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The Defense Logistics Agency’s regional commanders expressed their gratitude for the efforts of the DLA Troop Support workforce during a visit Dec. 2. “Working in [U.S. Central Command], where there’s been active war for the last nearly 15 years, we live and die by these supply chains,” said Army Col. Derrin Williams, DLA Central commander. Williams was joined by Army Col. Elizabeth Keough, DLA Europe and Africa commander, and Army Col. Richard Ellis, DLA Pacific commander. They are DLA’s senior representatives in their respective regions. While spending the week at DLA Headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the three commanders traveled to Philadelphia to meet with representatives of DLA Troop Support’s five supply chains and tour the flag room. “We mainly wanted to come say thanks,” Keough said. “We couldn’t function without the work that Troop Support does.” Williams’s gratitude for the Clothing and Textiles supply chain was personal. He was shot by a sniper while deployed to Iraq. But thanks to body armor provided through C&T, the impact was minimized, he said. “I appreciate the time that goes into testing the [Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert] plates,” Williams told Keith Ford, C&T deputy director. “I appreciate you making sure it’s right.” Keough specifically thanked Mary Martin, with the Medical supply chain’s Plans and Integration division, by presenting her a commander’s coin for her work in support of Operation United Assistance. OUA was the Defense Department mission in West Africa to help stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus Martin oversaw the transportation of personal protective equipment for personnel from DOD, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Public Health Service. Medical provided more than 1.4 million protective suits, in addition to surgical gloves and surgical masks in support of OUA, Martin said.

Dec. 8, 2015

DLA regional commanders: We couldn’t function without Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — DLA's regional commanders expressed their gratitude for the efforts of the DLA Troop Support workforce during a visit to Philadelphia Dec. 2.

DLA Aviation at Jacksonville Material Management Cell Chief Julie Brewer cuts the ribbon Nov. 2 at the reopening of the newly renovated F/A 18 Material Support Office on Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida. Also pictured are members of DLA Aviation’s F/A 18 Production Support Team and DLA Aviation at Jacksonville Industrial Support Activity Site Commander Navy Commander Maurice Meagher.

Dec. 7, 2015

DLA Aviation celebrates opening of newly renovated F/A 18 Material Support Office in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A ribbon cutting ceremony held Nov. 2 officially reopened DLA Aviation at Jacksonville’s F/A 18 Material Support Office on the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, Jacksonville, Florida.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod addresses the audience during his presentation at the 15th annual Defense Logistics conference in Alexandria, Virginia, Dec. 2.

Dec. 7, 2015

Energy commander emphasizes commercial supply chain at Defense Logistics conference

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod spoke at a training event during the 15th annual Defense Logistics conference in Alexandria, Virginia, Dec. 2.

Ruben Bryant, a traffic management specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Richmond, Va., will be retiring after more than 46 years of service to the federal government and DLA on Jan. 3.

Dec. 7, 2015

Richmond’s Bryant celebrates more than 46 years as a DLA employee

RICHMOND, Virginia — Ruben Bryant, a traffic management specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Richmond, Va., will be retiring after more than 46 years of service to the federal government and DLA on Jan. 3.

Jamey Loud, reimbursable distribution process worker supervisor at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Albany, Ga., is named Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Dec. 7, 2015

Albany’s Loud selected as Employee of the Quarter

ALBANY, Georgia — Jamey Loud, reimbursable distribution process worker supervisor at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Albany, Ga., was named Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Dec. 7, 2015

Flags at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Flags at U.S. government installations and facilities, including all Defense Logistics Agency facilities, are flying at half-staff until sunset Dec. 7 by order of President Barack Obama in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

From left to right, Yvonne Poplawski, a division chief with Medical, and Air Force. Col. Glenn Chadwick, Industrial Hardware director, are presented with Positive Leadership Awards Nov. 19 by Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander. Both were nominated for the awards by their employees.

Dec. 5, 2015

Employees surprise Troop Support leaders with award

PHILADELPHIA — Two leaders at DLA Troop Support were pleasantly caught off guard by the actions of their employees Nov. 19.

DLA Distribution commander Army Brig. Gen. Richard Dix help the children of the Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna Child Development Center magically light the tree on Dec. 2.

Dec. 4, 2015

DLA Distribution hosts Child Development Center to light up the holidays

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — A yearly tradition at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution continued on Dec. 2, as employees gathered alongside children from Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna’s Child Development Center to light the holiday tree and sing songs celebrating the season.

President of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1992, Lucy Lewis receives her retirement pin from her brother, retired Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Keiser, during a ceremony Nov. 24, 2015 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on the occasion of her retirement from federal service after 41 years.

Dec. 4, 2015

Lucy Lewis retires, but not gone….

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, employees gathered in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center Nov. 24 to bid farewell to Lucy Lewis, after 41 years of federal service. Though retiring, Lewis will remain a familiar face on center as she volunteers to finish out her term as president of AFGE Local 1992, which ends August 2016.

Members of the 87th Logistics Readiness Support Group from MaGuire Air Force Base, N.J., tour the Eastern Distribution Center, the Department of Defense’s largest warehouse, during their Dec. 3 visit to DLA Distribution Headquarters.

Dec. 4, 2015

DLA Distribution hosts 87th Logistics Readiness Support Group

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Members of the 87th Logistics Readiness Support Group from MaGuire Air Force Base, N.J., visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution on Dec. 3 to gain a general understanding of the distribution operations.