DLA News Archive

Category: People and Culture

Jenny Lee (이연주), DLA Distribution Korea Safety and Environmental Office intern is the model for the for Shin Ramyun’s 30th anniversary package.

Jan. 12, 2017

CAMP CARROLL, Korea — Jenny Lee (이연주), a six-month local intern, has become a valuable member of the DLA Distribution Korea team. She is a recent college graduate and was selected from a pool of candidates in the Army supported intern program.

DLA Distribution deputy commander Twila Gonzales, Senior Executive Service, third from left, poses with the DLA Distribution honorees at the 49th annual employee recognition ceremony Dec. 15. From left to right are Rowena Gadin, Sandra Stephens, Gonzales, Barbara Eberly, Cathy Hampton, Jose Acosta and Kevin Henderson.

Jan. 10, 2017

Distribution employees honored at annual DLA award ceremony

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — DLA director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch, along with Distribution’s deputy commander Twila Gonzales, Senior Executive Service, presented six Distribution employees with awards at the DLA 49th Annual Employee Recognition Program ceremony Dec 15. The program seeks to recognize outstanding performers in all segments of the DLA workforce.

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.

The DLA Distribution Richmond, Va., Continuing Government Activity Quality Team has been selected as the winner of the Andrew L. Leitzel DLA Distribution Annual Contract Quality Assurance Program Commendable Service Award for 2015.

Jan. 5, 2017

Richmond’s Continuing Government Activity Quality Team awarded the Andrew L. Leitzel DLA Distribution Annual Contract Quality Assurance Program Commendable Service Award

RICHMOND, Virginia — The DLA Distribution Richmond, Va., Continuing Government Activity Quality Team has been selected as the winner of the Andrew L. Leitzel DLA Distribution Annual Contract Quality Assurance Program Commendable Service Award for 2015.

Ben Harvey has been chosen as deputy director for DLA Distribution Richmond, Va.

Jan. 3, 2017

Harvey chosen as Richmond’s new deputy director

RICHMOND, Virginia — Ben Harvey has been chosen as deputy director for DLA Distribution Richmond, Va.

David Stella, packaging specialist for the Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking branch at DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded the 2015 Department of Defense Packaging Excellence Award.

Dec. 30, 2016

Oklahoma City’s Stella awarded the Paul D. Oliver DLA Distribution Packaging Excellence Award

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — David Stella, packaging specialist for the Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking branch at DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla., was awarded the 2015 Paul D. Oliver DLA Distribution Packaging Excellence Award.

David R. Gambrell, DLA Distribution Richmond, Va., deputy director will retire on Dec. 31, after 27 years of federal service.

Dec. 29, 2016

Richmond’s Gambrell retires after 27 years of federal service

RICHMOND, Virginia — David R. Gambrell, DLA Distribution Richmond, Va., deputy director will retire on Dec. 31, after 27 years of federal service.

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.

Paul Finn, Eastern Distribution Center operations manager at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., is presented the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Patriotic Employer award by James Astor, chair of South Central Pennsylvania ESGR.

Dec. 28, 2016

Susquehanna’s Finn presented award for support to National Guard and Reserve

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — On December 16, Paul Finn, Eastern Distribution Center operations manager at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., was presented the Patriotic Employer award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, South Central Pennsylvania.

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.