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Archive: June, 2016

Defense Logistics Agency Hall of Fame.

June 13, 2016

Names of latest DLA Hall of Fame inductees announced

Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch has announced this year’s DLA Hall of Fame inductees.

Kathy Wentworth Drahosz, president of The Training Connection, Inc., speaks during a level 1 mentor/mentee training session for associates at Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime.

June 13, 2016

Mentoring class provides options for associates’ professional development

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime recently held its Level 1 Mentor/Mentee Training session which introduced targeted professional, personal and career development opportunities for associates in grades GS-9 and below.Thirty eight mentors and 38 mentees drawn from a broad cross section of the Land and Maritime workforce got the opportunity to meet each other in

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch addresses members of the Joint Reserve Force from throughout DLA during the Combined Drill Weekend June 11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. JRF leadership from throughout DLA attended, which focused on readiness, training and operational support to DLA.

June 13, 2016

DLA JRF holds annual leadership meeting, reviews goals and objectives

During the DLA Joint Reserve Force's June Battle Assembly, about 75 JRF members from various locations gathered at the McNamara Headquarters Complex for the annual Combined Drill Weekend, June 10-12.

DLA Aviation employee Dana Booker is an internal review evaluator, managers internal control administrator and a risk manager in the Command Support Directorate’s Internal Review Office on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. (June 3, 2016 File Photo)

June 10, 2016

DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight: Dana Booker

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee Dana Booker works in the Internal Review Office and enjoys the fact that each day brings new challenges

(l-r): Chaz Caldwell, Terrionna Bryan, Rayven Hodge and Isaiah Eaton display their diplomas after graduating from the DLA Land and Maritime High School Internship Program.

June 10, 2016

High school seniors hone skillsets through Land and Maritime’s internship program

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Four students from Eastmoor Academy High School recently completed their four month long internships for the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Workforce Development High School Intern Program.During their interactions with Land and Maritime associates they received some on-the-job experience about how many professionals are required to

Members of the U.S. Army Silent Drill Team spin bayonet-tipped Springfield M1903 rifles in the 241st Army Birthday celebration at McNamara Headquarters Complex June 9.

June 10, 2016

‘Hooah!’ Headquarters celebrates Army’s 241st birthday

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A standing-room audience at the McNamara Headquarters Complex displayed unabashed pride of service in celebrating the birth of the U.S. Army — still rolling along after 241 years.

Army Brig. Gen. Richard Dix, DLA Distribution commander, stands with 19 newly-commissioned 2nd lieutenants from the Bison Battalion.

June 10, 2016

Distribution’s commander delivers commencement address to 19 new 2nd lieutenants

BUCKNELL, Pennsylvania — Marking the 100th year of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution commander Army Brig. Gen. Richard Dix commissioned 19 new 2nd lieutenants from the Bison Battalion at Bucknell University

Satoru Matsuda, a forklift operator at DLA Disposition Services at Okinawa looks over one of the extra-large items that had to arrive late at night to meet local road restrictions.

June 9, 2016

Staff burns midnight oil to support “big” requirement

Okinawa, Japan — Just as the “dark of night” does not deter the U.S. Postal Service, Defense Logistics Agency personnel in Okinawa, Japan, recently showed that they will not let the lateness of the hour nor the size the property keep them from supporting the warfighter.

Defense Logistics Agency defines resilience, in part, as the ability to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors, deal effectively with pressure, remain optimistic and persistent, and anticipate change. DLA Aviation employee Marc Miller is a picture of resilience.

June 9, 2016

DLA Aviation Leader Commentary: Employee embodies picture of resilience

RICHMOND, Va. — Over the last year, Defense Logistics Agency has invested valuable time and resources into training employees in the four pillars of resiliency: mental, social, spiritual and physical. If you look around DLA Aviation, you can find examples of employees applying resiliency tools and overcoming obstacles; but, few portray a “picture of resilience” as well as Marc Miller.

Derrik Griner, fleet management assistant with Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia, puts air in a government vehicle from a maintenance response vehicle. The activity’s Customer Support Division developed and built a MRV to respond to disabled government vehicles on Defense Supply Center Richmond. The MRV is capable of resolving minor vehicle issues that, in the past, would require coordination with contractors or other private tow companies. (May 2016 photo)

June 9, 2016

New maintenance response vehicle helps disabled GOVs get back on the road

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Customer Support Division has developed and built a new General Services Administration maintenance response vehicle, known in short as a MRV, to respond to disabled government vehicles on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.