DLA News Archive

Tag: joint

Army Col. Erik Larson, defense attaché at the U.S. embassy in Oman, joins officials from the Oman Ministry of Defense and the Port of Duqm to answer questions at a May 14-15 workshop for Omani company representatives.

June 9, 2017

DLA helps educate Omani vendors on DoD contracting processes, opportunities

The Defense Logistics Agency joined the U.S. Embassy in Oman, U.S. Central Command and 40 Omani company representatives in the sultanate’s first ever defense-contracting workshop May 14-15 in the capital city of Muscat.

U.S. Army Cpl. Gregory McLellan and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Clinton Smith plot grid points during a joint training exercise at Arta, Djibouti. Through informal methods like training exercises, as well as formally established joint forums, the services work together to share new technology and ideas to develop, test and deliver ever-better capabilities for Marines and Soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sept. 13, 2016

Collaborative acquisition equips Soldiers and Marines to fight and win

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps System Command website — In a series of ongoing efforts, Marine Corps Systems Command and the Army’s Program Executive Office - Soldier are collaborating to develop, test and deliver ever-better capabilities for Marines and Soldiers.

Col. Thomas Seeker, 821st Contingency Response Group deputy commander and Joint Task Force-Port Opening commander, briefs participants in Exercise Turbo Distribution 16-02, March 15, 2016, at Amedee Army Airfield, California

March 22, 2016

DLA joins Air Force, Army to test skills in expeditionary logistics

Amedee Army Airfield, California — A group of 10 DLA personnel joined 125 airmen and 50 soldiers to test their expeditionary-logistics skills in the latest Turbo Distribution exercise.

Joint Logistics Operations Center Executive Officer and retired Army Col. Eugene Shearer (second from left) and his family joined Canadian Ambassador to the United States Gary Doer (left) at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Dec. 15. Ambassador Doer presented the Canadian Meritorious Service Medal to Shearer for his service on behalf of Canadians as chief of the Combined Joint Logistics Branch within Regional Command South, Afghanistan, from May 2010 to June 2011. Photo by Keegan Bursaw

Dec. 29, 2015

DLA employee receives Canadian Meritorious Service Medal

Washington, DC — DLA’s Eugene Shearer received Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal on Dec. 15 for his contributions as chief of the Combined Joint Logistics Branch of Regional Command South, Afghanistan, in 2010 and 2011, while serving as a colonel in the U.S. Army.