DLA News Archive

Nov. 6, 2024

DLA Aviation’s annual operating plan aligns to agency strategy, gets director’s OK

RICHMOND, Va. — Sustaining a resilient workforce, meeting customer needs, posturing for crisis and integrating through partnerships were among the top priorities Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leaders presented to agency heads during a Nov. 5 review of its fiscal 2025 annual operating plan, or AOP, at Aviation headquarters on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Sept. 18, 2024

Vice director ties new DLA Strategic Plan to EEO efforts

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — EEO and diversity teams have a big role in helping DLA build a workforce that can achieve goals in the new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, the agency’s deputy director said Sept. 11.

Sept. 10, 2024

New DLA Strategic Plan frames goals for 2025-2030

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Overcoming contested logistics challenges as the nation faces adversaries in all domains is DLA's top priority as outlined in its new 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, "DLA Transforms: A Call to Action.”

March 28, 2024

DLA director outlines agency’s efforts to provide solutions as Army transforms

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA works to match readiness and sustainment needs with global solutions as the Army navigates a transformative era full of challenges like contested logistics and adversarial threats.

March 14, 2024

Agency conducting 90-day review to shape new strategic plan

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees throughout DLA are being asked to participate in a bottom-up review of their team’s ability to effectively and efficiently support warfighters while preparing for future missions.

June 29, 2022

DLA Energy procurement analyst graduates Naval Postgraduate School

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Ayodele Warburton, a DLA Energy procurement analyst, graduated with a Master of Science in Contract Management from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, June 17. The program is part of the 4th Estate Director of Acquisition Career Management Office Leadership & Talent Management Portfolio.

Oct. 4, 2021

DLA Finance absorbs Audit Task Force’s responsibility for audit readiness

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The work of a task force created in October 2018 to synchronize audit-readiness efforts and drive the agency toward achieving a clean audit opinion on DLA’s financial statements realigned Sept. 30 under Defense Logistics Agency Finance. 

May 24, 2021

DLA Director Addresses Support to Global Pandemic, Future of Work During NDTA Webinar

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Speaking to a virtual audience of over 100 attendees, Defense Logistics Agency Director Vice Adm. Michelle Skubic addressed the Washington D.C. Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association May 20. She outlined DLA’s priorities for supporting the warfighter, the 2021-2026 Strategic Plan, recent support missions and took questions.

May 19, 2021

Global pandemic support, future initiatives top Global Town Hall agenda

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s role in operations like the Afghanistan drawdown and its ability to provide critical supplies for Americans and other nations during the pandemic show there is an increasing awareness and demand for the agency’s capabilities, the DLA director said during a prerecorded Global Town Hall May 18. 

May 7, 2021

Industry association leaders get 2020 Supplier Survey results, new DLA Strategic Plan details

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is upping its game in how it understands industry and leverages data to improve processes, the DLA vice director told leaders of 13 industry associations in a May 5 webinar that also focused on 2020 Supplier Survey results and demand projections.