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DLA Distribution Korea commander Army Lt. Col. Mark Wolf reenlists Sgt. Stephanie Swann and her husband Sgt. Jonathan Swann in a reenlistment ceremony on March 7.

April 4, 2016

A family affair: Korea hosts husband and wife reenlistment ceremony

CAMP CARROLL, Korea — DLA Distribution Korea commander Army Lt. Col. Mark Wolf hosted a double reenlistment ceremony for his material management noncommissioned officer Army Sgt. Stephanie Swann and her husband Army Sgt. Jonathan Swann on March 7.

Contractors are installing 252 geothermal wells to heat and cool the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center Feb. 17, 2016. The first phase of the three-phased, five-story, 252,000 square-feet building is scheduled for occupancy in late 2018 or early 2019.

April 4, 2016

New DLA operations center to use environmentally friendly technology

Geothermal wells are only one of the environmentally friendly technologies being used in the construction of the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, watches a robotics demonstration during a tour of the Rehabilitation and Neuromuscular Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, March 31, 2016. The Texas visit was part of a multistate trip that also included a stop today in Cambridge, Mass., and is part of the DoD effort to partner with the private sector and academia to ensure the United States continues to lead in the new frontiers of technology. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Clydell Kinchen

April 1, 2016

Carter: DoD-MIT Partnership to Produce Fabrics That See, Hear, Sense

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that DoD is partnering with an 89-member consortium to establish a new manufacturing innovation institute focused on revolutionary fibers and textiles.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christopher S. Mayfield Sr., chief of staff at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Va., officially retired on April 1 after 30 years of service to the Navy.

April 1, 2016

Norfolk’s chief of staff retires after 30 years of service

NORFOLK, Virginia — Navy Lt. Cmdr. Christopher S. Mayfield Sr., chief of staff at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Va., officially retired on April 1 after 30 years of service to the Navy. The ceremony was officiated by Navy Capt. Harry Thetford, commander of the distribution center.

Edward Warren, distribution process worker at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been chosen as employee of the week for the week of March 28 through April 1.

April 1, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Employee of the Week

MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania — Edward Warren, distribution process worker at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been selected as Employee of the Week for March 28 through April 1.

April is Process Excellence month at DLA.

April 1, 2016

April is Process Excellence Month

Defense Logistics Agency employees will become more aware of their role in the agency’s drive to improve processes as the agency celebrates Process Excellence Month in April.

Vietnam War veterans are cheered on by volunteers as they parade down a red-carpet into a Vietnam War Commemoration program March 29, 2016 at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, PA. More than 400 Vietnam War era veterans attended the event sponsored by the Association of the United States Army and Vietnam War Commemoration partners Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

March 31, 2016

Troop Support employees help welcome home Vietnam vets

PHILADELPHIA — The welcome home was worth the 50-year wait, one veteran said following a Vietnam War Commemoration program March 29. DLA Troop Support employees helped cheer for more than 400 Vietnam vets as they paraded down a red carpet to the ceremony.

DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, employee Ikaika Anderson has been named DLA Distribution’s Employee of the Quarter for first quarter, fiscal year 2016.

March 31, 2016

Pearl Harbor’s Anderson announced as employee of the quarter

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, employee Ikaika Anderson has been named DLA Distribution’s Employee of the Quarter for first quarter, fiscal year 2016, for his performance and teamwork as a supply technician on the Inventory Support Team.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presents the February Employee of the Month Award to Dawn Hampton during a ceremony March 28, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Hampton is a price analyst for DLA Aviation’s Procurement Process Support Directorate’s Pricing Division.

March 31, 2016

Richmond price analyst named DLA Aviation’s February Employee of the Month

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s February Employee of the Month is Dawn Hampton. She serves as a price analyst for DLA Aviation’s Procurement Process Support Directorate’s Pricing Division in Richmond, Virginia. DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presented Hampton the award during a ceremony March 28.

The HQC Health Unit offers a variety of services, free of charge, to all employees of HQC tenant organizations.

March 31, 2016

HQC Health Unit helps employees stay healthy, free of charge

The HQC Health Unit offers many services, all free of charge, to any government employee who works at any of the four HQC tenant agencies.