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Tracy Taylor, Defense Logistics Agency Energy instructor, trains Jerry Woiton, 30th Logistics Readiness Squadron contractor during a fuel spill exercise, Oct. 6, 2017, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. DLA Energy provides military installations with the training necessary to prevent and react to disasters, such as this simulated fuel spill, while adhering to federal regulations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Araos/Released)

Oct. 12, 2017

DLA fuel spill exercise tests Vandenberg’s readiness

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Vandenberg Air Force Base website — Members of the 30th Mission Support Group participated in its first Defense Logistics Agency Energy fuel spill exercise, here, Oct. 6.

PaCE program participants sit at conference table during in-processing

Sept. 29, 2017

DLA Energy begins new PaCE Program session

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Ten trainees began the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pathways to Career Excellence Program in a kick-off orientation session in the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Sept. 19.

Three-star Army general, facing viewer, at lecturn, wearing fatigues.

Sept. 12, 2017

Director, senior leaders offer personal guidance to leaders of tomorrow

Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency shared their guidance and experiences with employees at the GS-14 level Aug. 29-31, in the “Building your Roadmap to Success” forum at the McNamara Headquarters Complex.

Airman 1st Class Jacob Smith, 374th Maintenance Squadron propulsion apprentice, practices on a C-130H Hercules training component, May 16, 2017, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Smith is in the Organizational Maintenance and Troubleshooting course taught by instructors with the 373rd Training Squadron Detachment 15. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson)

May 22, 2017

Sharpening PACAF Maintainers

Yokota Air Base, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Yokota Air Base website — Part of the training Air Force aircraft maintainers go through is a hands-on assessment of their skills to evaluate if they can effectively trouble shoot engine problems with minimal supervision.

Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees with the DLA Joint Reserve Force staff at the IMA All-Call event Feb. 3, 2017.

Feb. 10, 2017

DLA Hosts Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees

The DLA Joint Reserve Force hosted 45 Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees for a weekend of training, networking and team building at DLA Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 3-5.

Navy Rear Adm. Deborah Haven, DLA JRF Director, speaks to Air Force IMAs during an IMA All Call Feb. 3 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Va., The event was designed to help IMAs and their leaders understand the benefits and practices of the Air Force IMA program.

Feb. 6, 2017

Inaugural all-call helps hone Air Force IMA processes, best practices

More than 70 Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees and Defense Logistics Agency Joint Reserve Force leaders recently joined in a two-day event to train, exchange ideas and broaden their skills, during the DLA JRF February Battle Assembly at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. IMAs, who are accountable to the Air Force

DLA Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin addresses attendees during the 2017 Joint Petroleum Seminar held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Jan. 23-25. The annual DLA Energy seminar is held to strengthen relationships between Department of Defense petroleum leaders, exchange ideas and increase operational and organizational effectiveness.

Jan. 30, 2017

Joint Petroleum Seminar focuses on relationships, future leaders

Growing the next generation of joint petroleum leaders was the theme of the 16th Joint Petroleum Seminar at the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Jan. 23-25.

Defense Acquisition Career Manager Robert Daugherty presents DLA’s Joy Mullori the inaugural DACM Chairman’s Award, Jan. 10, 2017, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Jan. 18, 2017

DLA employees honored with DACM Awards for service to '4th Estate'

Two Defense Logistics Agency employees stood out as the only individuals to be honored at a ceremony recognizing the achievements of Department of Defense organizations not part of the military services — otherwise known as the 4th Estate — in the training and management of DoD acquisition personnel.

Navy Capt. Gerald Raia, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Procurement Process Support Director, explains the importance of federal contracts to 185 acquisition professionals from more than a dozen federal agencies at the Mid-Atlantic Acquisition Council Training Symposium. Raia, who spent more than four years serving in a combat zone, said that strong acquisition practices are critical to an agency’s mission accomplishment.

Dec. 7, 2016

Strength in numbers: acquisition professionals gather for interagency meeting

PHILADELPHIA — Local acquisition professionals from more than a dozen federal agencies, including Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, attended the Mid-Atlantic Acquisition Council Training Symposium in Philadelphia Nov. 30.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation commander, works intently building a toy house from interconnecting blocks to demonstrate communication, common goals, and constraint resolution during an Aviation Process Excellence training exercise in the Lotts Conference Center Sept. 8-9 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Sept. 21, 2016

DLA Aviation poised for process excellence

Richmond, Va. — Sixty key leaders and subject matter experts throughout Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and DLA Headquarters Strategic Plans and Policy attended the first-ever Senior Process Excellence Course at the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 8 - 9.