DLA Aviation News

Senior leaders and guests join in singing “Anchors Aweigh” at the conclusion of the 241st Navy birthday celebration Oct. 13, 2016 in the Center Restaurant on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Oct. 17, 2016

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, employees gathered in the Center Restaurant Oct. 13 to celebrate the Navy’s 241st birthday.

October is Energy Awareness Month. An Energy Month Fair will be held on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Oct. 19, 2016 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Center Restaurant to provide employees information about energy conservation and efficiency.

Oct. 17, 2016

Everyone has a role in conserving energy

RICHMOND, Virginia — October is National Energy Action Month. The Department of Energy has published a list of actions individuals can take in their workplaces to conserve energy and help achieve a healthier environment. Many of the items are simple and common sense actions that can have a big impact over time.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee, Luis Alejo, is a customer support specialist at Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia. He is dedicated to serving the warfighter and providing them the support they need when they need it.

Oct. 12, 2016

Employee Spotlight: Luis Alejo

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee, Luis Alejo, is a customer support specialist at Robins Air Force Base, Warner Robins, Georgia. He is dedicated to serving the warfighter and providing them the support they need when they need it.

Sparky poses with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Command Support Directorate employees, Maurice Sanabria, Command Programs Office chief; and Cathy Hopkins, public affairs specialist, while visiting offices on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Oct. 11 to spread the word to check smoke alarms during Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15, 2016.

Oct. 11, 2016

Don’t wait, check smoke alarm date

Richmond, Va. — Did you know that most home fire deaths happen when people are asleep between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.? During Fire Prevention Week, DLA Installation Support at Richmond Fire and Emergency Services personnel remind employees to replace smoke alarms every 10 years.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day gives opening remarks during the annual Combined Federal Campaign kick off, Oct. 4, 2016 in the Lott's Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The theme for the 2016 campaign is "show some love."

Oct. 7, 2016

“Show Some Love” theme echoed during DSCR kick-off for Combined Federal Campaign

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day hosted the annual Combined Federal Campaign kicked-off Oct. 4, in the Lott’s Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and Defense Supply Center Richmond; Virginia Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presents Deputy Chief Counsel Don Tracy, Defense Logistics Agency Counsel – Aviation with the Exceptional Civilian Service Award during Tracy’s retirement ceremony Sept. 29, 2016, at the historic Bellwood Club on DSCR.

Oct. 6, 2016

Attorney bids farewell after 36-year career

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia bid farewell to one of the installation’s legal icons at the historic Bellwood Club Sept. 29. Donald Tracy, deputy chief counsel, DLA Counsel – Aviation, bid farewell to his colleagues and friends in a retirement ceremony celebrating his 36-year legal career, all on DSCR.

This week’s employee spotlight shines on Sharon Parham. She’s a management and program analyst for DLA Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis Richmond, Virginia. (Courtesy photo)

Oct. 5, 2016

DLA DORRA Employee Spotlight: Sharon Parham

RIchmond, Va. — DLA Aviation Public Affairs Office spotlights Sharon Parham, a DORRA analyst, who is passionate about sports.

Members of the Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia's Fire Department respond to a call for Emergency Medical Services Sept. 20, 2016.

Oct. 4, 2016

Security and Emergency Services prevents, protects, responds and recovers

Richmond, Va. — On any given day, the people, places and things at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia are protected by the men and women working as police officers, firefighters and a host of other security professionals that keep the center safe and operating.

Lt. Bruce Jacobs, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond police training officer, shows Rebecca Bartlett, Virginia Dominion Power, safety chair, the best way to defend against an attacker during a National Preparedness Fair Sept. 28, 2016 at Defense Supply Center Richmond. Bartlett visited the fair to gain insight on conducting one for her organization.

Oct. 3, 2016

Fair emphasizes emergency readiness at work, home

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia’s Security and Emergency Services Division held a Preparedness Fair closing out National Preparedness Month Sept. 28 during the lunch rush at the Defense Supply Center Richmond cafeteria.

Kevin Bettis, Mapping Division chief, Customer Operations Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, speaks with Army Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Saunders, from the 83rd Civil Affairs Battalion, about mapping capabilities at the new Army Forces Command Intelligence Readiness Operations Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during an open house Sept. 28, 2016.

Oct. 3, 2016

Aviation Leader Commentary: Enhanced warfighter support

RIchmond, Va. — Plain and simple, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Customer Operations Directorate’s Mapping Division exists solely to serve the warfighter. It’s their passion and the passion of all DLA Aviation employees.

Sept. 29, 2016

Shelter in place awareness could save lives during a CBRNE incident

RICHMOND, VA — September is National Preparedness Month. One of the warnings you may be given if chemical, biological, nuclear or high explosives (CBRNE) may have been released into the atmosphere is to shelter in place (SIP). This is a precaution aimed to keep you safe while remaining indoors. SIP means selecting a small, interior room, with no or few windows, and taking refuge there. It does not mean sealing off your entire office building. The Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia CBRNE Annex Plan details what you should do if an CBRNE incident occurs on DSCR.

September is Defense Logistics Agency’s Resiliency Month, and Sep. 7 was celebrated as Resiliency Day across the agency. The DLA’s Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis, more commonly known as DORRA, participated in resiliency day with several events.

Sept. 28, 2016

Commentary: DORRA employees embrace resiliency

Richmond, VA — Resiliency is one of those things that we work at every day on our own and with the encouragement of others. September is Defense Logistics Agency’s Resiliency Month, and Sep. 7 was celebrated as Resiliency Day across the agency. It was a time set aside to provide employees an opportunity to accentuate their actions to maintain and improve resiliency in their lives.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee, Maria Friend is a contracting intern in the Supplier Operations Directorate on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. She enjoys the working relationships of contracting, quality assurance, material planning, and customer account support for our warfighters.

Sept. 27, 2016

Employee Spotlight: Maria Friend

Richmond, VA — What is your job title, and what do you do, specifically? DLA Aviation Pathways Student Intern (Contracting). I support my section by performing pre-award functions inclusive of acquisition planning, soliciting, evaluation, negotiation, and the awarding of contracts compliant with Federal Government Regulations and Policies.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day presents a certificate of appreciation to Bobby Tyler during the Air Force’s 69th birthday ceremony held at the Lotts Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 22, 2016. Tyler, a Richmond native, was a sergeant who served in the Air Force from 1969 until 1971. He was a guest speaker for the ceremony.

Sept. 26, 2016

Air Force celebrates 69 years of flying high into the wild blue yonder

Richmond, VA — In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke the major league baseball color barrier, the United Nations voted in favor of the creation of an Independent Jewish State of Israel, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union began, and President Harry S. Truman signed The National Security Act of 1947, creating both the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of the Air Force.

Army 1st Lt. Kyle Fortner, an environmental officer from Fort Lee, Virginia’s Kenner Army Health Clinic, installs a battery-operated mosquito collection system near the child development center July 19, 2016 on the Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, while Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond environmental staff members assist. Two traps collect mosquitos for Zika virus testing each week during the mosquito season.

Sept. 23, 2016

Prevention key to staying ahead of Zika virus

RICHMOND,VA — Defense Supply Center Richmond is one of four federal installations in Central Virginia collecting mosquitoes to test for the Zika virus. Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Environmental Office is working with Kenner Army Health Clinic’s Preventive Medicine Clinic to prevent the spread (or reduce the risk) of the microcephaly causing disease in the commonwealth. Microcephaly is a medical condition in which the brain does not develop properly during pregnancy resulting in a smaller than normal head.