DLA News Archive

Dec. 3, 2021

Employee Spotlight: Jordan Willis

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) 279-3139.

Nov. 9, 2021

Practice makes perfect: DLA personnel conduct emergency training exercise on DSCR

RICHMOND, Va — Key personnel within Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Richmond, including representatives from Security and Emergency Services, Environmental Management, and DLA Aviation Public Affairs Office, gathered in Conference Room One of Bldg. 34 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 4 for a tabletop exercise.

Nov. 3, 2021

Change your clock, change your battery: fall back Nov. 7

Richmond, Va. — DLA Installation Management Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services welcomes fall’s 2021, “Change Your Clock – Change Your Battery” Campaign as daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

Oct. 19, 2021

Aviation Commander wraps up FY21 accomplishments, recognizes team members during town hall

RICHMOND, Va — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. David Sanford held a town hall live streamed from the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Thurs, Oct. 14.

Oct. 12, 2021

Bellwood Elk get annual checkup, new feeding trough

RICHMOND, Va. — The Bellwood elk received their annual checkups Sept. 2 from large-animal veterinarian, Dr. Lucy Haile, with assistance from her staff members.

Sept. 8, 2021

The Elk of Defense Supply Center Richmond

Richmond, Va. — When the crisp autumn air permeates the woods of Virginia, the elk population at Defense Supply Center Richmond finds itself in the mood for love. Bugle calls of the wooing bull elk pierce the quiet, signaling a mating ritual that may include wallowing in mud and headstrong males battling for the affections of the elk cows in the herd.

Aug. 20, 2021

Force Protection Conditions - A Tutorial

RICHMOND, Va — As you are driving onto Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, or walking to a building entrance, you may have noticed the installation is at Force Protection Condition Level B and wonder, “what does this mean to me?”

Aug. 13, 2021

DSCR recognized for excellence in warfighter support

RICHMOND, Va — Defense Supply Center Richmond was named a recipient of the 2021 Commander in Chief’s Annual Award for Installation Excellence. It was one of five recipients of the highly competitive Department of Defense award recognizing the outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain U.S. military installations.

Aug. 9, 2021

Seek shelter, shelter-in-place and lockdown: knowing the difference can save lives

Richmond, Va. — During actual emergencies and in emergency y exercises, employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, may receive emergency messages and warnings through several modes of communication including computer pop up messages, and texts and phone calls, and even through speaker systems located both inside and outside of buildings across the installation.

Aug. 6, 2021

CBS 6 profiles historic Bellwood Elk on Defense Supply Center Richmond

RICHMOND, Va — A film crew from WTVR CBS 6 in Richmond, Virginia, came on Defense Supply Center Richmond July 30 to record a story on the historic Bellwood elk as part of the station’s weekly series “I have a Story.”