DLA News Archive

Robert Reyes, culture action officer, conducts a session of the Culture Roadshow with employees of the Inventory and Support Services Group.

April 12, 2016

San Joaquin dispels hiring myths with Culture Roadshow

SAN JOAQUIN, California — As DLA employees participate in the 2016 DLA Culture Survey, DLA Distribution San Joaquin leadership continues to emphasize the importance of employees letting their voices be heard.

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, Storage Division has been awarded the Team of the Quarter for their flawless warehouse operations with reference to the trans-shipment of over 19,000 vials of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products.

April 12, 2016

Distribution Yokosuka’s Team of the Quarter

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, Storage Division has been awarded the Team of the Quarter award for their consistent work with process improvements with regard to distribution processes and inventory integrity.

Nutan Chada (right), executive producer of the DLA Video Production Team, leads a contract crew on the “set” of Exercise Steel Knight, Twentynine Palms, California, for a Logistics On Location video December 2015.

April 12, 2016

DLA Logistics on Location videos reveal the source behind the force

DLA invites you to view its Logistics on Location videos for a behind-the-scenes look at how the agency supports our nation’s warfighters.

Army Lt. Col. Jamie Miller recently ran a 50-mile endurance run in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

April 12, 2016

'Silent Running': DLA employee finds resiliency in extreme distances

Many DLA employees might refer to their workdays as “running around the whole day,” but Army Lt. Col. Jamie Miller, a DLA senior operations research analyst, literally ran from sunrise to sunset in a recent 50-mile endurance run.

Jessica Martin, lead dispatcher with Greater Richmond ARC, works at DLA Installation Support at Richmond’s Emergency Communications Center. DLA Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services recognized her service during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 10-14, 2016.

April 11, 2016

Emergency Communications Center, partners in protection

April 10-16 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, when DLA Installation Support at Richmond recognizes the hard work and dedication of its emergency telecommunicators — more commonly known as 911 dispatchers.

DLA offers numerous resources for prevention of and response to sexual assault.

April 11, 2016

Preventing sexual harassment, assault everyone’s responsibility

Employees must play an active role in creating a safe and supportive workplace, Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch said in a recent blog highlighting the prevention of sexual harassment and assault.

Francisco Alvarez, a DLA Disposition Services property disposal specialist, briefs DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch on the progress of the divestiture of Army property over to DLA Distribution and DLA Disposition Services during his April 5 visit to Fort Bliss, Texas.

April 8, 2016

Agency director observes Army divestiture efforts

FORT BLISS, Texas — DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch observed the divestiture of Army property over to DLA Distribution and DLA Disposition Services during his April 5 visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, one of the first sites to start the process.

April 7, 2016

Subsistence employees ‘shout out’ to thank peers in newsletter

PHILADELPHIA — The Subsistence Culture Improvement Team began publishing a supply chain newsletter based on employee feedback from the 2014 Culture Survey.

Paul Finn, supervisory supply technician at Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been chosen as the Employee of the Quarter for first quarter, fiscal year 2016

April 7, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Paul Finn, supervisory supply technician at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been selected as the Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter fiscal year 2016.

Twila Gonzales, Senior Executive Service, DLA Distribution deputy commander, front row, center, poses with the graduates of DLA Distribution Susquehanna’s High Performing Leadership – Phase 1 class.

April 7, 2016

Susquehanna graduates more than 140 from High Performing Leadership course

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — On March 18, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution graduated more than 140 of DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa.’s, supervisors from the High Performing Leadership – Phase 1 program.