DLA News Archive

Category: Land and Maritime

A white truck at a diagonal with police logos all over it.

Aug. 10, 2023

Installation exercise to test emergency response capabilities

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Defense Supply Center Columbus will conduct a full-scale active shooter exercise Aug. 17 to test emergency response procedures.

A light skinned woman wearing a cardboard police hat and a black T-shirt serves food to a group of people in a picnic pavilion.

Aug. 3, 2023

DLA Police build trust, camaraderie at National Night Out at Noon event

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Defense Logistics Agency Police Department hosted its second annual National Night Out at Noon event Aug. 1 at the Defense Supply Center Columbus Mission Park Pavilion.

A man in a military uniform shakes hands with a man in a blue suit. Both are smiling. They are outside.

July 28, 2023

Site visit highlights supply chain support, test lab capabilities

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leadership hosted a site visit with DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Sean Tyler at Defense Supply Center Columbus July 26.

A dark skinned woman in a camouflaged uniform stands next to a light skinned man in a dark grey suit with graying hair in front of 8 military flags.

July 5, 2023

CSM O’Neal visits DLA Land and Maritime

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leaders and staff hosted the agency’s senior enlisted leader, Army Command Sgt. Maj. Tomeka O’Neal at Defense Supply Center Columbus June 21.

Five men in dark colored police uniforms with various protective equipment stand in the middle of a few office cubicles. A window looking outside is in the background. The room has white walls.

June 27, 2023

Ongoing interagency collaboration with DLA Police key to emergency preparedness

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Police and central Ohio law enforcement partners participated in the first of several planned collaborative walk-throughs June 22 of Defense Supply Center Columbus facilities in an effort to continue building relationships and trust to facilitate emergency preparedness.

A large group of about 100 smiling people in business attire stand in front of a grey stone building with trees framing each side.

June 16, 2023

Collaboration, communication to solve shared challenges focus of homecoming event

COLUMBUS, Ohio — About 100 Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime forward presence associates from around the country descended upon Defense Supply Center Columbus during DLA Land and Maritime’s Land Customer Operations Homecoming event June 6-8.

Three military members in camouflaged uniforms cut a white cake on a table.

June 15, 2023

DLA Land and Maritime celebrates Army’s 248th birthday

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In honor of the U.S. Army’s 248th birthday, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime celebrated with a cookout and cake cutting ceremony at the Defense Supply Center Columbus Mission Park June 14.

Eight people stand on a wood-floor stage in front of a large rainbow-colored screen displaying the words, “LGBTQ Pride Month. Being Your Authentic Self.”

June 13, 2023

DLA Land and Maritime celebrates diversity at Pride Month event

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Defense Federal Community celebrated LGBTQ Pride Month at the Defense Supply Center Columbus Operations Center June 6. The program was hosted by the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity and the LGBTQ Employment Program.

The Army Expeditionary Civilian Workforce alongside Defense Logistics Agency senior leaders and the family of Stephen Byus officially opened the Stephen Byus Central Issue Facility Warehouse June 8 during a memorialization ceremony at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.

June 9, 2023

Fallen DLA Land and Maritime logistician honored with Army memorialization

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Future Defense Department civilian deployers will now receive vital equipment — including boots and protective gear — inside a new facility at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, dedicated to fallen Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime logistician Stephen Byus.

Several people stand on stage, a dark haired woman in a Army olive green uniform is second from left. Left is a bald man in a business suit, A bald man in a business suit is seated in front in a wheelchair. Behind him are four men. One is dark skinned with a beard. The other three are light skinned and have graying hair.

June 6, 2023

DLA Land and Maritime celebrates new Hall of Fame members

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The newest members of the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Hall of Fame were honored during a ceremony at the DLA Land and Maritime Operations Center May 31.