DLA News Archive

March 15, 2021

DSCR mass warning system to be tested during Virginia annual tornado drill March 16

Richmond, Va. — Virginia’s Severe Weather Awareness Week takes place March 15-19. On March 16, the annual tornado response drill will take place throughout many cities and counties within the commonwealth. During the drill, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Richmond employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, will test the mass warning notification system, Giant Voice, with a "seek shelter" message.

March 12, 2021

DLA Energy hosts virtual acquisition professionals symposium

More than 400 Defense Logistics Agency Energy local acquisition professionals from Fort Belvoir, Lorton Virginia and San Antonio, Texas participated in a three-day, web-based symposium March 2-4.

March 12, 2021

You Can’t Spell Aviation without a “V”

RICHMOND, VA — Not long after returning from a rotational assignment with the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C., in January 2020, Floyd Moore was named director of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Engineering Directorate. Once in this new role, he said the goal was simple.

March 12, 2021

Daylight saving time: Spring forward this Sunday

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Daylight saving time returns this Sunday at 2 a.m. when most Americans set their clocks forward at 3 a.m.

March 11, 2021

Vaccination opportunities surging for DLA employees

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency employees at sites around the world are finding ways to get inoculated and help limit the year-long pandemic’s reach.

March 10, 2021

New nationwide DOD surplus personal property sales contracts tentatively awarded

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Commercial firm Iron Planet is set to become the sole resale source for all military surplus personal property in the U.S. and its territories, pending review and final contract award.

March 10, 2021

DLA leverages robotic automations to empower employees

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s robotics process automation program is using creative ideas and suggestions from business processes owners at DLA Aviation to better accomplish monotonous, repetitive tasks with unattended bots.

March 10, 2021

DLA Distribution Yokosuka ships COVID-19 vaccines to troops on Diego Garcia

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, is supporting the federal response to COVID-19 by distributing vaccines and ancillary kits to troops at U.S. Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in an on-going mission that began Feb. 8.

March 10, 2021

2021 Spring Change Your Clock/Change Your Battery Campaign

Richmond, Va. — Fire and Emergency Services personnel with Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Richmond are encouraging employees to change batteries in smoke alarms when they change their clocks for Daylight Saving Time March 14.

March 9, 2021

Historic vehicle finds new home

ANNISTON, Alabama — Alabama residents and tourists will enjoy a piece of World War II history that left an Army historical program for a new home.