DLA News Archive

Nov. 1, 2025

DLA Disposition Services: Reutilization as a source of supply

For decades, military forces have relied on a systematic approach to targeting and engaging enemy forces, known as the "Kill Chain," or F2T2EA sequence: Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, and Assess. The ultimate goal of warfare is to create significant combat effects, which can be either kinetic, such as destroying an enemy missile launcher with a precision-guided bomb, or non-kinetic, like disrupting an adversary's radar systems through electronic jamming.

Nov. 1, 2025

Incorporating Tactical Energy Storage into War Reserves: DLA’s Vital Role in Sustaining Strategic Assets

War Reserve Materiel (WRM) is critical to minimizing supply chain disruptions inherent in contested logistics. For over sixty years, forward-deployed, prepositioned war reserve materiel (PWRM) has enabled rapid response to contingencies and strengthened deterrence against emerging threats.

Nov. 1, 2025

Finding advantage in the economic attributes of supply chain management

The tension between culmination and operational reach is inherent in all operations and at every echelon. Germany started WWII with relatively minuscule industrial capacity, limited access to fossil fuels and light/heavy metals, and a delusional sense of invincibility abetted by their early tactical successes by way of Blitzkrieg. All of this was complemented by a self-assured will to fight predicated on initial weapons design prowess and an ideological sense of superiority. Even still, the strategic intent was to annihilate opposition expeditiously via fast-acting maneuver in order to avoid attritional warfare.

Nov. 1, 2025

Defense Material Disposition in a Contested Logistics Environment

The emerging joint operating environment (JOE) is characterized by an erosion of U.S. military competitive advantages as adversaries obtain technologically advanced capabilities at a faster pace than ever before to deny, disrupt, and degrade our nation’s ability to protect itself and advance national interests. This is resulting in unique and complex challenges for military forces engaging in a wide range of operational activities across the competition continuum.

Nov. 1, 2025

LEAD-ing the future of logistics: Inside DLA’s Digital Strategy

The Defense Logistics Agency is the backbone of military sustainment, providing troops around the world with everything from fuel and food to spare parts and medical supplies. With a mission so vast, DLA can’t afford to fall behind when it comes to technology.

Nov. 1, 2025

The Joint Logistics Enterprise’s Modern 'Contested Logistics Truths'

From its inception, the military has played a significant role in the development of the United States. As the Nation approaches its 250th anniversary, a consistent theme for our military emerges: the enduring imperative to defend, deter, and prevail in conflict. History has demonstrated that the lynchpin of success in conflict always relies on logistics.

May 22, 2025

DLA’s magazine Loglines returns after hiatus

DLA Public Affairs — Loglines, the Defense Logistics Agency’s magazine, is back.

May 20, 2025

DSCR earns national recognition with 2025 Commander in Chief’s Excellence Award

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Supply Center Richmond earned the 2025 Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence, recognizing its outstanding support of Department of Defense missions.

May 1, 2025

Utilization of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Illuminate Supply Chain Risk

DLA White Paper 25-3, March 2025: DLA is strategically adopting artificial intelligence to revolutionize supply chain risk management, enhance operational resilience, address vulnerabilities, and ultimately ensure mission readiness by leveraging AI-driven tools for predictive analytics, resource optimization, scenario planning and automated oversight.

April 1, 2025

I am DLA: Terrance Taylor

A spotlight on Terrance Taylor, a customer support representative for DLA Land and Maritime at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia.