DLA Aviation News

Capt. Musleve stands at a podium and narrates the 2017 DLA Aviation Change of Command Ceremony.

Aug. 25, 2017

Aviation captain named DLA’s 3rd quarter Company Grade Officer

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency’s Company Grade Officer of the Quarter for the 3rd quarter of 2017 is DLA Aviation’s own Air Force Capt. Daniel Musleve who is currently assigned to the Customer Operations Directorate where he serves as a logistics career broadening officer.

photo of Commander visits DLA Aviation at San Diego

Aug. 24, 2017

DLA Aviation’s new commander tours industrial support activities

Richmond, Va — Air Force Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation commander, began a round of tours to four of the activity’s industrial support activity sites Aug. 21-25.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden employee, Timothy Folkman works as a customer support specialist in the Customer Operations Directorate. Folkman enjoys helping to solve difficult problems and ensuring warfighter support is achieved.

Aug. 23, 2017

Employee Spotlight: Timothy Folkman

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden employee, Timothy Folkman works as a customer support specialist in the Customer Operations Directorate. Folkman enjoys helping to solve difficult problems and ensuring warfighter support is achieved.

Senior Procurement Executive Aviation Review, Aug. 1-2, at DSCR, Virginia

Aug. 10, 2017

Senior Procurement Executives meet in Richmond

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Acquisition Executive and Head of Contracting Activity Cathy Contreras hosted the Senior Procurement Executive primary-level field activity Aviation Review, Aug. 1 – 2, on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. DLA’s Acquisition Director Matthew Beebe attended the event and was briefed by Aviation’s leadership on current acquisition topics.

Aug. 9, 2017

DLA director returns to DSCR for DLA Aviation overview

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams returned to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, July 31 to receive a DLA Aviation overview.

Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond employee, Joe Krouse, environmental engineer, said he enjoys working with a supportive team and seeing processes improved to help the organization run more efficiently.

Aug. 4, 2017

Employee Spotlight: Joe Krouse

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond employee, Joe Krouse, environmental engineer, said he enjoys working with a supportive team and seeing processes improved to help the organization run more efficiently.

Police sergeant hands DLA police badge to young girl

Aug. 2, 2017

DLA Police participate in National Night Out

Richmond, Va — Police from Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Defense Supply Center Richmond introduced their department to the community during the Chesterfield County’s National Night Out at the Bensley Park and Community Building

Eugene Marchand, physical security specialist, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia, manages the Defense Supply Center Richmond Welcome Center and access control points by day and conducts raids with his wife in a virtual world by night.

July 28, 2017

Military mindset helps security specialist on, off the job

Richmond, Virginia — Eugene Marchand, a physical security specialist for Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, relies on his military experiences to manage access control points and the welcome center at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

The Animal Shelter Team, made up of employees from DLA Aviation Supplier Operations and Planning Process Directorates, poses with their display June 7, 2017. The temporary team, formed to build morale and comradery, collected almost 600 items to help four local animal shelters.

July 26, 2017

Aviation organizations team to support the community while building camaraderie

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees joined together to build morale and comradery between the two groups, as well as help the local community.

William Bullock, Sr., emergency manager, DLA Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia (standing) facilitates a hurricane emergency tabletop exercise with employees who make up the Defense Supply Center Richmond Emergency Management and Crisis Management Teams July 20, 2017. The exercise brought key installation personnel together who would work to secure the base, perform emergency communications, respond to cleanup efforts and make sure mission essential functions and aviation logistics support continue to our nation’s warfighters in the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster.

July 25, 2017

Emergency exercise keeps installation prepared, ready to support the warfighter during hurricanes, other disasters

RIchmond, Va. — A hurricane emergency tabletop exercise took place July 20 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Its purpose was to bring key installation personnel together.

A Buck Company employee stirring molten metal to pull out impurities.

July 19, 2017

Anvils and Aircraft

Richmond, Virginia — The DLA Aviation Forging and Casting Assistance Team looks for ways to save time and money on contracts by improving processes and solving procurement problems. The AFCAT educates employees on casting and forging processes by taking them to visit two commercial casting and forging companies that make parts for DLA.

Carolynn Michel, (formerly Carolynn Montgomery) a Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Virginia retiree will be inducted into the DLA Aviation 2017 Hall of Fame in a ceremony Sept. 21 on Defense Supply Center Richmond.

July 17, 2017

Michel selected for DLA Aviation 2017 Hall of Fame

Richmond, Virginia — Carolynn Michel, (formerly Carolynn Montgomery) a Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Virginia retiree will be inducted into the DLA Aviation 2017 Hall of Fame in a ceremony Sept. 27 on Defense Supply Center Richmond.

Cathy Contreras, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s acquisition executive and head of contracting agency, discusses acquisition policies with Matthew Beebe, DLA Headquarters Acquisitions director, former DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day, and Miquel Zayas, far right, supervisory procurement analyst, DLA Headquarters Acquisitions, March 10, 2017 during an Agency Management Review March 6 – 10, 2017 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

July 14, 2017

A Conversation with ... Cathy Contreras

Cathy Contreras explains her role as DLA Aviation’s acquisition executive and head of contracting activity as three components: acquisition workforce development, acquisition compliance and tactical and strategic procurement execution

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry shares her background, vision and leadership philosophy with the DLA Aviation workforce at her first town hall in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center June 29, 2017 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

July 12, 2017

New DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Hurry holds first town hall

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry shared her vision for the future of DLA Aviation at her first town hall June 29 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Readiness Cell team members from the Army Customer Facing Division discuss Army aviation readiness with members of the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group Mississippi Army National Guard, Gulfport, Mississippi, during their outreach site visit June 26-27, 2017. Pictured left to right: Ronald Balius, sheet metal mechanic, and Army Maj. Wangson Sylvien. logistics maintenance officer from the 1108th, Bob Johnson, UH-60 weapons system program manager and Army Maj. Alex Shimabukuro, operations officer from DLA Aviation; and Army Capt. Jeremy Forrest, a logistics officer with the 1108th.

July 12, 2017

DLA Aviation team visits Army National Guard in Mississippi

Richmond, Va. — Readiness Cell team members from the Army Customer Facing Division, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation planned for two months with the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group Mississippi Army National Guard in Gulfport, Mississippi to arrange an outreach site visit June 26-27.