DLA News Archive

March 29, 2016

Warfighter Support Initiative brings DLA to the customers

The Defense Logistics Agency took to the road, traveling to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in support of the Warfighter Support Initiative, March 22-23. DLA employees from 11 divisions brought face-to-face engagement to the logistics community of Fort Bragg and other military installations, to educate and inform them about how to better use DLA’s services and capabilities.

March 28, 2016

DSCR takes part in statewide tornado exercise

RICHMOND, Virginia — The peace and serenity of a warm, clear sunny March day on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, was shattered, in an instant, when a tornado warning blared over the installation’s Giant Voice speaker system.

March 28, 2016

2016 Pennsylvania Golf Season at the Riverview Golf Club

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Did you know that the 2016 Pennsylvania Golf Season has started at the Riverview Golf Club in New Cumberland?

March 28, 2016

Commentary: It’s up to you and me to create culture

COLUMBUS, Ohio — At a basic level, workplace culture is the way people work together. It’s the rules — often unspoken — on what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior; the expectations people have about managing others and being managed; and the values employees are supposed to embody every day.

March 28, 2016

Former Tobyhanna commander receives one-star nomination

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Army Col. Michael Talley, former commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pa., has been selected for the rank of brigadier general.

March 28, 2016

DLA announces employees of the quarter for first quarter fiscal 2016

Lula A. Lacy, a management support assistant for DLA Distribution; Ian G. Ladner, an energy management specialist for DLA Energy; and Edward G. Guthrie, deputy director of DLA Energy’s Defense Fuel Support Point Okinawa, are the DLA Employees of the Quarter winners for the 1st Quarter of fiscal 2016.

March 28, 2016

DLA Document Services success story: Records-management solution for Joint Personal Property Shipping Office

When the Army’s Joint Personal Property Shipping Office faced the prospect of doubling its workload in household-goods logistics, it looked to Document Services’ Document Automation Content Services solution to streamline its document-management processes.

March 28, 2016

Workforce resiliency website launches; provides tools, resources to help employees

A new workforce-resiliency webpage is now available, providing another resource for DLA employees and their families to use in developing the behaviors and skills to cope with today’s challenging work-life environment.

March 25, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Employee of the Week

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Shakira Clark, distribution process worker supervisor at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been selected as employee of the week for March 21 through 25.

March 25, 2016

Laskodi named next commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — The Army Chief of Staff has announced that Army Col. (Promotable) John S. Laskodi will be the next commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution