DLA News Archive

Category: Land and Maritime

Members of the Air Force Junior ROTC OH-871 present the colors to kick off DLA Land and Maritime’s Air Force 68th birthday celebration Sept. 17 in the Building 20 auditorium. In the foreground is Navy Rear Adm. John King (left), Land and Maritime commander, and Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Bartman, Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard.

Sept. 24, 2015

Land and Maritime celebrates 68 years of air power

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime celebrated the 68th birthday of the U.S. Air Force Sept. 17 in the Building 20 auditorium.Airmen, past and present, along with associates and guests of Defense Supply Center Columbus gathered to honor the day Pres. Harry Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, establishing the Department of the Air ForceSince that

Navy RDML John King, DLA Land and Maritime commander, gives some loose change during Land and Maritime’s Combined Federal Campaign kickoff Sept. 10 inside the Building 20 auditorium. Attendees donated their loose change as part of the kickoff fundraiser to demonstrate that every cent counts when it comes to CFC. The campaign runs through Dec. 15.

Sept. 16, 2015

DLA Columbus kicks off 2015 CFC season

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Associates from DLA Land and Maritime gathered in the Building 20 auditorium Sept. 10 to ready for a new season of giving as part of the Central Ohio and West Virginia Combined Federal Campaign kickoff.

Defense Supply Center Columbus recently opened a new Lactation Room for nursing mothers' comfort and convenience when visiting or working in the facility. The new room came about after officials saw a need to accommodate more mothers and the mothers had been asking for more time.

Sept. 8, 2015

New lactation room open in Building 20

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Supply Center Columbus recently opened a new Lactation Room for nursing mothers' comfort and convenience when visiting or working in the facility. The new room came about after officials saw a need to accommodate more mothers and the mothers had been asking for more time. “DLA has a Lactation Program which is facilitated by the Safety and

During National Preparedness Month, several activities involving the workforce are scheduled to be conducted at Defense Supply Center Columbus.

Aug. 31, 2015

DSCC preparing to ready the workforce through awareness

COLUMBUS, Ohio — During National Preparedness Month, several activities involving the workforce are scheduled to be conducted at Defense Supply Center Columbus. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign and Citizen Corps, National Preparedness Month is a month-long federally recognized awareness campaign occurring every September to

Land and Maritime hosted an Army Supply Planner Summit Aug. 11-13 at Defense Supply Center Columbus. During the three day event breakout sessions were held between DLA and LCMC personnel to enable them to have frank and open discussions about the way ahead with ASP.

Aug. 26, 2015

Summit offers DLA, Army opportunity to enhance business process

COLUMBUS, Ohio — After almost a year of implementing ways to improve the supply support given to the Army industrial base, key players of the Army Supply Plan (ASP) visited Columbus Aug. 11-13.The ASP is a re-engineered business process to communicate future demands to DLA in support of Army repair lines. Land and Maritime hosted a summit with representatives from

Mr. James McClaugherty, DLA Land and Maritime deputy commander, visited the Pearl Harbor Naval shipyard and DLA-Pacific Aug. 10 on his first stop of an international trip through the Pacific region.

Aug. 25, 2015

DLA Land and Maritime Deputy Commander visits Pearl Harbor enroute to Western Pacific

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Mr. James McClaugherty, DLA Land and Maritime deputy commander, visited the Pearl Harbor Naval shipyard and DLA-Pacific Aug. 10 on his first stop of an international trip through the Pacific region.Approximately 45 members of the Land and Maritime family call Pearl Harbor home, and the deputy commander ensured them that it would be impossible for

DLA Land and Maritime’s focus on workforce culture just took an enormous surge forward by restructuring and strengthening its cultural initiatives through the establishment of the new People and Culture directorate. The agency is working through an organizational realignment to fully integrate the new directorate.

Aug. 14, 2015

Land and Maritime academy sessions re-energize workforce

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime is more than half way through its series of six workforce culture academy sessions crafted to re-energize its workforce, and the introduction of a revised DLA Land and Maritime Way is one of the cornerstone offerings during the series.

This is part of a series of articles that DLA will highlight on BBP 3.0 called "Better Buying Power in Focus."

May 29, 2015

Better Buying Power in practice

As part of the Better Buying Power 3.0 initiative to drive down costs and provide faster service, the DLA Land and Maritime Strategic Acquisitions Program Directorate has long-term contracts covering 52,000 items representing more than $650 million in annual spending.