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Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Dustin Smith is a federal police officer who serves at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

May 16, 2017

Police Week Spotlight: Officer Dustin Smith

Richmond, Virginia — As part of Police Week observances, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia spotlight one of their own, Police Officer Dustin Smith, who is among those who selflessly secures and protects the base, its people and our neighbors every day.

Arthur Purnell, a material examiner and identifier for Central Receiving at DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has been named DLA Distribution Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017.

May 16, 2017

Oklahoma City’s Purnell named Employee of the Quarter

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Arthur Purnell, a material examiner and identifier for Central Receiving at DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was named DLA Distribution Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017.

Upon contract award, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support Energy project managers will oversee new technologies that will clean the soil and groundwater using electrical resistance heating and steam injection at Defense Fuel Support Point San Pedro.

May 16, 2017

New technologies lead San Pedro DFSP restoration efforts

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A pilot study using new technologies will set the stage for remedial efforts to remove contaminants in the fuel tank farm area at Defense Fuel Support Point San Pedro.

Staff Sgt. Zachary Dowd, Air Force Repair Enhancement Program circuit card technician, replaces a resistor on a power supply at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, May 8, 2017. The four-person AFREP team saved the Air Force a combined $1.3 million in 2016, and is on-track to save $2.5 million in 2017, between cost savings and cost avoidance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Morse)

May 15, 2017

Maintenance miracle workers

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Mountain Home Air Force Base website — The Air Force Repair Enhancement Program here performs miracles all the time. Recently, the four-person shop repaired a $20,000 power supply headed for the trash by replacing a $5 resistor, the equivalent of fixing a $300 phone with an eight-cent paper clip.

Columbus Police Officer Edward Chung speaks to the Defense Federal Community inside the DLA Land and Maritime Operations Center during Defense Supply Center Columbus’ annual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month celebration May 10. Chung’s presentation followed the event’s theme of “Unite Our Voices by Speaking Together.”

May 15, 2017

Columbus Federal Defense Community celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at DSCC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal employees at Defense Supply Center Columbus celebrated the history and diversity of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders during their annual heritage event on the installation.

Airman 1st Class Olivia Faucett, 407th Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron petroleum, oil and lubricants flight fuel distribution technician, monitors the amount of gallons pumping to an Italian AMX May 15, 2017, in Southwest Asia. Fuel technicians maintain all POL substances, from diesel and gasoline to jet fuel and liquid oxygen. These materials play a vital role in delivering airpower to the fight against ISIS as part of Operation Inherent Resolve. The team here at the 407th Air Expeditionary Group supplies U.S. Marine Corps, Italian Air Force and Polish Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ramon A. Adelan)

May 15, 2017

Fueling the fight: POL teams pump life into airpower, mission

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Members of the petroleum, oil and lubricants flight deliver the lifeblood powering operations at the 407th Air Expeditionary Group.

Emily Fernandez, a distribution process worker at DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas has been named DLA Distribution Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016.

May 15, 2017

Corpus’s Fernandez named Employee of the Quarter

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Emily Fernandez, a distribution process worker at DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas, has been named DLA Distribution Employee of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016.

Two DLA locations will this month undergo an inspection from the National Archves and Records Administration on its management of federal records.

May 15, 2017

National Archives to inspect DLA records management this month

The long wait for another inspection of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Records Management Program ends this month, when officials from the National Archives and Records Administration visit two DLA sites.

Staff Sgt. Ryan McGinniss, a biomedical equipment technician with the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group, stands for a photo at the 407th Air Expeditionary Group May 9, 2017, in Southwest Asia. McGinnis is the only technician maintaining critical deployed medical equipment supporting joint and coalition members on base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

May 14, 2017

Biomedical equipment tech repairs, replaces vital deployed medical gear

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Staff Sgt. Ryan McGinnis, the sole biomedical equipment technician is charged with the maintenance and calibration of all the equipment doctors and medics rely on. He holds responsibility for everything from lab equipment and refrigerators to life-saving equipment such as defibrillators and infusion pumps.

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Johnathan Pein, a 335th Aircraft Maintenance Unit aircrew flight equipment technician assigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., checks a daily flying log during NORTHERN EDGE 2017 (NE17), at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. NE17 is Alaska’s premier joint training exercise designed to practice operations, techniques and procedures as well as enhance interoperability among the services. Thousands of participants from all the services, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from active duty, Reserve and National Guard units are involved. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor)

May 12, 2017

Safety in their hands: Keeping pilots protected with AFE

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Eielson Air Force Base website — For the hectic day of a pilot, grabbing their gear is just one small step in the long list of tasks before a flight.