DLA News Archive

June 28, 2023

DLA Distribution Commander delivers July 4 remarks

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Rear Adm. Grafton D. Chase, SC, Commander DLA Distribution, delivers his remarks to the workforce ahead of the July 4th holiday.

June 27, 2023

Ongoing interagency collaboration with DLA Police key to emergency preparedness

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Police and central Ohio law enforcement partners participated in the first of several planned collaborative walk-throughs June 22 of Defense Supply Center Columbus facilities in an effort to continue building relationships and trust to facilitate emergency preparedness.

June 27, 2023

Joint Reserve Force: ready, responsive, and flexible, worldwide

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA reservists participate in joint exercises around the word to better support the DLA mission.

June 27, 2023

DLA to undergo DOD quadrennial review

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A DOD-led review will assess whether DLA meets its chartered mission efficiently and effectively. Possible focus areas include contingency demand planning, depot-level reparables and warehouse utilization.

June 27, 2023

Quality assurance team helps keep Army Prepositioned Stocks at high state of readiness

MANNHEIM, Germany — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 405th Army Field Support Brigade website — Working onsite with government contracted maintainers and logistics personnel, the quality assurance specialists from Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheim at the Coleman Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite help to ensure the APS-2 equipment is received, stored, maintained, modernized and operationally configured within the contract scope to meet the requirements set forth by U.S. Army Sustainment Command and the Army.

June 26, 2023

Research & Development team treats DLA directorates to Snack Symposium

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Sometimes smaller meals are easier to digest. That was the premise for the Defense Logistics Agency Research and Development “Snack” Symposium. The half-day event was hosted at DLA Headquarters on June 9.

June 26, 2023

Leadership Spotlight:  Nicholas (Nick) Janik

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Nick has served the country for 21 years, is a proud father and husband, and enjoys woodworking.

June 23, 2023

DLA team works through weekend to ensure readiness for Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southeast

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Jacksonville, Florida, deployed the first full retail DLA Warehouse Management System, May 30.  DDJF supports the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, and with the full support of various DLA teams, FLRCSE’s readiness was maintained when the new WMS went live.

June 23, 2023

DLA helps with digital scanning of century-old glass pathology slides

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Joint Pathology Center possesses the nation’s oldest pathology tissue repository and one of the largest in the world with over 55 million glass slides and 30 million tissue blocks. For more than a century, its specialists have collected diseased tissue samples, preserving them for medical researchers of the future.

June 22, 2023

Disposition Services efforts in Jacksonville encompass even the largest of items

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site in Jacksonville, Florida, recently assisted in the demilitarization efforts of 72 individual aircraft center barrels.