DLA News Archive

Category: Headquarters

(L-R) Lead Injury Compensation Program Administrators Donna Carr and Patricia Royster discuss a claim with DLA’s Human Resources Services Injury Compensation Office Director Donna Estep.

Aug. 28, 2016

Fort Belvoir, VA — When an employee sustains an injury at work, time is of the essence for submitting the proper forms. Fortunately, the process is easy, and there are people who can help.

John Slone (left) and Jon Mowl of DLA Finance use the virtual remote interpreting service via tablet. The service is being tested at DLA Headquarters as a tool to improve communication for deaf employees.

Aug. 28, 2016

Attracting Talent

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA uses programs such as the Workforce Recruitment Program and DoD’s Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program to attract and keep people with disabilities.

The Military Sealift Command-chartered tanker ship MV Maersk Peary, provides fuel to the National Science Foundation-chartered scientific-research vessel R/V Nathanial B. Palmer at McMurdo Station ice pier. Maersk Peary is in Antarctica offloading fuel in support of the annual Operation Deep Freeze Antarctica resupply mission and will supply 100 percent of fuel needed for the upcoming year. (U.S. Navy photo by Larry Larsson/Released)

Aug. 28, 2016

Supplying the Ends of the Earth

Fort Belvoir, VA — The heat of the summer is the perfect time to learn how DLA supports scientific research at the coldest place on earth.

Workers from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine swarm over the deck of USS Scranton during an engineered overhaul in 2014.—

Aug. 28, 2016

STARs of Retail

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA not only supplies warehouses and distribution centers; it now provides items directly to the customer at sites around the nation.

Raymond Zingaretti, director of Logistics Information Services, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Aug. 28, 2016

A Conversation with ... Raymond Zingaretti

Fort Belvoir, VA — The director of Logistics Information Services, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, explains how his division manages information that every DLA customer relies on.

Aug. 28, 2016

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Aug. 28, 2016

I am DLA

Fort Belvoir, VA — Ada Catherine Torres Vega

The Women's Equality Day event guest speaker, Kathryn Ray, former president of The League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia and currently a reference librarian at American University in Washington, D.C., speaks to Defense Logistics Agency employees about women's struggles and triumphs to gain the right to vote during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Aug. 25, 2016

Employees celebrate women’s right to vote

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees gathered to celebrate women’s right to vote and commemorate their struggles and triumphs to gain what today is a fundamental right for Americans during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Nicknamed “The Bone,” the B-1B Lancer is a United States Air Force long-range, multi-mission conventional bomber. It has been in service since 1985 and is projected to remain in the Air Force’s fleet of bombers until at least 2040. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation manages roughly 64,000 national stock numbers for the bomber.

Aug. 23, 2016

DLA Aviation keeping 'the Bone' soaring for decades to come

RICHMOND, VA — In 1985, Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term as president of the United States, Windows 1.0 was released, and the likes of Tears for Fears, Wham! and Chaka Khan ruled the airwaves.“Back to the Future,” “The Color Purple” and “St. Elmo’s Fire” ruled the big screen. And the United States Air Force began flying the B-1B Lancer, a long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber.

DLA employees should begin to fulfill their pre-trip requirements 45-60 days before departure.

Aug. 17, 2016

Foreign-travel employee requirements and tips

If you're a DLA employee who will be traveling internationally for work in two months or less, now is the time to make sure you've fulfilled all the travel requirements, which go well beyond just completing your travel orders.