DLA News Archive

July 17, 2024

DLA Troop Support pharmacists monitor drug quality, inform public health policies

PHILADELPHIA — A team of pharmacists that procures medication for the Defense Department and federal partners is working to improve pharmaceutical safety and mitigate supply chain risks for globally manufactured drugs.

July 16, 2024

DOD’s Need for a Transportable Energy Solution: The Promise of Nuclear Power

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Defense University Press website —In the 42 days following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, the Federal Government deployed 366 generators with a combined 122-megawatt electric (MWe) capacity to Puerto Rico. This supported one-third of critical infrastructure on the island but fell far short of the ~2,400 MWe normally needed just in San Juan. This disaster highlights a profound Department of Defense (DOD) capability gap in providing large-scale transportable electrical power generation to the Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) mission. This disaster should stand as a stark warning to planners as DOD refocuses on peer competition, fields ever more energy-intensive technologies, invests in forward synthetic fuel production, transitions to an all-electric ground, and addresses climate change.

July 16, 2024

Troop Support Medical’s ECAT FY23-24 VA sales exceed $88 million using tailored support

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain’s electronic catalog (ECAT) marked $88 million in support to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for fiscal year 2023.

July 15, 2024

Latest tech course explores DLA’s logistics challenges

ARLINGTON, Va. — A three-day course designed to tackle the Defense Logistics Agency’s unique challenges is providing leaders with the tools and processes needed to create an environment and organizational culture that fosters innovation.

July 15, 2024

Army and DLA Disposition Services find success with R2E

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services continues find success with the U.S. Army on a partnership dubbed Rapid Removal of Excess, or R2E, meant to increase the Army’s surplus property disposal efficiency.

July 15, 2024

Employee Spotlight: Jocelyn Klarer

RICHMOND, Va. — DLA Aviation's spotlight shines on Ogden's, Jocelyn Klarer!

July 12, 2024

2024 DLA Foundation scholarship winners announced

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency Foundation awarded 30 scholarships to students with close family ties with current or past civilian or military employees for the 2024-2025 school year.

July 12, 2024

Spotlight: Liz Marie Rodriguez Santiago

JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCORD, Wash. — Get to know Liz Marie Rodriguez Santiago, procurement specialist with DLA Disposition Services Document Services at Joint Base Lewis McCord, Wash.

July 10, 2024

Sentinel Land-Based Nuclear Modernization Program Will Continue, With Changes

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the DOD news website — The Defense Department decision to continue to modernize Sentinel comes after the Air Force notified Congress that the program had exceeded its baseline cost and triggered what is known as a Nunn-McCurdy breach. Sentinel was a proposed US Army anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system designed to provide a light layer of protection over the entire United States, able to defend against small Inter Continental Ballistic Missile strikes like those expected from adversaries (China, Russia, North Korea or other states).

July 10, 2024

From Military Side, NATO Ready to Defend Every Inch of Alliance

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the DOD news website — The supreme allied commander, Europe, and commander of U.S. European Command highlighted NATO's strategic concept for deterrence and defense of the Euro-Atlantic area during remarks at the NATO summit's public forum in Washington.