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June 24, 2016
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Onethia Maxwell
Employee Spotlight focuses on Onethia Maxwell. She works for the DLA Aviation Command Group in Richmond, Virginia.
June 21, 2016
DSCR fire chief joins USA team for ITU Duathlon World Championship
Don Rodgers, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia’s fire chief, competed on the USA Team June 4-6 in the International Triathlon Union’s Duathlon World Championship held in Avilȇs, Spain. Rodgers was one of approximately 60 competitors in his 50- to 54-year-old age group competing in the sprint distance duathlon.
June 20, 2016
Studevant inducted into DLA Aviation Hall of Fame
RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation inducted its 34th Hall of Fame recipient, Mary Studevant, during the 2016 awards ceremony June 16 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.
Jacksonville materiel planner named DLA Aviation EOM
RICHMOND, Va. — Richard McGrory received the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation April Employee of the Month award for spearheading and aligning DLA Aviation at Jacksonville with “Better Buying Power concepts and practices.”
June 16, 2016
Aviation Process Excellence policy rolls out
RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation leaders gathered in the Lotts Conference Center June 14 as DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day signed the DLA Aviation Process Excellence, or APEx, policy officially making APEx the system of choice to be used throughout the organization for process management.
June 15, 2016
DSCR celebrates Army Birthday
RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, employees gathered in the Center Restaurant June 15 to celebrate the Army’s 241st Birthday. This year’s theme is “The American Soldier – Always Ready, Always Leading.”
DLA Aviation helps sustain America’s first long-range bomber for another 30 plus years
RICHMOND, VA — If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to see an Air Force B-52 bomber up close on the ground or in the air, you fully understand its sheer magnitude. Built by Boeing, the B-52 Stratofortress is more than 40 feet high, has a wingspan of 185 feet, and is 160 feet long. To put that into perspective, that’s 25 feet wider and a little less than half the length of a regulation football field.
June 14, 2016
Cutler hosts "Ask the CIO" event
RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency’s Kathy Cutler, DLA Information Operations director, and chief information officer hosted an “Ask the CIO” Town Hall June 8 in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The purpose of the event was to provide insight on the agency’s current Information Technology initiatives and to answer employee’s questions.
DLA kids come to work with parents at Ogden, Utah
RICHMOND, Virginia — The Customer Operations Directorate of the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden, Utah conducted a “Bring Your Child to Work Day” June 9, in the Hill Aerospace Museum on Hill Air Force Base. Forty-three children (ages 2 – 15) of DLA Aviation employees attended the event and enjoyed a day learning what their parents do to support our nation’s warfighters.
June 10, 2016
DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight: Dana Booker
RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee Dana Booker works in the Internal Review Office and enjoys the fact that each day brings new challenges
June 9, 2016
DLA Aviation Leader Commentary: Employee embodies picture of resilience
RICHMOND, Va. — Over the last year, Defense Logistics Agency has invested valuable time and resources into training employees in the four pillars of resiliency: mental, social, spiritual and physical. If you look around DLA Aviation, you can find examples of employees applying resiliency tools and overcoming obstacles; but, few portray a “picture of resilience” as well as Marc Miller.
New maintenance response vehicle helps disabled GOVs get back on the road
RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Customer Support Division has developed and built a new General Services Administration maintenance response vehicle, known in short as a MRV, to respond to disabled government vehicles on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.
June 2, 2016
DLA Aviation helps wounded warriors prepare resumes, navigate USA jobs website
Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Equal Employment Office, along with DLA Human Resources hosted a workshop May 23 for wounded warriors.
June 1, 2016
DLA Aviation at Jacksonville welcomes new commander, retires another
In a ceremony rich with Navy traditions, Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan Day, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation commander, hosted a change of command and retirement ceremony for outgoing DLA Aviation at Jacksonville Site Commander Navy Cmdr. Maurice Meagher, III and incoming Navy Cmdr. Daniel Bessman at Hangar 117 on Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, May 25.
May 27, 2016
Aviation Leader Commentary: APEx model enhances DLA Aviation process design
RICHMOND, VA — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation is continuing its journey building a process excellence culture using a new DLA Aviation Process Excellence methodology known as APEx. APEx strengthens our ties to the DLA director’s process excellence vision by implementing process management methodologies that enhance the way we manage, evaluate, refine, and communicate process design.