DLA News Archive

Sept. 26, 2018

Reform, new budget to increase demand for DLA supplies, services

Defense reform and a new annual defense budget of $719 billion will mean more, not less, work for the Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams told the workforce during a DLA Headquarters Town Hall Sept. 24.

Sept. 25, 2018

Distribution participates in DLA’s new In-House Coaching Program Pilot

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — According to the DLA In-House Coaching Program Pilot website, the Coaching Program's mission, values and vision support DLA's People and Culture Plan. Coaching helps clients bring their life into focus through solving individual challenges, achieving professional goals, clarifying decision making and focus, and learning and personal development. Coaching also helps with wellness and work-life balance, increasing self-awareness, and helping with self-management.

Sept. 24, 2018

DLA Troop Support employees donate 4,000 meals to neighbors in need

PHILADELPHIA — In their tenth year of participating in the campaign, employees at DLA Troop Support donated more than 3,000 pounds of food to the Feds Feed Families food drive.

Sept. 24, 2018

DLA HQ Army National Account Managers visit DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Army National Account Managers from Headquarters, Defense Logistics Agency paid a visit to DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, September 6, 2018.

Sept. 21, 2018

Distribution commanding officer speaks at local MOAA event

CAMP HILL, Pa. — Navy Rear Admiral Kevin M. Jones, Commander, DLA Distribution recently spoke at the Keystone Capital Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) event in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

Sept. 20, 2018

Distribution celebrates 71 years of the Air Force service

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — On Sept. 18, the DLA Distribution team came together to celebrate the United States Air Force’s 71st birthday.

Sept. 19, 2018

DLA sends critical supplies to recovery teams, victims after Florence

First responders assessing damage wrought by Hurricane Florence and military officials resuming operations after days of installation closures have access to fuel, generators and other critical supplies pre-positioned at federal staging bases by the Defense Logistics Agency.

Sept. 18, 2018

Women’s Equality Day observed across the DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan

YOKOSUKA, Japan — DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan celebrated Women's Equality Day by bringing display information and educational material to each of the buildings across the Yokosuka facilities. Each directorate and branch displayed educational posters, in both English and Japanese, and had handouts and bookmarks available at each location for individuals to take with them from August 13 to 26.

Sept. 17, 2018

Distribution Patriot Day and POW/MIA Day event honors those that gave all

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In remembrance of the 17th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, DLA Distribution hosted a Patriot Day ceremony on Sept. 11 featuring guest speaker Army Col. James Carmichael.

Sept. 14, 2018

DDYJ leadership participates in Command Fleet Activity, Yokosuka 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

YOKOSUKA, Japan — DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, commanding officer Navy Cmdr. Allen Rivera, and other key leadership personnel, participated in the Command Fleet Activity, Yokosuka Remembrance Ceremony of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States on Sept. 11.