DLA News Archive

Sept. 16, 2015

New contingency contracting officers readying for possible deployment

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — A new group of contingency contracting officers is preparing to be among the first to deploy and provide expeditionary contracting support during the initial stages of future disaster and contingency operations.

Sept. 15, 2015

Ceremony honors patriots and POW/MIAs

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Sacrifices for freedom must never be forgotten. Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna, employees gathered on the fourteenth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, in remembrance of those sacrifices, which came as a reminder that freedom is not free.

Sept. 15, 2015

Distribution headquarters’ Lukens named Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Timothy Scott Lukens, senior general supply specialist at DLA Distribution headquarters in New Cumberland, Pa., has been named Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Sept. 15, 2015

McNamara Headquarters Complex celebrates Air Force’s 68th birthday

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — From the Wright brothers’ first 120-foot glide in the first powered airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, to Neil Armstrong’s monumental first steps on the moon, a lot can change in 68 years, an Air Force deputy chief information officer said Sept. 10 during the service’s birthday celebration at the McNamara Headquarters Complex.

Sept. 15, 2015

Army Col. Fredric E. Johnson: the consummate Army petroleum professional

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Retired Army Col. Fredric Johnson, who served as a U.S. Army Quartermaster officer and petroleum specialist for more than three decades, passed away Aug. 8. His final assignment before retirement in 1972 was as acting commander of the Defense Fuel Supply Center, Cameron Station, Virginia, the predecessor of Defense Logistics Agency Energy.

Sept. 14, 2015

Defense Logistics Agency supports Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015

CAMP CARROLL, Korea — Led by Defense Logistics Agency Pacific Korea, DLA Distribution and other DLA organizations in the pacific theater provided simulated sustainment and logistics services to United States and Republic of Korea forces within the Korean Theater of Operations in support of Ulchi Freedom Guardian from Aug. 17 to 29, 2015. UFG is a computer-based command post exercise that triggers ROK-US Forces to respond to destabilizing events and work through challenges in mission command in defense of the ROK.

Sept. 14, 2015

DLA Energy Airmen among top one percent selected for elite program

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Air Force Master Sgts. Keith Grady and David Janes are Logistics Education Advancement Program NCOs assigned to Defense Logistics Agency Energy Operations Center and work on fuel-related logistics issues at the Air Force and Department of Defense level.

Sept. 11, 2015

Norfolk’s Stubblefield wins Global Distribution Excellence: Transportation Management Civilian of the Year

NORFOLK, Virginia — Kareneshia Stubblefield, distribution process worker at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Va., has been awarded the Global Distribution Excellence: Transportation Management Civilian of the Year for her work in the distribution center’s Intermodal Hub.

Sept. 11, 2015

9-11 remembered at DSCR

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia held a 9-11Remembrance Ceremony on the lawn of the DLA Aviation Headquarters Building on Defense Supply Center Richmond Sept. 11, 2015.

Sept. 10, 2015

Oklahoma City’s Pearson selected for Outstanding DoD Employee with a Disability Award

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Pearl Pearson, Jr., a packer assigned to the Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking Branch at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla., has been selected to receive the Outstanding DoD Employee with a Disability Award for 2015.