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SGT Ashley Irmak, with the U.S. Army Medical Material Center, Europe in Pirmasens, Germany, provided Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, a brief on the Optical Activities Division. Hamilton went to USAMMCE as part of his first visit to DLA Troop Support Europe and Africa.

March 2, 2016

Commander projects dignity, respect during first regional command visit

PHILADELPHIA — Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton projected dignity and respect throughout the week he spent with the Troop Support Europe and Africa workforce during his first visit there as commander

DLA Energy Bulk Petroleum Deputy Director Gerald Tinner (center) and his team discuss a current fuel project. Tinner and his team played a role in writing contracts for the Haiti Earthquake relief efforts.

March 2, 2016

DLA acquisition professionals' support for earthquake relief featured in new video

Acquisition professionals' support for earthquake relief in Haiti is featured in a new video released on DLA's YouTube and Facebook sites.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark Johnson (center), commander, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma speaks with Air Force Capt. Joshua Wilkerson-Bienick and Jeff Allen, Air Force Sustainment Center, executive director. Johnson urged Wilkerson-Bienick to make the most of his logistics career broadening opportunity while at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation. Johnson and Allen attended briefings with DLA Aviation senior leaders Feb. 23, 2016 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

March 1, 2016

Air Force senior leaders visit DLA Aviation

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation officials hosted senior leaders from the Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma Feb. 23 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Three generations of veterans with military service totaling nearly 50 years across three branches of service came together on Leap Day to continue the military tradition. Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Brown reenlisted for eight more years in the Navy. He's pictured with his grandfather, Karl R. Brown, a 14-year Air Force veteran, who served during the Korean War era, and his father, Karl, who retired from the Army after 26 years and two deployments to Iraq, and now works as a welder at DSCC.

March 1, 2016

Military family comes together for Leap Day reenlistment

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three generations of veterans with military service totaling nearly 50 years across three branches of service came together on Leap Day to continue the military tradition. Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Brown reenlisted for eight more years in the Navy in a ceremony Feb. 29 presided over by U.S. Navy Capt. Justin Debord, DLA Land and Maritime Chief of Staff, in Building 20. Brown is the son of a Defense Supply Center Columbus employee, Karl E. Brown, and wanted to reenlist at DSCC while in transition from his previous assignment at a recruiting battalion in Newark, Ohio, to his next assignment at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

A Douglas A-20 attack bomber leaves the assembly line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant for transfer to the flight line and a test flight before delivery to the Army.

March 1, 2016

History Highlight: World War II Logistics Lessons

Although the United States was not really ready for war when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the nation had for two years been supplying England and France in their fight against the Axis powers in Europe.

DLA Logistics Operations Director Navy Rear Adm. Vince Griffith (middle) describes the agency’s mission to Coast Guard Rear Adm. Bill Kelly, commander of the Coast Guard’s Personnel Service Center (left), and Coast Guard Rear Adm. Bruce Baffer, the Coast Guard’s assistant commandant for engineering and logistics (right).

March 1, 2016

DLA-Coast Guard partnership strong and growing

Increasing the Coast Guard’s use of tailored logistics-support programs and eliminating system and user errors during the material receipt process were among the goals Defense Logistics Agency and Coast Guard leaders discussed at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Feb. 29.

Olivia Lynn Kortuem

Feb. 29, 2016

I am DLA

Olivia Lynn Kortuem, program management analyst in the Military Service Support Division of DLA Logistics Operations.

Marcus Bowers, Director of Strategic Plans and Policy

Feb. 29, 2016

A Conversation with … Marcus Bowers

DLA’s New Director of Strategic Plans and Policy Talks about Process Excellence and the Role It Will Play in the Future of the Agency.

US Air Force Airmen stationed at Fort George G. Meade, MD, take part in a "Resiliency Run", May 18, 2012. The run is an effort to build esprit de corps and camaraderie amongst the many different units and services at Fort Meade. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher Wellner/Released)

Feb. 29, 2016

Resiliency: Learn It • Practice It • Share It

Take advantage of the range of programs DLA offers to help you handle life’s challenges on knowing what to do and how to report potential hazards, threats and crimes.

From left, Clothing and Textiles supply planner Aileen Dungee discusses a user-friendly job aids database she created with the help of Continuous Process Improvement supervisory program analyst Henry Jansen and team members David Cortes and Karla Van Horn for DLA Troop Support Philadelphia.

Feb. 29, 2016

Process Ideas Wanted

The Defense Logistics Agency is embracing change through a rejuvenated continuous process improvement program which encourages its employees to submit ideas to improve the process activities in which they participates.