DLA News Archive

May 1, 2019

Hazardous Inventory

One audit challenge DLA Energy faces is verifying inventory levels for some hazardous products, like hypergolic propellants.

April 30, 2019

Hill AFB Energy Conservation

Budgeting energy-efficient upgrades to save millions of dollars can require innovative thinking. In 2018, Defense Logistics Agency Energy helped Hill Air Force Base, Utah, utilize over $4 million through energy incentives and bill credits for a $91.1 million Energy Savings Performance Contract.

April 30, 2019

Future supervisors learn skills, concepts during Leadership Academy

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held its fifth Leadership Academy to teach leadership skills, concepts and practices April 23-25.

April 30, 2019

Susquehanna’s Child Development Center celebrates military children

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna Child and Youth Program hosted a special Month of the Military Child performance and parade April 3 on the New Cumberland installation.

April 30, 2019

DLA associates discover historical and cultural impact of European architecture in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio — During the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime’s European American Heritage Month program held April 24, associates were presented with the opportunity to discover the impact European culture and architecture had on shaping the way the city of Columbus, Ohio, looks today.

April 30, 2019

Aviation sexual assault response coordinator stresses eliminating sexual assaults goes beyond the month of April

RICHMOND, VA — Katrina Leverette has worked in the sexual assault field within the Department of Defense for the past eight years, first as a contractor then as a government civilian. She said it’s her calling.

April 29, 2019

Eielson Airmen prepare the F-35 for Arctic operations

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Eielson Air Force Base website — With weather dropping below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit and days filled with darkness, living in Alaska during the winter months can be anything but easy. The same can be said about trying to survive in that unforgiving environment after ejecting from an aircraft.

April 29, 2019

DLA Energy hosts Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month event

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — To close out Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, DLA Energy will host guest speaker Air Force Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Heather Turner, May 1 from 11 a.m. to noon in the Kunkel Conference Room, Suite 4950.

April 29, 2019

DLA Aviation event readies the next generation of change makers

Richmond, Va. — The Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, was the site of the future in progress on April 25, when over 180 students engaged in activities and demonstrations as part of “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.”

April 29, 2019

Troop Support retirees honored for nearly 100 years of combined service

PHILADELPHIA — Three employees serving over a century of cumulative years of federal service were honored by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support at a retirement ceremony April 25 in Philadelphia. DLA Troop Support Deputy Commander Richard Ellis presided over the ceremony and thanked the employees, Industrial Hardware quality assurance specialist Michael Newell, Construction and Equipment Miscellaneous Equipment Division Chief Susan Paul and C&E Move and Store Division Chief Susanne McHale, for their contributions to the agency.