exercise at San Padro, Guatemala, May 16, 2016. Task Force Red Wolf and Army South conducts Humanitarian Civil Assistance Training to include tactical level construction projects and Medical Readiness Training Exercises providing medical access and building schools in Guatemala with the Guatemalan Government and non-government agencies from 05MAR16 to 18JUN16 in order to improve the mission readiness of US forces and to provide a lasting benefit to the people of Guatemala.

Aug. 28, 2016

DLA Troop Support's 'Dream Team' Saves Big on Drugs

Fort Belvoir, VA — A team from DLA Troop Support has helped save hundreds of millions of dollars through contracts to buy generic drugs.

Joseph Lehman, a criminal investigator for DLA’s Office of the Inspector General, nearly lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2014, but he returned to work after just 10 months of recovery.

Aug. 28, 2016

Road to Recovery

Fort Belvoir, VA — An employee injured while on duty suffers life-threatening injuries but returns in just 10 months to his job at DLA’s Office of the Inspector General.

(L-R) Lead Injury Compensation Program Administrators Donna Carr and Patricia Royster discuss a claim with DLA’s Human Resources Services Injury Compensation Office Director Donna Estep.

Aug. 28, 2016

Workplace Injuries — Now What?

Fort Belvoir, VA — When an employee sustains an injury at work, time is of the essence for submitting the proper forms. Fortunately, the process is easy, and there are people who can help.

John Slone (left) and Jon Mowl of DLA Finance use the virtual remote interpreting service via tablet. The service is being tested at DLA Headquarters as a tool to improve communication for deaf employees.

Aug. 28, 2016

Attracting Talent

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA uses programs such as the Workforce Recruitment Program and DoD’s Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program to attract and keep people with disabilities.

The Military Sealift Command-chartered tanker ship MV Maersk Peary, provides fuel to the National Science Foundation-chartered scientific-research vessel R/V Nathanial B. Palmer at McMurdo Station ice pier. Maersk Peary is in Antarctica offloading fuel in support of the annual Operation Deep Freeze Antarctica resupply mission and will supply 100 percent of fuel needed for the upcoming year. (U.S. Navy photo by Larry Larsson/Released)

Aug. 28, 2016

Supplying the Ends of the Earth

Fort Belvoir, VA — The heat of the summer is the perfect time to learn how DLA supports scientific research at the coldest place on earth.

Workers from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine swarm over the deck of USS Scranton during an engineered overhaul in 2014.—

Aug. 28, 2016

STARs of Retail

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA not only supplies warehouses and distribution centers; it now provides items directly to the customer at sites around the nation.