DLA News Archive

Oct. 15, 2024

DLA Energy’s Task Force Americas provides over 300,000 gallons of fuel support during Hurricane Helene recovery efforts

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s Task Force Americas provides petroleum products enabling critical power generation and distribution of supplies to rural areas across eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, and Georgia in support of hurricane recovery efforts.

July 9, 2024

UK and Army Reserve practice fueling operations

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Energy Americas, U.S. Army Reservists and the United Kingdom’s Royal Logistics Corps participated in the Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise June 1-13.

May 1, 2024

Global bulk fuel management and delivery team awarded for excellence

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A team from the DLA Energy earned the 2023 U.S. Transportation Command Team Excellence Award for their significant contributions to the global bulk fuel delivery mission.

April 16, 2024

DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference begins next week

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — More than 90 industry exhibitors and 1,900 people are registered to attend the DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center at National Harbor, Maryland, April 22-24.

March 20, 2024

CATC Camp Fuji Fuels System Upgrades

SHIZUOKA, Japan — Dozens of members of the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji community braved the cold to receive training on how to use the newly upgraded fuels payment system, March 7, 2024. DLA Energy has replaced the fuels payment systems around the world for the Department of Defense.

March 12, 2024

Joint fuel community attends week-long strategic planning events

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — More than 300 petroleum leaders, including representatives from combatant commands and service control point partners, attended Joint Petroleum Week held in the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 26 to March 1.

March 1, 2024

Lightening the fuel load

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Shallow-water ports make getting fuel the military needs a challenge. While an offshore mooring system is ideal, this method isn’t always available. As an alternative, DLA Energy Korea exercised a method called “lightering."

Feb. 14, 2024

Love and logistics: DLA Energy couples

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Be mine… and my coworker? Some couples may say working together is a recipe for disaster, but four DLA Energy couples say it’s a recipe for marriage. While dozens of couples can be found across DLA, these DLA Energy employees shared their story of how working for the same agency is a perfect match.

Feb. 13, 2024

DLA unveils advanced payment systems fuel points across JBLM

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Five fuel points across Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, have upgraded their fleet fuel systems from Automated Fuel Service Stations (AFSS) to Electronic Points of Sale (EPoS) systems during February 2024.

Feb. 8, 2024

DLA Energy contracting officers mentoring program

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA Energy kicked off a new year of the Contracting Officer Mentoring Program, Jan. 17. For the past seven years, the program has built bonds between DLA Energy’s contracting officers to support continual learning, leadership development and technical proficiency.