DLA News Archive

Category: People and Culture

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presents the February Employee of the Month Award to Dawn Hampton during a ceremony March 28, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Hampton is a price analyst for DLA Aviation’s Procurement Process Support Directorate’s Pricing Division.

March 31, 2016

Richmond price analyst named DLA Aviation’s February Employee of the Month

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s February Employee of the Month is Dawn Hampton. She serves as a price analyst for DLA Aviation’s Procurement Process Support Directorate’s Pricing Division in Richmond, Virginia. DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presented Hampton the award during a ceremony March 28.

DLA Distribution hosted students from the Navy Supply Corps School’s International Leadership Executive Advanced Development course on March 22.

March 29, 2016

International Leadership course visits DLA Distribution

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Foreign military officers enrolled in the Navy Supply Corps School’s International Leadership Executive Advanced Development course visited DLA Distribution March 22 to learn about DLA’s global distribution network and tour the Department of Defense’s largest distribution facility.

Donald Rogers, fire chief, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond addresses a group of employees inside the Center Restaurant on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, who participated in the installation’s tornado drill March 22, 2016.

March 28, 2016

DSCR takes part in statewide tornado exercise

RICHMOND, Virginia — The peace and serenity of a warm, clear sunny March day on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, was shattered, in an instant, when a tornado warning blared over the installation’s Giant Voice speaker system.

The 2016 DLA Culture Survey kicks off March 29. The survey theme is “Your Voice is Our Future."

March 28, 2016

Commentary: It’s up to you and me to create culture

COLUMBUS, Ohio — At a basic level, culture is the way people work together. It’s the rules — often unspoken — on what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior; the expectations people have about managing others and being managed; and the values employees are supposed to embody every day.

Army Col. Michael Talley, former commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pa., has been selected for the rank of brigadier general.

March 28, 2016

Former Tobyhanna commander receives one-star nomination

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Army Col. Michael Talley, former commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pa., has been selected for the rank of brigadier general.

Shakira Clark, distribution process worker supervisor at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, PA., has been chosen as Employee of the Week for the week of March 21 through 25.

March 25, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Employee of the Week

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Shakira Clark, distribution process worker supervisor at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been selected as employee of the week for March 21 through 25.

The Army Chief of Staff has announced that Army Col. (Promotable) John S. Laskodi will be the next commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution.

March 25, 2016

Laskodi named next commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — The Army Chief of Staff has announced that Army Col. (Promotable) John S. Laskodi will be the next commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution

Joe Cassel has been selected as director, DLA Distribution Current Operations.

March 25, 2016

Cassel named next Distribution Current Operations director

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Joe Cassel, Jr. has been selected as director, DLA Distribution Current Operations. Currently, he serves as director, Stakeholder Integration Services, DLA Information Operations.

David Gibson, site director, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond and Lucy Lewis, president, American Federation of Government Employees Local 1992, look on as DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day signs the application March 15, 2016, requesting an Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection to determine Defense Supply Center Richmond’s qualification for earning a star under OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program.

March 23, 2016

DSCR reaches crucial milestone in quest to achieve OSHA star

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, is one step closer to receiving a star under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Program.

David Spangenburg, lead supply technician at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been chosen as Employee of the Week for the week of March 14 through 18.

March 23, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Employee of the Week

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — David Spangenburg, lead supply technician at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been selected as Employee of the Week for the week of March 14 through 18.