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Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jacqueline Elazier-Allison, operations officer in-charge, and Marine Corps Maj. Christopher Story, executive officer of the DLA Aviation Marine Corps Customer Facing Division, discuss aviation weapon system statistics at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

March 22, 2017

DLA Warrant Officers: leaders, mentors, technical experts

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency’s warrant officers are few in number, averaging only 17 Army billets and one Marine Corps billet, but their impact is felt throughout the enterprise.

572nd Commodities Aircraft Component Repair Squadron technicians complete intermediate right spar installation at Warner Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Base, Georgia, on an F-15 Eagle wing Feb. 6, 2017 during a Form, Fit, and Function Test of an organically manufactured spar.

March 10, 2017

New forging dies and organic manufacturing improve aircraft wing spar support

Richmond, Va. — In 2014, Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and the F-15 Eagle System Program Office identified a critical requirement for the F-15 C/D model aircraft wing spars. The spars, a critical structural component within the aircraft’s wing, were showing stress cracks.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day talks with Victor Champagne, U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Advanced Materials and Processes team leader, during a facilities tour at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Feb. 23, 2017.

March 3, 2017

Defense logistics official sees potential in 3-D printing parts

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Army's website — Across the DOD, leaders are looking at technology solutions for complex challenges. For future logistics support, additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing may hold the key.

Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations’ Audrey Jones (center) receives the Secretary of Defense, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s Patriotic Employer Award from retired Army Lt. Col. Bob Sempek, ESGR Central Virginia Region military outreach volunteer Feb. 21 during a ceremony on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Jones was nominated by her employee, Information Technology Specialist Monica Briscoe (left), who is also a sergeant in the Virginia Army National Guard.

Feb. 27, 2017

Supervisor receives DoD award for support given to citizen soldier

DLA Aviation Public Affairs — Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations supervisor Audrey Jones received the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s Patriotic Employer Award Feb. 21 during a ceremony on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Ed Dolanski, right, president, Global Services and Support, Boeing Corporation, speaks with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Navy Customer Facing Division Chief Cmdr. Mark Harris, far left, DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day, second from left, during a break at the activity’s Senior Leader Conference. Dolanski provided attendees with the supply chain perspective from the aviation industry point-of-view. The conference was held Feb. 7-9, 2017 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Feb. 13, 2017

Aviation senior leaders meet to dial up performance

Richmond, Va. — Senior leaders from across Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s 18 geographical locations within the U.S. traveled to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Feb 7-9 to meet with teammates and other DLA, military services and industry leaders to review last year’s performance and discuss how to improve support this year.

Terry Lutz is a customer support specialist who supports our warfighters from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden, Utah

Feb. 9, 2017

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Terry Lutz

Richmond, Va. — Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs. For more information, call (804) 279-3130.

Sailors greet one another during a commissioning ceremony Nov. 10, 2016 in San Diego. DLA Troop Support led a Joint Clothing and Textiles Governance Board meeting Nov. 17 with Department of Defense senior logistics leaders to discuss management of clothing and textiles, such as the Navy Working Uniform shown here, during an executive board in Alexandria, Virginia.

Dec. 5, 2016

Senior DOD leaders discuss clothing and textiles support

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Senior logistics leaders from the Department of Defense, including Defense Logistics Agency and military services, discussed clothing and textiles management during an executive board meeting Nov. 17.

DLA Troop Support C&T Director Air Force Col. Lawrence Hicks, right, and Procurement Process Support Director Navy Capt. Gerald Raia, second right, watch Bestwork Industries for the Blind worker James Woodson, left, sew a Navy fleece jacket with Bestwork production supervisor Carlos Benjumea, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Sept. 28. Raia, Hicks and C&T Supplier Operations Director Steve Merch, who also attended the visit, were impressed with the synergy of employees on the production line.

Oct. 12, 2016

Troop Support leaders impressed by blind employees at local manufacturer

PHILADELPHIA — Creating something for America's warfighters gives blind employees at a local military clothing manufacturer a sense of self-worth, said a DLA Troop Support senior leader who recently visited Bestwork Industries for the Blind in New Jersey.

Kevin Bettis, Mapping Division chief, Customer Operations Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, speaks with Army Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Saunders, from the 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion, about mapping capabilities at the new Army Forces Command Intelligence Readiness Operations Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during an open house Sept. 28, 2016.

Oct. 3, 2016

Aviation Leader Commentary: Enhanced warfighter support

RIchmond, Va. — Plain and simple, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Customer Operations Directorate’s Mapping Division exists solely to serve the warfighter. It’s their passion and the passion of all DLA Aviation employees.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, left, presents Stephen DiLizio, business process analyst, with a Vietnam War veteran pin to honor his service during the war at a Quarterly Awards ceremony Sept. 28.

Oct. 3, 2016

Tutors, forward-deployed reps recognized at awards ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — More than 40 Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees were honored for exceptional service during a Quarterly Awards ceremony Sept. 28.

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