DLA News Archive

June 30, 2020

Meade site adds warehouse capacity

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A 40,000 square foot expansion is just part one of a three-pronged development plan for the geographically critical military property disposal site.

June 30, 2020

DLA Aviation employees support each other during COVID-19 pandemic

Richmond, Va. — Executing the mission while taking care of each other and remaining resilient during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are top priorities for Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees in Cherry Point, North Carolina, who are actively supporting the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center East.

June 25, 2020

Property, waste disposal effort grows in Poland

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Major exercises in Eastern Europe mean regular engagements for DLA Disposition Services personnel supporting rotational forces in Poland.

June 25, 2020

DLA Distribution Europe marks leadership change with ceremony

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Army Lt. Col Ackiss awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal For his accomplishments as commander.

June 24, 2020

ASOC enhances agency capabilities during COVID-19

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Since DLA’s establishment in 1961, the agency has relied on the many iterations of its operations center as the single point for coordinating agencywide responses during disasters and emergencies.

June 24, 2020

Change of Command signifies transfer of leadership at largest Defense Department distribution center

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, leadership transferred from Army Col. James M Callis to Army Col. Trenton J Conner in a change of command ceremony June 24.

June 24, 2020

Fast, easy-to-prepare meals are vital part of DLA Troop Support’s COVID-19 response

DLA Troop Support — Quickly providing easy-to-prepare meals has been a major part of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s response to COVID-19.

June 22, 2020

States receive $4.5 million in excess medical supplies

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From syringes to snowblowers, U.S. states have long relied on DLA’s excess military property for everything from rural firefighting vehicles and education technology to pandemic response equipment.

June 18, 2020

JCASO helps ARNORTH contracting team provide commercial support to medical units assisting U.S. hospitals

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Military medical teams that augmented U.S. hospital staffs providing COVID-19 care had commercial lodging, food, laundry support and more with help from the Defense Logistics Agency mid-March through May.

June 18, 2020

DLA Troop Support helps keep lunchtime going during COVID-19

DLA Troop Support — At the height of schools closing around the country due to COVID-19 in mid-March, the Defense Logistics Agency’s Subsistence supply chain added 200 schools from Illinois to a program that would help them get fresh fruits and vegetables into lunches for students and eventually the community.