DLA News Archive

A staff member at the DLA Disposition Services site at Okinawa, Japan, prepares to load a wardrobe that will find new life as a training aid for the III Marine Expeditionary Force’s Expeditionary Operations Training Group instead of being scrapped.

June 7, 2016

Old furniture gets new life as training aids for live fire training

Okinawa, Japan — Creative thinking by Marine instructors on Okinawa, Japan, allowed old government furniture to avoid the landfill and serve on in a live fire training area.

Denny McGuire, a materials examiner and identifier at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been named Employee of the Week for the week of May 30 to June 3.

June 7, 2016

McGuire named Susquehanna Employee of the Week

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Denny McGuire, a materials examiner and identifier at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been named Employee of the Week for the week of May 30 to June 3.

Senior leaders discuss pressing technological issues during DISA/DLA Day.

June 7, 2016

Agencies partner to find IT solutions

Senior leaders from the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Defense Logistics Agency discussed technological services and solutions during DISA/DLA Day at DLA’s McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, June 3.

Fred Hildrich will be departing as DLA Distribution Sigonella, Italy’s deputy commander.

June 6, 2016

Hildrich to depart Sigonella for new Distribution mission

SIGONELLA, Italy — After serving as DLA Distribution Sigonella, Italy’s deputy commander for more than two years, Fred Hildrich will be departing for a new mission.

Soldiers of the 66th Transportation Company upload 10-ton forklifts at the Szczecin port for delivery to Zagan Training Area May 20. From here, the forklifts are line-hauled to various raining areas within Poland.

June 3, 2016

TF Steel Knight keeps essential supplies moving for Exercise Anakonda

DRAWSKO-POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — Soldiers from 39th Transportation Battalion arrived at Drawsko-Pomorskie training area May 10 to execute onward movement for exercise Anakonda 2016 and worked to accomplish that logistics mission during subsequent weeks.

Army 1st Sgt. Janine M. Burr, new Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna installation senior enlisted advisor

June 3, 2016

Susquehanna installation welcomes new First Sergeant

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — The newest Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna installation senior enlisted advisor took the reins in a May 13 ceremony.

Spec. Arnold Wicker of the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) attaches cables to a power transfer box while installing generators at a Carteret, New Jersey power plant that lost power during Hurricane Sandy Nov. 6, 2012. DLA provided additional power generators to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to aid in the recovery effort.

June 3, 2016

Troop Support helps power FEMA with new generators contract

PHILADELPHIA — An entire region can lose electricity when a disaster strikes. A new DLA Troop Support contract for power generators aims to reduce the time affected communities are left in the dark.

In early May, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., welcomed new deputy commander Brent Barnes.

June 2, 2016

DLA Distribution Susquehanna welcomes new deputy

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — In early May, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., welcomed new deputy commander Brent Barnes.

DLA Troop Support Medical employees meet with customers at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan during a visit to Pacific Region customers in May. The visit was an opportunity to provide face-to-face customer service to military hospitals in the region.

June 2, 2016

Medical supply chain works face-to-face with Pacific customers

PHILADELPHIA — Being able to meet with customers in person allows a better flow of communication, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain division chief said about a visit last month to customers in the Pacific region.

DLA Forward Presence Human Resource Manager Rocky Weaver gives a resume building brief during a workshop May 23, 2016 for wounded warriors, currently undergoing treatment at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, helping them navigate civilian job application websites and prepare professional resumes.

June 2, 2016

DLA Aviation helps wounded warriors prepare resumes, navigate USA jobs website

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Equal Employment Office, along with DLA Human Resources hosted a workshop May 23 for wounded warriors.