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Aug. 28, 2016

Fort Belvoir, VA — Ada Catherine Torres Vega

U.S. Airmen from the 51st Mission Support Group work inside of the Deployment Readiness Control Center (DRCC) during Exercise Beverly Herd 16-2 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 26, 2016. Team Osan’s DRCC serves as the hub for Airmen, cargo and equipment that deploy to and from Osan during exercises and real world contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dillian Bamman)

Aug. 25, 2016

BH 16-2: Osan DRCC ensures global presence through deployment processes

OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Osan Air Base website — Team Osan’s Deployment Readiness Control Center serves as the hub for airmen, cargo and equipment that deploy to and from Osan during exercises and real world contingencies.

The Women's Equality Day event guest speaker, Kathryn Ray, former president of The League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia and currently a reference librarian at American University in Washington, D.C., speaks to Defense Logistics Agency employees about women's struggles and triumphs to gain the right to vote during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Aug. 25, 2016

Employees celebrate women’s right to vote

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees gathered to celebrate women’s right to vote and commemorate their struggles and triumphs to gain what today is a fundamental right for Americans during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Kandi Foy, shipping and receiving clerk at DLA Distribution Hill, Utah, is demonstrating the Distribution Standard System to Army Brig. Gen. John Laskodi, DLA Distribution commander, during his visit on Aug. 17. Foy is showing how she performs the pick and stow functions in the Automated Storage Module.

Aug. 25, 2016

Laskodi visits distribution centers, engages with customers

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — On his first trip as commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Army Brig. Gen. John Laskodi made stops to meet employees and tour locations in Jacksonville, Fla., Warner Robins, Ga., Albany, Ga., Cherry Point, N.C., Richmond, Va., Oklahoma City, Okla., and Hill, Utah.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee, Annette Smith is a financial management specialist in the Finance Office at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. She enjoys working with employees to resolve pay questions and issues. She enjoys helping others and spends her free time volunteering with inner-city children and at her Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.

Aug. 25, 2016

DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight: Annette Smith

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation spotlights Annette Smith, a financial management specialist working for DLA Finance Aviation. She said the most satisfying part of her job is helping to resolve employee pay questions and issues

Army Col. William Krahling, director of United States European Command and United States African Command Regional Operations, and his staff receive a command brief, given by Jim McCormack, deputy director of DLA Distribution business development.

Aug. 24, 2016

EUCOM and AFRICOM regional operations director visits Distribution headquarters

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Army Col. William Krahling, director of United States European Command and United States Africa Command Regional Operations, and his staff visited DLA Distribution headquarters and its largest distribution center in the network, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., on Aug. 18 to discuss DLA’s global logistics processes and how DLA Distribution supports the warfighter.

Nicknamed “The Bone,” the B-1B Lancer is a United States Air Force long-range, multi-mission conventional bomber. It has been in service since 1985 and is projected to remain in the Air Force’s fleet of bombers until at least 2040. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation manages roughly 64,000 national stock numbers for the bomber.

Aug. 23, 2016

DLA Aviation keeping 'the Bone' soaring for decades to come

RICHMOND, VA — In 1985, Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term as president of the United States, Windows 1.0 was released, and the likes of Tears for Fears, Wham! and Chaka Khan ruled the airwaves.“Back to the Future,” “The Color Purple” and “St. Elmo’s Fire” ruled the big screen. And the United States Air Force began flying the B-1B Lancer, a long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber.

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, Sasebo Detachment, has been awarded the Global Distribution Excellence: Patricia A. Kuntz Distribution Center of the Year award in the small category for its support to the warfighter in the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility.

Aug. 23, 2016

Yokosuka distribution center’s Sasebo detachment wins Patricia A. Kuntz Distribution Center of the Year award

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, Sasebo Detachment, has been awarded the Global Distribution Excellence: Patricia A. Kuntz Distribution Center of the Year award in the small category for its support to the warfighter in the Pacific Command Area of Responsibility.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s May Employee of the Month Award is presented to Keith McEachern during a ceremony Aug.18, 2016, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. DLA Aviation’s Deputy Commander Charlie Lilli presents the award to McEachern who is a weapon systems program manager of the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles for DLA Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate.

Aug. 23, 2016

DLA Aviation awards May and June EOM recipients

RICHMOND, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's May Employee of the Month is Keith McEachern, inter-continental ballistic missiles weapon system support manager for DLA Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia, and the June EOM is Shante’l Wyche, an acquisition specialist in DLA Aviation’s Supplier Operations Commodities Directorate.

BRISBANE, Australia (Aug 17, 20016) Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy for Management Thomas Hicks sign a Statement of Cooperation to work in support of projects that advance shared interests. The agreement spells out a commitment for the U.S. Navy and the State of Queensland to hold discussions on the research, development, supply and sale of alternative fuels, which can improve operational flexibility and increase energy security. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Hendrick Simoes/Released)

Aug. 22, 2016

Statement of Cooperation Signing in Australia Aims to Advance Biofuels

BRISBANE, Australia — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet website — A statement of cooperation between the U.S. Navy and the northeastern state of Queensland was the culmination of a week of Great Green Fleet events in Australia to promote the Navy's energy efficiency and alternative energy initiatives.

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