DLA News Archive

Category: Land and Maritime

Ten women dressed in black dresses smile at the camera. They are standing on concrete steps outside in front of a large building.

Sept. 10, 2024

Music creates connection for the Defense Federal Choir

COLUMBUS, Ohio — About a dozen Defense Supply Center Columbus associates never let the pandemic stop them from singing. They hail from all over the installation and have one thing in common – they are all members of the Defense Federal Choir.

The Defense Suicide Prevention Office is reminding employees to take care of their mental health and recognize signs of distress and hopelessness in others. The 2024 Suicide Prevention Month theme is Joining Your Fight: Connect to Protect, highlighting the significant role that connections to family, friends, community members and resources play in preventing suicide.

Sept. 4, 2024

Joining Your Fight: Connect to Protect

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Suicide is a public health issue that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families and communities. Its causes are complex. During September, the Defense Suicide Prevention Office is reminding employees to take care of their mental health and recognize signs of distress and hopelessness in others.

Space Force Lt. Col. Ellie Constantine-Barredo (right) affixes the colonel rank insignia to Air Force Col. Alexander Constantine’s uniform during his frocking ceremony at the DLA Land and Maritime Operations Center Aug. 29.

Aug. 30, 2024

DLA Land and Maritime chief of staff frocked to colonel

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Chief of Staff Alexander Constantine was frocked to the rank of colonel during a ceremony at the DLA Land and Maritime Operations Center Aug. 29.

Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Electronics Engineer Jeremiah Jones (left) and Product Test Center Chief John Elavsky (right) brief Air Force Maj. Gen. David Sanford (center) about battery lab capabilities during the logistics operations director’s site visit Aug. 21.

Aug. 30, 2024

DLA’s director of logistics visits DSCC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Air Force Maj. Gen. David Sanford made his first trip to Defense Supply Center Columbus since being tapped earlier this summer as the Defense Logistics Agency’s director of logistics operations and commander of Joint Regional Combat Support.

A man in a suit hands a certificate to a man in a white dress shirt.

Aug. 29, 2024

Three DLA Land and Maritime associates earn top Lean Six Sigma certifications

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime associates have risen to the top of the DLA Continuous Process Improvement ladder after receiving Lean Six Sigma Black Belt honors earlier this month.

Rodney Chambers accepts first-place winner's check

Aug. 22, 2024

Defense program awards DLA Land and Maritime engineer for new microcircuit device class

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime engineer is drawing Defense Department notice for his work with radiation hardened plastic encapsulated microcircuits.

Group of people seated at tables facing each other listen to woman briefing

Aug. 7, 2024

DLA Land and Maritime leaders gather to discuss FY25 strategies, priorities

COLUMBUS, Ohio — About 30 leaders from Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime gathered at the Byus Community Center on Defense Supply Center Columbus Aug. 6, to discuss plans and priorities ahead of a new operating plan for fiscal year 2025.

July 30, 2024

Four employees receive DOD awards for supporting Workforce Recruitment Program

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA's commitment to hiring people with disabilities was evident July 25 as four employees were honored during the Defense Department’s 2024 Workforce Recruitment Program Awards Ceremony at the Pentagon.

Two women walk through a prairie full of wildflowers

July 9, 2024

Butterfly counts underway at DSCC prairie

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On a rainy, windswept early summer day, about half a dozen volunteers descended on the three-acre prairie habitat on the north side of Defense Supply Center Columbus to participate in the first butterfly count of the season.

July 2, 2024

DSCC named top installation by Secretary of Defense

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III named Defense Supply Center Columbus as one of six installations to receive the 2024 Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence. The winning installations were announced in a Defense.gov news release July 1.