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Navy culinary specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class Roel Caballero, assigned to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor’s Trident Inn Galley, in Silverdale, Wash., seasons and mixes sliced potatoes for lunch, May 2, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles D. Gaddis IV

May 5, 2017

Navy Culinary Specialists Serve Tasty Excellence

SILVERDALE, Wash. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — In the Navy, the culinary specialist rate was established January 15, 2004. Prior to 1975 they were known as mess management specialists, commissary men and stewards.

Surrounded by team members, DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day signs the first DLA/Navy retail supply manual on March 24, 2017 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The manual will lead to improved warfighter support by standardizing policies and processes at DLA Aviation industrial support activities co-located at the Navy's three fleet readiness centers at Cherry Point, North Carolina; San Diego, California and Jacksonville, Florida.

March 27, 2017

DLA Aviation signs retail supply manual

Richmond, Va. — DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day signs the first DLA/Navy retail supply manual on March 24, 2017 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Navy Capt. Timothy Pfannenstein, Logistics and Industrial Operations executive director, Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland, presents the Navy and Marine Corps readiness challenges during the annual Senior Leadership Conference Feb. 7-9, 2017 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leadership and strategic partners came together to discuss ways to improve logistics performance.

Feb. 23, 2017

Navy readiness challenges shared with Aviation leaders

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leadership and strategic partners came together for the activity’s annual Senior Leadership Conference Feb. 7 - 9 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Navy Capt. Timothy Pfannenstein, Logistics and Industrial Operations executive director, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, presented Navy and Marine Corps readiness challenges.

Ed Dolanski, right, president, Global Services and Support, Boeing Corporation, speaks with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Navy Customer Facing Division Chief Cmdr. Mark Harris, far left, DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day, second from left, during a break at the activity’s Senior Leader Conference. Dolanski provided attendees with the supply chain perspective from the aviation industry point-of-view. The conference was held Feb. 7-9, 2017 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Feb. 13, 2017

Aviation senior leaders meet to dial up performance

Richmond, Va. — Senior leaders from across Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s 18 geographical locations within the U.S. traveled to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Feb 7-9 to meet with teammates and other DLA, military services and industry leaders to review last year’s performance and discuss how to improve support this year.

(From left:) DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch discusses agenda items with Vice Adm. Dixon Smith, Rear Adm. Jonathan Yuen and DLA Logistics Operations Director Rear Adm. Vince Griffith at the 2016 Navy/DLA Day.

Nov. 22, 2016

Agency continues collaborative effort with Navy

Defense Logistics Agency leaders met with Navy partners to discuss shared goals and interests at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Nov. 21.

DLA Distribution San Diego, Calif., at Port Hueneme, has partnered with the Navy Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships to support the battle spares program by storing main propulsion engines for the LCS program at a central location. The commercial crane crew prepares for the engine offload.

Nov. 9, 2016

Port Hueneme supports new storage and distribution mission for Navy Littoral Combat Ships

PORT HUENEME, California — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego, Calif., at Port Hueneme, has partnered with the Navy Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ships to support the battle spares program by storing main propulsion engines for the LCS program at a central location.

DLA Distribution deputy commander Twila Gonzales, Senior Executive Service, center, cuts a cake honoring the Navy’s 241st birthday alongside DLA Distribution’s active, reserve and retired Navy sailors.

Oct. 17, 2016

Navy birthday: “Tough, Bold and Ready” for 241 years

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — To commemorate the Navy’s 241st birthday and celebrate its theme “Tough, Bold and Ready,” DLA Distribution took a look back at the service’s rich history on Oct. 13.

Youngest attendee Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian Walter (left), oldest attendee Barbara Danaher and host Rear Adm. Scott Jerabek cut a cake for the Navy’s birthday ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Oct. 12.

Oct. 14, 2016

Navy birthday celebrates ‘America’s Sailor’

Members of the Navy from organizations across the McNamara Headquarters Complex came together to celebrate 241 years of history during the Navy’s birthday ceremony at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Oct. 12.

DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, commander Navy Cmdr. Brian Johnson, right, promotes Christopher Ballesteros to the rank of Petty Officer 2nd Class as part of the Navy’s Meritorious Advancement Program.

July 21, 2016

Distribution’s Ballesteros one of DLA’s first recognized by Navy advancement program

YOKOSUKA, Japan — On July 1, Christopher Ballesteros officially became one of DLA’s first Sailors recognized by the Navy’s Meritorious Advancement Program, or MAP.

After the Navy took ownership of the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the supply department works to feed sailors aboard the destroyer May 20 in Bath, Maine. The Zumwalt’s inaugural dinner included lobster tail, crab and filet mignon.

June 9, 2016

Subsistence delivers lobster tails for inaugural dinner aboard USS Zumwalt

PHILADELPHIA — The inaugural dinner aboard the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer included 160 pounds of lobster tails that were delivered just in time, thanks to the DLA Troop Support Subsistence team.

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