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Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith (center), director of DLA Logistics Operations, stands with the USS Ford’s supply officers, and Navy Capt. Harry Thetford (right), commander of DLA Distribution Norfolk, during his visit on May 2.

May 9, 2017

DLA’s director of logistics operations visits Norfolk distribution center

NORFOLK, Virginia — On May 2, Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith, director of Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations, visited Norfolk, Virginia, for a tour of the pre-commissioned unit USS Ford, and of DLA Distribution’s operations.

Jim Lecollier, chief of the Subsistence individual rations branch, will be inducted into the Research & Development Associates for Military Food & Packaging Systems, Inc. Hall of Fame May 24. He's being honored for his unwavering support to the warfighter, and bringing industry and government together.

May 9, 2017

Subsistence employee to be inducted into R&DA Hall of Fame

Philadelphia — Jim Lecollier, Subsistence, will be inducted into the Research & Development Associates for Military Food and Packaging Systems, Inc. Hall of Fame in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 24. He's being honored for his unwavering support to the warfighter, and bringing industry and government together.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Army Customer Facing Division soldiers and civilian employees answer customers' supportability questions April 27, 2017 at DLA's exhibit during the 2017 Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

May 9, 2017

Aviation Army team staffs DLA exhibit at Nashville Conference

Richmond, Va. — Representatives from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Army Customer Facing Division staffed the DLA Exhibit at the annual Army Aviation Mission Solutions Summit, April 26-28 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Spc. Jeffrey Nichols of the 381st Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Reserves, bulldozes rock for a road on the Non-Standard Live-Fire Range at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania, as part of Resolute Castle 17. Resolute Castle 17 is an exercise strengthening the NATO alliance and enhancing its capacity for joint training and response to threats within the region.

May 8, 2017

National Guard engineers make their own path in Romania

CINCU, Romania — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Rainy weather in early May is just another obstacle to overcome for the Soldiers of Resolute Castle 2017, an engineering exercise underway in Romania and Poland. When rain turned their roads to a slick muck, endangering the trucks hauling rock for the tank trails, the engineers built a new road to continue work and prevent future delays.

Airmen guide a Minuteman III re-entry system onto a missile guidance set in September 1990. (U.S. Air Force photo)

May 8, 2017

Sustain and Deter

Richmond, Va. — DLA Aviation has become the agency’s lead activity for support of the Minuteman III, an intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system.

The winning team, from left: Dave Peterson, direct delivery fuels director, DLA Energy; Bruce Blank, supervisory procurement analyst, DLA Energy; Cliff Sands, supervisory general engineer, DLA Installation Support; Justin Wingo, contract specialist, DLA Energy

May 8, 2017

Golfers build group spirit in annual tournament

More than 100 McNamara Headquarters Complex employees, guests and corporate sponsors took advantage of the sunny but breezy weather May 3, to participate in the HQC’s annual golf tournament at Woodlawn Golf Course, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas’ Airlift Crew uses a 40,000 Loader to offload Blue Angels support equipment from the team’s C-130.

May 8, 2017

DLA Distribution Corpus Christi assists the Blue Angels

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Who do you call to offload and upload support equipment for world famous flight demonstration team, the Navy Blue Angels? DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas- that’s who!

DLA encourages employees to take steps to prepare for hurricane season well before it arrives.

May 8, 2017

Employees urged to get 'hurricane ready' this week

To help Americans prepare for dangerous flooding, destructive winds and tornadoes generated by hurricanes, the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are sponsoring Hurricane Preparedness Week May 7-13.

Navy culinary specialist Petty Officer 2nd Class Roel Caballero, assigned to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor’s Trident Inn Galley, in Silverdale, Wash., seasons and mixes sliced potatoes for lunch, May 2, 2017. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles D. Gaddis IV

May 5, 2017

Navy Culinary Specialists Serve Tasty Excellence

SILVERDALE, Wash. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Department of Defense website — In the Navy, the culinary specialist rate was established January 15, 2004. Prior to 1975 they were known as mess management specialists, commissary men and stewards.

Today, self-defense is more important than ever; it brings a sense of security that empowers you to face any situation. DLA Land and Maritime provides Krav Maga classes which will teach a student how to use efficient, explosive force designed to overcome an assailant and get away to safety.

May 5, 2017

Krav Maga Class - May 24

Today, self-defense is more important than ever; it brings a sense of security that empowers you to face any situation. DLA Land and Maritime's next Krav Maga class will be May 24 and will teach students how to use efficient, explosive force designed to overcome an assailant and get away to safety.