DLA News Archive

Category: Headquarters

Airmen guide a Minuteman III re-entry system onto a missile guidance set in September 1990. (U.S. Air Force photo)

April 1, 2017

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA Aviation has become the agency’s lead activity for support of the Minuteman III, an intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system.

Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, participate in the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center annual ration field trials in July 2016. DLA veterinarians inspect military food supplies, supervise operational ration assembly plants, as well as supply and distribution points, and they approve food sources around the world.

April 1, 2017

Safety Squad

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA leans on Army veterinarians to help ensure warfighters around the world eat safe, wholesome food.

Army Col. Derrin Williams, commander of DLA Central Command & Special Operations Command; Army Col. Lisa Keough, commander of DLA Europe & Africa; and Navy Capt. Timothy Daniels, commander of DLA Pacific discuss the recent command-and-control change to streamline how DLA supports customers in combatant commands — otherwise known as C2

April 1, 2017

A Conversation with ... DLA’s Regional Commanders

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Army Col. Derrin Williams, commander of DLA Central Command & Special Operations Command; Army Col. Lisa Keough, commander of DLA Europe & Africa; and Navy Capt. Timothy Daniels, commander of DLA Pacific discuss the recent command-and-control change to streamline how DLA supports customers in combatant commands — otherwise known as C2

April 1, 2017

DLA NewsWire

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — News from across the agency is highlighted through DLA Newswire.

April 1, 2017

I am DLA

Kyu Sok Kwak, a supply planner for DLA Energy Pacific at Korea, explains the role he plays in DLA's mission.

The sinking of the Lusitania was the most notorious and deadly of several German submarine attacks in early 1917 -- attacks that were a key factor in the United States' decision to abandon a policy of neutrality and enter the war.

April 1, 2017

Logistics and American entry into the Great War

Wheat and thin strips of wood: Did these benign supplies really play a role in getting America into World War I?

Runners and walkers depart the starting line on a brisk March day.

March 24, 2017

Runners, walkers, warriors honor warfighters despite cold

Runners and walkers from agencies in Fort Belvoir’s McNamara Headquarters Complex braved wind chills in the 30s to participate in the “Honor the Warrior” 5K Walk-Run March 22.

FEDLOG will soon feature new search filters, a simplified batch search, and months of historical data.

March 22, 2017

Improvements on way for logistics data application

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — For federal and military logisticians seeking supply item information, the search will soon be easier with enhancements to the Defense Logistics Agency’s Federal Logistics Data application known as “FED LOG.”

Everything DoD releases to the public must be reviewed first for compliance with operations security.

March 20, 2017

Public release of information applies to everyone

Anyone working with or for the federal government quickly learns there are rules and regulations for just about everything. Some apply to everyone; others are for only a small percentage of people.

Air Force Col. Stephen Petters (at head of table) leads the working-level discussion at the DLA Internal Nuclear Enterprise summit March 8, 2017.

March 17, 2017

Director calls for sustained support to nuclear enterprise

The director of the Defense Logistics Agency joined with senior leaders from partner agencies to discuss how DLA can continue to improve its support to the nuclear enterprise, during a DLA Internal Nuclear Enterprise Summit at the McNamara Headquarters Complex March 8.