DLA News Archive

Tag: Loglines

A mine resistant, ambush protected vehicle was used to extract people day and night from flooded areas in Florence County, North Carolina.

Nov. 1, 2016

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — As required by law, DLA makes certain excess equipment available to law enforcement on request.

Don Bruce, deputy chief of the Joint Logistics Operations Center

Nov. 1, 2016

A Conversation with ... Don Bruce

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — The deputy chief of the Joint Logistics Operations Center discusses its role in planning and coordinating contingency operations and other activities for the agency.

Nov. 1, 2016

I am DLA

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Patricia Komondy. The lead training coordinator at DLA Disposition Services at Battle Creek, Michigan, and cultural point of contact for Native American peoples.

Read the latest about the work of DLA in the September/October 2016 issue of Loglines.

Sept. 9, 2016

September/October 2016 Loglines magazine now available

The latest issue of Loglines magazine features stories from across the Defense Logistics Agency.

Customer Interaction Center agents like Amanda Duckworth help DLA customers get answers to questions on supply and transportation issues ranging from online ordering to delivery statuses

Aug. 28, 2016

More than a Help Desk

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA’s Customer Interaction Center at Battle Creek, Michigan, takes up to 1,600 contacts a day to help customers place orders, check delivery status and more.

Part of the 1,484 pallet shipment of water vendors delivered to Torun, Poland, during the exercise.

Aug. 28, 2016

Crushing It in Europe

Fort Belvoir, VA — A multinational exercise in Poland hones DLA logisticians’ skills while working with other agencies and allied nations under high pressure.

Staff Sgt. Angel Tavarez (driving), a native of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, consolidates excess metal scraps from base closure operations for reuse on different bases or to sell to Afghan locals, in the evening hours on Forward Operating Base Walton, July 15, 2014. Tavarez serves with the 266th Ordnance Company, Army Reserves, attached to the Expeditionary Disposal Remediation Team, Defense Logistics Agency, Disposition Services.

Aug. 28, 2016

Battle Ready in Battle Creek and Beyond

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA’s quick-reaction teams not only help set up port openings and obtain needed supplies for contingencies. They also do expeditionary disposition.

U.S. Army Sgt. Frisco Cleary, assigned to with the 396th Combat Support Hospital Company, condense medications in the pharmacy tent during a medical readiness exercise at San Padro, Guatemala, May 16, 2016. Task Force Red Wolf and Army South conducts Humanitarian Civil Assistance Training to include tactical level construction projects and Medical Readiness Training Exercises providing medical access and building schools in Guatemala with the Guatemalan Government and non-government agencies from 05MAR16 to 18JUN16 in order to improve the mission readiness of US forces and to provide a lasting benefit to the people of Guatemala.

Aug. 28, 2016

DLA Troop Support's 'Dream Team' Saves Big on Drugs

Fort Belvoir, VA — A team from DLA Troop Support has helped save hundreds of millions of dollars through contracts to buy generic drugs.

Joseph Lehman, a criminal investigator for DLA’s Office of the Inspector General, nearly lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2014, but he returned to work after just 10 months of recovery.

Aug. 28, 2016

Road to Recovery

Fort Belvoir, VA — An employee injured while on duty suffers life-threatening injuries but returns in just 10 months to his job at DLA’s Office of the Inspector General.

(L-R) Lead Injury Compensation Program Administrators Donna Carr and Patricia Royster discuss a claim with DLA’s Human Resources Services Injury Compensation Office Director Donna Estep.

Aug. 28, 2016

Workplace Injuries — Now What?

Fort Belvoir, VA — When an employee sustains an injury at work, time is of the essence for submitting the proper forms. Fortunately, the process is easy, and there are people who can help.