DLA News Archive

Tag: People & Culture

Lamar Denno, marketing director for Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond's Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Office on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, enjoys spending time with his family and is a fan creative design and communications.

Feb. 3, 2017

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.

Jan. 31, 2017

DLA Aviation commander takes quarterly walk, talks with employees

Richmond, VA. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day took his quarterly walk, Jan. 26 speaking with employees across DLA Aviation in Richmond, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee Jason Thompson receives certificate honoring his selection as the September 2016 Employee of the Month from DLA Aviation Deputy Commander Charlie Lillie Dec. 15, 2016 in a ceremony held in Richmond, Virginia. Thompson is a procurement analyst in the Procurement Process Support Directorate.

Dec. 19, 2016

DLA Aviation honors September and October employees of the month

RICHMOND, Va. — Two DLA Aviation employees received Employee of the Month Awards in a ceremony Dec. 15, 2016, hosted by DLA Aviation Deputy Commander Charlie Lilli.

DLA Pathways to Career Excellence Program graduate Dec. 13 during a ceremony at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia. The 56 graduates completed the two-year training program through on-the-job assignments, cross-training, rotational assignments and formal training.

Dec. 15, 2016

Graduates on right pathway to career in warfighter support

PHILADELPHIA — More than 50 participants in DLA's Pathways to Career Excellence Program took the next step to a successful career during their graduation ceremony in Philadelphia Dec. 13.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s military personnel help check off Angel Tree gifts with Kim Forquer, a guidance couns3elor from Meadowbrook High School during gift pickup Dec. 8, 2016 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia’s fire station. Employees adopted 113 angels from Chesterfield County and Richmond City Public Schools.

Dec. 9, 2016

DSCR employees adopt 113 angels from Chesterfield County and Richmond City Public Schools

RICHMOND, Va. — There was an air of excitement on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, at the Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s fire station Dec. 8 as employees drove through the fire truck bay dropping off gifts for the 113 angels adopted from Chesterfield County and Richmond City Public Schools.

Defense Logistics Agency Counsel – Aviation’s Personnel Law Team recently demonstrated their commitment to DLA’s strategic goals, specifically Warfighter First and People and Culture, with the face of an unexpected, extended absence of a fellow team member. Team members, left to right, Daniel Moebs, Tiffany Higuchi, Tammy Draper, Katherine Yourth, and David Evers pose for a group photo at a retirement ceremony Sept. 29, 2016 held on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Nov. 22, 2016

DLA Aviation Leader Commentary: Supporting each other, at the heart of DLA culture, values

RICHMOND, Va. — Challenging circumstances reveal a person’s true character. This has never been more true than when Defense Logistics Agency Counsel – Aviation’s Personnel Law Team found itself in a trying situation that revealed the team’s outstanding character through their dedication to its mission and their teammate’s welfare.At times, lawyers have been

Defense Logistics Agency volunteers from the audience help build the components of the resiliency pillars during an interactive game Nov. 15, 2016, as the activity celebrated Resiliency Day in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Nov. 21, 2016

DLA Aviation celebrates Resiliency Day, moves into training sustainment phase

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency employees at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, received a glass pebble as they filled the Lotts Conference Center Nov. 15, celebrating the past year’s accomplishments in training the workforce in resiliency tools to succeed personally and professionally in ever-changing environments.

Owen Hassig, a contracting officer with DLA Energy, uses American Sign Language to sign his name during a brown bag session at the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Oct. 27.

Nov. 17, 2016

DLA members learn to communicate using ASL

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Learning how to communicate with others who may not communicate the same way as you is important, especially in the workplace.

Nov. 14, 2016

Aviation Employee Spotlight: Andre Desima

RICHMOND, Va. — DLA Aviation's Public Affairs Office spotlights Andre Desima, a team lead in the Supplier Operations Commodities Directorate. Desima enjoys coming to work because he gets to influence production.

Subsistence employees enjoy a picnic lunch Oct. 5 at the NSA Philadelphia base pavilion during a Fall Fling event. Employees also played cornhole, horseshoes and "Family Food."

Oct. 11, 2016

Fall Fling brings Subsistence employees closer

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees ate hot dogs and hamburgers and competed in “Family Food” during their Fall Fling Oct. 5.