DLA News Archive

Category: Enterprisewide

Members of the DLA’s Property & Real Estate Management team pose for a group photo at the McNamara Headquarters Complex March 24, 2025.

April 7, 2025

DLA property managers earn industry-recognized certification

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Eight Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management employees earned their industry-recognized National Property Management Association certification at the DLA Headquarters March 28.

Air Force personnel pose in front of a crate containing WMD response equipment.

April 4, 2025

Ramstein taps DLA property reuse stream for WMD threat response system

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inactivation of a Germany-based Army Reserve Weapons of Mass Destruction response team recently freed up a $1 million collection of chemical sensors, detectors, and protective personal gear quickly scooped up by the Air Force’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

Defense Logistics Agency employees listen to Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka talk about challenges the U.S. military faces from Pacific adversaries

April 3, 2025

Marine Corps Deputy Commandant to logisticians: Deter, set the theater for potential conflicts

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — This agency is a strategic and critical enabler in the pursuit of setting the theater to deter and posture military forces to prevail, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics told Defense Logistics Agency employees March 28.

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April 1, 2025

Commentary: Civil defense leads DLA to catastrophe response, whole-of-government support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — There is a common misconception that DLA became a whole-of-government provider after Hurricane Katrina. While DLA did systemize its catastrophe response following the 2005 destruction of New Orleans, it's been helping the nation react to weather events since the early 1970s.

The Defense Logistics Agency’s Deputy Director of Logistics Operations Kristin French, left, the Veteran Health Administration’s Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Support Ronald Miller, center, and DLA’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer Shawn Lennon, right, sign a 10-year, $3.6 billion Level 2 interagency agreement March 12, 2025, at the McNamara Headquarters Complex in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

March 27, 2025

DLA and VHA sign 10-year, $3.6B partnership agreement

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency and Veterans Health Administration signed an interagency agreement for healthcare support at DLA Headquarters March 12.

March 24, 2025

Real ID Act brings new identification requirements for domestic travel, installation access

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After years of delays and extensions, the federal government’s Real ID Act is officially in effect, bringing new identification requirements for domestic air travel and access to federal facilities and military installations.

A Paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, aims a Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium, FGM- 148 Javelin during the defense from tank lane during the Expert Soldier Badge lane.

March 21, 2025

White paper: War reserves should include tactical energy storage, batteries

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Batteries and tactical energy storage should be included in pre-positioned war reserve materiel to ensure today’s modernized joint force is electronically equipped for success, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime officials say in a white paper published last month.

March 20, 2025

Troop Support provides Medal of Honor decorations to American heroes

PHILADELPHIA — The highest military honor awarded by the United States, is procured by a team of logisticians at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia.

A woman in a warehouse holds up circuit boards.

March 18, 2025

Metals recapture lowers agency supply chain costs

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s Precious Metals Recovery Program extracts elements like gold, silver, and platinum from scrap to decrease defense production expenses.

A man and a woman stand in a warehouse in front of boxes looking at papers.

March 17, 2025

AI to boost efficiency, optimize logistics support as DLA standardizes use of new tech

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — AI is already empowering decisions across DLA with over 55 models in various stages of production, testing and use in areas like demand planning and supply chain risk management.