DLA News Archive

Jan. 13, 2026

DLA Indo-Pacific exercises emergency evacuation readiness

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Defense Logistics Agency employees and their families stationed in the South Korea participated in Courageous Channel 25, a peninsula-wide noncombatant evacuation operation exercise last month.

Jan. 12, 2026

DLA Energy Team Overcomes Arctic Challenge with Fuel System Innovation

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A team from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy Business Process Support Directorate has deployed an innovative solution to a critical issue impacting military fueling operations in arctic environments. The team successfully modified the DLA Energy Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) system to counteract battery failures in subfreezing temperatures, ensuring that warfighters can maintain operational readiness.

Jan. 12, 2026

DLA, Norway discuss common concerns, supply chain resilience

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — While both Norway and the United States are NATO allies, they’re very different nations. With Norway’s size closer to that of New Mexico or Montana and the U.S. population being about 61 times larger than Norway’s, their federal and defense budgets are vastly different. Despite these differences, Defense Logistics Agency and Norwegian military leaders discussed several areas where both nations are on the same page.

Jan. 9, 2026

Former Sergeant Major of the Army recounts combat stories, leadership lessons

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — During Michael “Tony” Grinston’s first few days in combat in Iraq as a first sergeant, he was sleeping in a gym, didn’t have any radios, his vehicle was attacked and one of his soldiers lost part of his foot.

Dec. 11, 2025

Escape from Saigon: A DLA employee’s story of survival and service

RICHMOND, Va. — On April 29, 1975, as artillery thundered over Saigon, “White Christmas” played across radio stations throughout Vietnam.

Dec. 10, 2025

Learn how DLA keeps warfighters fed in ‘Behind the Bite’

Feeding the nation’s warfighters is a job that spans the globe. Whether it’s in the field, on a ship or in a dining facility, millions of troops need nutritious food to stay mission ready. he story of how the Defense Logistics Agency gets food to 1.5 million warfighters around the world is told in the new “Behind the Bite” video.

Dec. 9, 2025

Two embroiderers, two weeks, a history-making flag for the Army’s new Western Hemisphere Command

PHILADELPHIA — The flag symbolizing the Army’s newest major command, Western Hemisphere Command, was made in two weeks by two embroiderers at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, just in time for an activation ceremony where the flag was uncased, Dec. 5 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Dec. 5, 2025

New issue of Loglines highlights ‘Agile Logistics for a Changing World’

The latest issue of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Loglines magazine is now available.

Nov. 25, 2025

DLA Energy Quality Technical Directorate host working group, emphasize quality assurance standard practice

Fort Belvoir, Va — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy Quality Technical Directorate working group collaborate on the revision of the Department of Defense Standard Practice: Quality Assurance for Bulk Fuels, Lubricants and Related Products Standard, Military Standard 3004-1 (MIL-STD-3004-1). The working group met at the DLA McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Nov. 21, 2025

SkillBridge Program: Service member gains experience with DLA Energy Quality Technical Directorate

FORT BELVOIR, Va — Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Nichols participated in a Department of Defense SkillBridge program with the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Quality Technical Directorate at Fort Belvoir, Va, from May to September 2025. Nichols was one of two first-time participants selected for the five-month fellowship at DLA Energy.