DLA News Archive

Category: Headquarters

Through the DLA Adopt-a-Family Program, employees’ generosity brightens children’s holidays every year.

Jan. 9, 2017

Gratitude abounds for DLA Adopt-a-Family Program

Caregivers of children who participated in the 2016 Defense Logistics Agency Adopt-a-Family Program have profound gratitude for the gifts donated by employees in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Bituminous coal is removed from a shuttered power plant at U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Center Indian Head in Maryland. The DLA Disposition Services assistance in finding a new home for the coal saved an estimated $6 million in removal costs.

Jan. 6, 2017

You load 9k tons and what do you get?

NSWC Indian Head, Maryland — It’s not “another day older and deeper in debt.” It’s actually more than $6 million in cost avoidance, thanks to the agency's disposal pros.

Federal employee job satisfaction increased slightly in 2016, and Defense Logistics Agency employees’ job satisfaction reflected that trend.

Dec. 29, 2016

Best Places to Work rankings show DLA employees with high job satisfaction

Federal employee job satisfaction increased slightly in 2016, and Defense Logistics Agency employees’ job satisfaction reflected that trend.

Jarvis Beaver, a business analyst in DLA Energy, uses expressive body language to teach agency students American Sign Language.

Dec. 28, 2016

Agency employees learn to value ‘sound of silence’

Improving communication among the workforce has long been a goal of the Defense Logistics Agency, and employees over the years have asked for instruction in American Sign Language to help them communicate with their deaf and hard-of-hearing coworkers.

U.S. Army Soldiers eat their Thanksgiving meal on Combat Outpost Cherkatah, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. The Soldiers are deployed with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

Dec. 26, 2016

Leading and Feeding

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Feeding troops on three continents requires leadership and food service skills — which Todd Lutz learned in the 75th Ranger Regiment.

A female Polynesian tiger mosquito, one type that carries the Zika virus, takes a blood meal.

Dec. 26, 2016

Tiny Enemy

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency personnel are working with agencies at all levels to fight mosquitos, detect any new cases of Zika and make sure troops have what they need to avoid infection.

Dec. 26, 2016

Expanding Global Presence

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — A new DLA Distribution center in Djibouti promises to boost the agency’s support to warfighters in the region.

Shannon Woodyard from DLA Distribution New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, helps a 10th Mountain Division supply sergeant turn in excess optical sighting devices at Fort Drum, New York.

Dec. 26, 2016

Out with the Excess

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA is helping the Army remove up to 1.2 million pieces of equipment from unit inventories so soldiers can focus on readiness.

Army Pfc. Guillermo Armendariz and Pfc. James Vail change an engine in a Bradley fighting vehicle in Hit, Iraq. The transmission of the Bradley is a critical part the DLA Warstopper Program makes sure is available.

Dec. 26, 2016

Rare But Ready

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Since 1993, the Warstopper Program has helped DLA guarantee on-time delivery of critical wartime materials.

Dec. 26, 2016

DLA NewsWire

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