DLA News Archive

(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

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.

Raymond Zingaretti, director of Logistics Information Services, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Aug. 28, 2016

A Conversation with ... Raymond Zingaretti

Fort Belvoir, VA — The director of Logistics Information Services, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, explains how his division manages information that every DLA customer relies on.

Aug. 28, 2016

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Fort Belvoir, VA — n/a

Aug. 28, 2016

I am DLA

Fort Belvoir, VA — Ada Catherine Torres Vega

U.S. Airmen from the 51st Mission Support Group work inside of the Deployment Readiness Control Center (DRCC) during Exercise Beverly Herd 16-2 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 26, 2016. Team Osan’s DRCC serves as the hub for Airmen, cargo and equipment that deploy to and from Osan during exercises and real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillian Bamman)

Aug. 25, 2016

BH 16-2: Osan DRCC ensures global presence through deployment processes

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Osan Air Base website — Team Osan’s Deployment Readiness Control Center serves as the hub for airmen, cargo and equipment that deploy to and from Osan during exercises and real world contingencies.

The Women's Equality Day event guest speaker, Kathryn Ray, former president of The League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia and currently a reference librarian at American University in Washington, D.C., speaks to Defense Logistics Agency employees about women's struggles and triumphs to gain the right to vote during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Aug. 25, 2016

Employees celebrate women’s right to vote

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees gathered to celebrate women’s right to vote and commemorate their struggles and triumphs to gain what today is a fundamental right for Americans during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Kandi Foy, shipping and receiving clerk at DLA Distribution Hill, Utah, is demonstrating the Distribution Standard System to Army Brig. Gen. John Laskodi, DLA Distribution commander, during his visit on Aug. 17. Foy is showing how she performs the pick and stow functions in the Automated Storage Module.

Aug. 25, 2016

Laskodi visits distribution centers, engages with customers

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — On his first trip as commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Army Brig. Gen. John Laskodi made stops to meet employees and tour locations in Jacksonville, Fla., Warner Robins, Ga., Albany, Ga., Cherry Point, N.C., Richmond, Va., Oklahoma City, Okla., and Hill, Utah.