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Vertical lift modules installed at DLA Distribution Anniston bolster productivity

May 4, 2021

Vertical lift modules installed at DLA Distribution Anniston bolster productivity

ANNISTON, Ala. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Anniston, Alabama, installed new vertical lift modules – a modernization effort that maximizes available cubic space, and enhances the support DDAA can provide to the Anniston Army Depot.

Danny Bowlin, a fuels contractor, pumps fuel from a new $35 million Type III fuel hydrant system, to a KC-135R Stratotanker on May 4, 2021 at Grissom Air Reserve Base. The new system replaces a system installed in the 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Douglas Hays)

May 4, 2021

$35-million fuel hydrant system comes online

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Grissom Air Reserve Base website — Fueling the fight got a little easier recently as Grissom brought a new $35-million fuel hydrant system on-line.

A graphic for International Denim Day

May 4, 2021

‘Lunch and learn’ session discusses importance of protecting yourself, family from sexual assault

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted a speaker from Women Organized Against Rape/Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence for a virtual lunch and learn session on April 28 to conclude a number of activities and observations held during Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

A military member grasps cargo netting over a pallet of green cylinders.

May 4, 2021

Philadelphia-based DoD agency delivers life-saving COVID-19 medical supplies to India

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia-based government agency is enabling support to India through the acquisition of medical supplies as part of the Defense Logistics Agency’s effort to help meet urgent health needs there. DLA Troop Support, located in northeast Philadelphia, worked with interagency partners to coordinate two shipments of supplies from Travis Air Force Base, California, April 28 and 29 that included 702,400 test kits and 84,000 N95 masks so far. A third shipment third with oxygen concentrators, additional test kits and N95 masks left April 30, and a fourth shipment is scheduled to arrive in India today. Planning is ongoing for additional flights to send more supplies.

DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight: Joseph “Jody” Beall, IV.

May 3, 2021

Employee Spotlight: Joseph “Jody” Beall, IV

RICHMOND, VA — Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs. For more information, call (804) 279-3139.

Chris Orth, a production control worker at Defense Logistics Agency Susquehanna in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, transports the initial shipment of children’s cloth masks April 9, 2021, as part of a White House effort to deliver 25 million masks to food banks and community health centers.

May 3, 2021

Clothing and Textiles works overtime to support White House masks mission

PHILADELPHIA — To provide more than 25 million cloth face masks to communities hard-hit by the pandemic, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles team members expedited contracting processes and worked hundreds of overtime hours.

A light skinned man with brown hair in a dark business suit.

May 3, 2021

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Steve Stivers

Raised in Ripley, Ohio, Steve Stivers learned from his mother and father the importance of family, hard work and public service, which have been the values he has carried with him throughout his life.

Four people sit at a conference room table briefing a telephone audience.

May 3, 2021

DLA takes center stage during virtual Small Business Networking Session

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA provides Michigan small businesses with networking tools and educates them on government purchasing and selling capabilities.

A light skinned man with brown hair and glasses in a dark suit.

May 1, 2021

Timothy G. Goddette

Appointed to the Senior Executive Service in January 2014, Timothy G. Goddette became the deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Sustainment on May 10, 2021.

Vaccine clinic draws over 100 DSCR employees

April 30, 2021

Vaccine clinic draws over 100 DSCR employees

Richmond, Va. — Volunteers from the Virginia Army National Guard at Fort Pickett near Blackstone, Virginia, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Richmond and DLA Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate managed a pop-up vaccine clinic at Defense Supply Center Richmond April 27. More than 100 DLA employees were given the first of two COVID-19 vaccine injections.