DLA News Archive

Category: People and Culture

NSA Philadelphia tenant agencies come together for the “Walk a Mile in their Shoes” Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month event on April 24.

April 27, 2018

Troop Support employees ‘walk a mile in their shoes’ for sexual assault awareness

PHILADELPHIA — A river of teal moved across the NSA Philadelphia compound to show the unified support of tenant organizations for sexual assault awareness and prevention April 24.

Luis Pena serves as the lone full-time civil servant for the Defense Logistics Agency in Puerto Rico. He helps military units shed their excess and used equipment and gets rid of their scrap metal. Here, he evaluates the pending scrap removal demands at Camp Santiago, which was one of the island's military installations hardest hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

April 26, 2018

Luis Pena supports post-Maria Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, PR. — Luis Pena serves as the Defense Logistics Agency's lone civil servant in Puerto Rico. And his job - helping warfighters get rid of used equipment and scrap - got a lot more challenging after the 2017 hurricane season.

Carolyn “Kay” Lundin began her career as a GS-02, card punch operator on June 27, 1967, in Bainbridge, Maryland, and will reach 46 years of federal service later this year.

April 26, 2018

Barstow’s Lundin reaches major career milestone: 45 years of federal service

BARSTOW, Calif. — Carolyn “Kay” Lundin has reached a major career milestone: 45 years of federal service at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Barstow, California.

The results of the survey show DLA employees are overall more satisfied with their agency than are their counterparts at many other agencies.

April 20, 2018

Functional community reps meet to share ideas, successes

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Representatives of most of Defense Logistics Agency’s 16 functional communities met in person and via video teleconferencing and telephone with DLA Human Resources advisors in a biannual meeting at the McNamara Headquarters Complex April 18.

Brenda Hall, a DLA Troop Support procurement analyst, poses with her going-away gift from her time in the DLA Enterprise Rotation Program, Feb. 28, 2018 in Philadelphia.

April 20, 2018

Troop Support employee gains perspective during year at DLA Acquisition

PHILADELPHIA — The DLA Enterprise Rotational Program provides employees with a professional development opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills for the DLA mission.

Nat Shaffir speaks from behind a lectern

April 19, 2018

Holocaust survivor shares his devastating past with hope for the human spirit

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Nat Shaffir lost his childhood and 32 family members to Hitler, but he still believes in the goodness of mankind. He described how he and his family survived the Holocaust during a Days of Remembrance event April 18.

April 18, 2018

DLA Director recognizes Energy personnel at AOP

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams visited DLA Energy headquarters March 30 for an orientation meeting with senior leaders and to recognize personnel for their accomplishments.

DLA Director Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams congratulates the winning team (L-R): Alison Adams, Patty Beyer and Laura Funk. Not pictured: Debra Simpson and DaToya Taylor. Photo by Teodora Mocanu.

April 16, 2018

‘Winter warriors’ reap rewards

Senior leaders and supporters gathered in the McNamara Headquarters Complex cafeteria April 9 to praise participants of this year’s Winter Warrior Fitness and Nutrition Challenge, a Morale, Welfare and Recreation program that helps employees realize their health and fitness goals.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin walks with Rachel Dunlap

April 6, 2018

Pairing learners with leaders

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Curious about what she could learn from senior leaders, Rachel Dunlap became the fourth participant to sign up for the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Shadow Program where she followed DLA Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin the week of March 12-16.

April 6, 2018

VPP campaign: Know your safety program, help earn your team’s star

PHILADELPHIA — An awareness campaign will launch April 9 so that the DLA Philadelphia workforce is ready when the time comes to earn star status for the Voluntary Protection Program.