DLA News Archive

Tag: Defense Logistics Agency

April 1, 2025

DLA’s vice director describes how the agency’s role as a logistics combat support agency makes it indispensable to warfighter success, ways it’s changing to meet new challenges and opportunities for continued growth.

Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) personnel oversee the inflation of an aerostat

April 1, 2025

Fueling Space Superiority: DLA Energy Empowers U.S. Missions

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Energy supports U.S. space dominance by supplying critical fuels and chemicals through expert logistics and coordination with the U.S. Space Force.

Five people wearing reflective safety vests and hard hats stand in an indoor construction area having a discussion.

March 31, 2025

DLA Distribution Europe’s strategic importance highlighted during DLA Director visit

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Europe leaders hosted Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, director, DLA, and Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Alvin Dyer, DLA senior enlisted leader, for a capabilities briefing and facilities tour at the distribution center in Germershiem, Germany, March 24.

A group of five men wearing hard hats and reflective safety vests holding sledgehammers stand in front of a drywalled wall in a vacant room.

March 19, 2025

DLA Distribution Tobyhanna upgrades warfighter support capabilities

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, began renovations on one of its warehouses located on Tobyhanna Army Depot March 17.

March 10, 2025

Centenarian Receives Gold Star Recognition at Defense Supply Center Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. — In a moving ceremony held at Defense Supply Center Richmond, 101-year-old Alfred Hunter was recognized as a Gold Star family member by U.S. Rep. Robb Wittman (VA-01). The event honored the memory of Alfred’s brother, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert H. Hunter, who was killed in action during World War II.

People in a large warehouse stand next to a flatbed truck that is loaded with red canisters.

March 6, 2025

DLA Distribution Richmond supports Ozone Depleting Substances mission

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Personnel at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Richmond, Virginia, completed an Ozone Depleting Substances material transportation project in support of DLA Aviation Feb. 27.

Feb. 21, 2025

DLA flu program successfully ends 2024-2025 season despite new challenges

Philadelphia — Working closely with the DLA Distribution Center in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Troop Support's Medical supply chain procured more than 3 million doses of the flu vaccine for military members globally.

A man receives an award from a military officer. Two other leaders are pictured.

Feb. 11, 2025

DLA’s Automated One Time Buy Team earns agencywide accolades

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency’s Enterprise Automated One Time Buy Procurement Team made significant strides in supporting the defense industrial base and meeting warfighter requirements, issuing over 400,000 solicitations and resulting in approximately 151,311 awards valued at $1.086 billion from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024. The team – comprised of 30 personnel from DLA Aviation, Land and Maritime and Troop Support – was recently recognized with the Acquisition Workforce Team Achievement during the 57th Annual Employee Recognition Program held Jan. 23 at DLA headquarters on Fort Belvoir.

Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly speaks to employees of Defense Logistics Agency Guam Marianas during a town hall Jan. 28. During the town hall, Simerly shared the DLA strategic plan and how its four transformation imperatives apply to Guam specifically. Photo by Brittany Ellis.

Feb. 4, 2025

DLA director conducts Guam Marianas Town Hall

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The rest of the world is transforming, and the character of war is changing, the DLA director said during the Defense Logistics Agency Guam Marianas Town Hall Jan. 28.

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Jan. 30, 2025

Retired general to logisticians: The next war requires a new strategy

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — War strategies and groundwork of United States adversaries in the Pacific have set conditions for a battle unlike any in the past, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Defense Logistics Agency employees Jan. 23.