DLA News Archive

Aug. 28, 2023

Innovative partnership transforms critical DLA system

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Logistics Information Services catalogs over five million line items using the Federal Logistics Information System for Defense Department personnel, contractors and others who do business with the U.S. government.

Aug. 28, 2023

Commentary: DLA’s support for the Abrams as involved, critical as ever

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Historian Colin Williams chronicles the agency's long and storied relationship with the Abrams tank, which it helped develop in the 1970s.

Aug. 28, 2023

DDJC Pays Tribute to Fallen Heroes with Memorial Monument Unveiling

TRACY, Calif. — Members of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, came together to pay heartfelt tribute to employees who lost their lives to the COVID-19 pandemic in a ceremony Aug. 18, at the DDJC installation in Tracy, California. 

Aug. 25, 2023

Quantico serves as crucial DLA hub

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Positioned 37 miles to the south of the nation's capital, Marine Corps Base Quantico stands as a pivotal nexus for the Marines. Herbert Curisinche, the supervisor of production operations for the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services-Document Services site on the base, aptly describes it as the "Crossroads" for the Corps.

Aug. 25, 2023

Culture survey feedback takes training to new heights at Aberdeen

COLUMBUS, Ohio — New associates at Defense Logistics Agency Land – Aberdeen are immersing into DLA culture and gaining skills to succeed with enhanced onboarding efforts developed by the detachment’s Culture Council.

Aug. 25, 2023

DLA Distribution commander delivers women's equality day message

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Rear Adm. Grafton D. Chase, commander, DLA Distribution, delivers a message to the workforce for Women's Equality Day.

Aug. 24, 2023

DLA to explore advanced technologies, small business innovation at R&D Industry Collider Day

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA R&D team will host Industry Collider Day Sept. 11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex. This year’s theme is “Forging Tech-Forward Connections to Enable Proactive Global Logistics.”

Aug. 24, 2023

DSCC first responders, workforce refine emergency action plans during active shooter exercise

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Supply Center Columbus’ emergency response procedures were put to the test during a full-scale active shooter exercise Aug. 17.

Aug. 24, 2023

DOD-Supported Lifesaving Autoinjector to Combat Ultra-Potent Opioid Exposure Available through DLA

FORT DETRICK, MD — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense website — Tasked with delivering a lifesaving pharmaceutical to service members who may be exposed to ultra-potent opioids, the Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical’s Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System program helped develop and deliver a high-dose naloxone autoinjector as a rescue treatment to counter opioid poisoning in less than three years.

Aug. 24, 2023

Deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment tours DLA Distribution, EDC

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Radha Iyengar Plumb, deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Aug. 18, along with Leigh Method, deputy assistant secretary of defense for logistics and Brad Bunn, vice director of DLA.