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The Defense Logistics Agency Distribution headquarters team assembled a group to test out the Continuity of Operations program at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

May 18, 2016

DLA Distribution practices the Continuity of Operations Plan

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — In keeping with the efforts to strengthen preparedness capabilities, the Continuity of Operations planners of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution recently took the Emergency Relocation Group to an alternate work site.

Employees work out at the new Tracy Fitness Center.

May 17, 2016

Tracy Fitness Center enhances the healthy lifestyles and resiliency of DLA San Joaquin

SAN JOAQUIN, California — The opening of a state-of-the-art fitness center at DLA San Joaquin is meeting one of the main objectives of the DLA Strategic Plan; DLA San Joaquin employees are becoming more resilient in both their professional and personal lives.

Mary Studevant, a retired Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia employee has been selected to be inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation 2016 Hall of Fame June 16. (Courtesy photo)

May 17, 2016

Studevant selected as DLA Aviation’s 2016 Hall of Fame inductee

RICHMOND, Virginia — Mary Studevant, former deputy director of what is now known as Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, has been selected for the 2016 DLA Aviation Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony will be at 1 p.m. June 16 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Subsistence employees enjoy a variety of food during an outdoor Spring Fling event May 11 at the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia. Employees brought their favorite pot luck meals and ate hamburgers and hot dogs.

May 17, 2016

Spring Fling celebrates teamwork in Subsistence

PHILADELPHIA — The Subsistence sensing team hosted their first event of the year with a Spring Fling, offering employees an opportunity to “play hard because we work hard,” said event coordinator, Kelly Parker.

DLA Land and Maritime’s Raytheon Working Group brought home first place in the Productivity or Process Improvement Award category by a team at the 39th Annual Federal Executive Association’s Excellence in Government Awards luncheon.

May 17, 2016

Federal workers celebrated at annual luncheon

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal workers from Columbus and Central Ohio filled the ballroom at Villa Milano May 5 for the 2016 Excellence in Government Awards luncheon. Hosted by the Federal Executive Association, the awards luncheon is held annually in conjunction with Public Service Recognition Week.

Norfolk State University Police Chief Troy Covington served as guest speaker for the 2016 Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Police Department’s Peace Officers' Memorial Day in a ceremony held at the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 12, 2016.

May 16, 2016

Ceremony honors police officers, marks start of National Police Week

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Police Department observed Peace Officers' Memorial Day in a poignant ceremony in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 12.

Members of the DLA Troop Support Ricoh Multi-Functional Devices Support team received the gold medal in the Outstanding Administrative Support Accomplishment category during the FEB Excellence in Government Awards May 12 in Philadelphia. The team took over the maintenance of agency printers and saved the organization more than $150,000.

May 16, 2016

Troop Support employees honored for excellence at FEB awards

PHILADELPHIA — Several DLA Troop Support employees earned top honors for excellence in public service during an award ceremony in Philadelphia May 12.

United States Army Col. Ronnie M. Davis

May 16, 2016

Davis assumes commander as DLA Army Reserve Element Commander

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — United States Army Col. Ronnie M. Davis has assumed command as the Defense Logistics Agency headquarters’ ninth J9 Army Reserve Element commander.

Subsistence employees tour Patterson Dining Facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware April 27 to see the Air Force’s Food Transformation Initiative. They were invited by the Air Force to show how they operate their Food Transformation Initiative program.

May 13, 2016

Subsistence team sees Air Force food initiative at Dover AFB

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees visited Dover Air Force Base, Delaware April 27 to learn more about the Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative.

DLA Aviation Richmond's Forging and Casting Action Team led a two-day technology transfer seminar field trip to visit two facilities to see first hand the processes of forging and casting parts, April 19-20, 2016. Shown here, a foundry worker demonstrates forging a metal part at the U.S. Drop Forge company in Woolrich Township, New Jersey.

May 13, 2016

AFCAT team leads technology transfer seminar

RICHMOND, VA — Twenty-two Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees visited two industrial facilities April 19-20 to gain a better understanding, from a manufacture’s perspective, of issues involved in casting and forging.