DLA News Archive

Category: Enterprisewide

April 3, 2023

2023 DLA Hall of Fame inductees announced

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Michelle Skubic has announced inductees into the 2023 DLA Hall of Fame.

Regina D. Jones, acquisition specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, was honored at a retirement ceremony for 33 years of government service on Mar. 29, 2023, in Philadelphia.

March 31, 2023

DLA Troop Support celebrates its latest civilian retiree

PHILADELPHIA — Regina D. Jones, acquisition specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, was honored at a retirement ceremony for 33 years of government service on Mar. 29, 2023, in Philadelphia.

March 29, 2023

C&T reestablishes face-to-face relationships with military clothing vendors, gauge state of industry

PHILADELPHIA — As American manufacturers continue making uniform and equipment items for warfighters, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain team are checking out their operations in-person.

March 29, 2023

From audit readiness to remediation: DLA continues path toward unmodified opinions

DLA’s Audit Program Management Office is working to achieve audit roadmap goals of an unmodified audit opinion of its Transaction Fund in fiscal 2024.

March 29, 2023

DLA foreign policy advisor shares career advice

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Sharing his personal insights and essential components of professional development, DLA Foreign Policy Advisor Gregory Winstead spoke to more than 100 employees during a virtual DLA Energy Lunch and Learn March 14.

The DLA Troop Support Customer Pharmacy Operations Center Team worked with industry to create a software platform that helps secure the supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients. (photo by Ed Maldonado)

March 28, 2023

A prescription for success: Medical helps safeguard pharmaceutical support to warfighters

PHILADELPHIA — To ensure the military medical community has the best products and services they need to tackle daily emergencies worldwide, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support medical supply chain worked with industry to create an active pharmaceutical ingredient quality assurance platform.

A woman poses for a photograph while sitting at her desk at work.

March 28, 2023

MBA student becomes valued DLA employee through Workforce Recruitment Program

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Allexas Kirchgessner already had a full plate when she came to the Defense Logistics Agency’s Workforce Recruitment Program. The busy wife and mother of two went back to school six years ago to earn her associate and bachelor’s degrees. She was in the middle of a one-year Master of Business Administration program at Elizabethtown College and already had another job when she learned about the WRP.

March 27, 2023

FEMA logisticians leaders, DLA Distribution, share quest for speed

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Logistics leaders from the Federal Emergency Management Agency visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Headquarters for an overview of DLA Distribution capabilities, focused on the expeditionary logistical support to FEMA and U.S. Northern Command for hurricanes, and a tour of the Eastern Distribution Center.

A group gathers to talk logistics in Guam.

March 27, 2023

Noble joins Defense Department logistics leaders for INDO-PACOM engagements

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s commander of joint regional combat support joined senior Defense Department logisticians for a tour of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command installations in Hawaii and Guam March 18-25.

March 23, 2023

DLA Aviation delivers readiness lethality to warfighter

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — The mission of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is to ensure total part supportability to the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex sustainment processes.