DLA News Archive

Category: Enterprisewide

Jan. 7, 2026

Annual Report highlights agency’s transformation, warfighter support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency has released its 2025 Annual Report, detailing the agency’s global operations, financial milestones, and strategic efforts to modernize in support of the military services, combatant commands, and whole-of-government partners.

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Jan. 6, 2026

Uniform design standardization offers potential supply chain solutions

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Campaign of Learning white paper, “Uniform Design Standardization,” authored by Andrew Strohmetz of DLA Troop Support, examines how streamlining uniform designs across all military services can reinforce the U.S. defense supply chain.

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Dec. 23, 2025

DLA Weapons Support welcomes first Operation Warfighter intern

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Petty Officer Third Class Xander Kirby will work at the Corpus Christi Army Depot, Texas, where he'll receive mentoring and on-the-job training in logistics practices and agency operations.

A signaler coordinates a navy craft launch with text overlaid saying “The Joint Logistics Enterprise’s Modern Contested Logistics Truths,” by Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly and Leighann Martin

Dec. 22, 2025

Modern contested logistics truths drive joint logistics approaches

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Campaign of Learning burst paper, “The Joint Logistics Enterprise’s Modern Contested Logistics Truths,” authored by DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly and Leighann Martin, explores how updating “logistics truths” is critical for meeting the demands of today’s complex military environment.

Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus).

Dec. 19, 2025

Senior Procurement Executive Review serves as acquisition pulse check

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Senior Procurement Executive Review at Defense Supply Center Columbus Dec. 11 provided a critical acquisition pulse check for Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support as the major subordinate command continues toward its final operational capability target date of Oct. 1, 2026.

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Dec. 19, 2025

DLA interns contribute to sustainability and mission success

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Civilian Training Corps interns recognized for their contributions during their summer assignment to the DLA Information Operations Research and Development team.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Division (1 ID) enjoy food and gifts during a Christmas party at Boleslawiec, Poland, Dec. 25, 2022. Defense Logistics Agency Subsistence supply chain helps to keep morale high by giving servicemembers around the globe the smells and tastes of the December holidays. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Kevin T. Brown Jr.)

Dec. 18, 2025

DLA Troop Support Subsistence keeps morale alive with December holiday meals

PHILADELPHIA — While Santa Claus prepares his Christmas Eve deliveries, the Defense Logistics Agency has already delivered holiday cheer in the form of meals to U.S. service members stationed around the world.

Several parachuters descend with text overlay saying "Just Enough Logistics: Shifting the Logistics Paradigm," by Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly and LTC Daniel Marvin

Dec. 17, 2025

‘Just enough logistics’ shifts paradigm in military supply chain readiness

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — In response to increasingly complex and asymmetric battlefield environments, new strategies are being advanced to recalibrate how logistics enable warfighter readiness and operational agility.

Text says DLA Dialogues From Factory to Foxhole, special guest Air Force Col. Ryan LeBlanc with an outline of a microphone over a globe

Dec. 16, 2025

Agency podcast spotlights DLA’s wargaming approach to strategic modernization

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The latest episode of DLA’s podcast series explores how wargaming and strategic planning efforts are positioning the agency to tackle future logistics challenges and advance its modernization agenda.

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Dec. 10, 2025

Learn how DLA keeps warfighters fed in ‘Behind the Bite’

Feeding the nation’s warfighters is a job that spans the globe. Whether it’s in the field, on a ship or in a dining facility, millions of troops need nutritious food to stay mission ready. he story of how the Defense Logistics Agency gets food to 1.5 million warfighters around the world is told in the new “Behind the Bite” video.