DLA News Archive

Tag: Defense Logisitics Agency

Group poses ahead of graduation reception on auditorium stage.

July 25, 2025

Troop Support two-year training program graduates celebrate accomplishments, bright futures

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support celebrated the Pathways to Career Excellence program’s newest graduating class with a ceremony July 24. A total of 79 employees graduated from the two-year training program designed for entry-level personnel to gain advancement in professional, administrative and technological careers within Troop Support.

Army Sgt. Maj. Petra Casarez is named as the Defense Logistics Agency’s next senior enlisted leader.

July 25, 2025

Casarez named next DLA senior enlisted leader

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Army Sgt. Maj. Petra Casarez will be the Defense Logistics Agency’s next senior enlisted leader.

More than 120 attendees from 60 countries pose for a photo during a breakout session at the U.S. Transportation Command International Logistics Symposium at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

July 17, 2025

DLA coordinates to understand logistics challenges, increase support to FMS

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Dedicated to strengthening international alliances, the Defense Logistics Agency actively engages with partner nations around the globe to share the agency’s advanced supply chain management, distribution and technology solutions.

June 26, 2025

2025 DLA Foundation scholarship winners announced

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency Foundation awarded 31 scholarships to students with close family ties to current or past employees for the 2025-2026 school year.

Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters Police Officer Jennifer Lozano poses for a photo next to a patrol truck

May 13, 2025

National Police Week honors DLA police officers

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency and communities across the nation honor the men and women who serve in law enforcement in recognition of National Police Week May 11 to 17.

Defense Logistics Agency’s Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, second from the left, and senior Navy officers serve on a panel to discuss contested logistics challenges and future sustainment opportunities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

April 11, 2025

Senior military leaders discuss challenges, future sustainment in INDO-PACOM

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — For the past 30 to 50 years, the United States has had freedom of maneuver to sustain the fleet anywhere it wants, but that’s not going to cut it in a contested environment, the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics said at the Sea-Air-Space 2025 Expo at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center April 8.

A turf floor purchased through Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Holistic Health and Fitness program

April 1, 2025

Holistic Health and Fitness: Streamlining Access to Equipment

DLA Troop Support’s Holistic Health and Fitness program boosts warfighter readiness by streamlining access to top-tier fitness equipment.

The Defense Logistics Agency’s Deputy Director of Logistics Operations Kristin French, left, the Veteran Health Administration’s Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Support Ronald Miller, center, and DLA’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer Shawn Lennon, right, sign a 10-year, $3.6 billion Level 2 interagency agreement March 12, 2025, at the McNamara Headquarters Complex in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

March 27, 2025

DLA and VHA sign 10-year, $3.6B partnership agreement

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency and Veterans Health Administration signed an interagency agreement for healthcare support at DLA Headquarters March 12.

Three men stand in a warehouse behind a piece of machinery with the man on the right pointing to the machine.

March 13, 2025

DLA Vice Director visits DLA Distribution, receives update on modernization, strategic plan alignment

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Brad Bunn, vice director, Defense Logistics Agency, visited DLA Distribution headquarters for an update on current efforts, a tour of the Eastern Distribution Center and to recognize employees March 4.

Jan. 21, 2025

EAP provides support to employees, household members facing personal and professional challenges

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency civilian federal employees looking to get counseling, coaching or senior care support for themselves or a member of their household in the new year can get help through the Employee Assistance Program.