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Nov. 5, 2018
Continuous Process Improvement award winners show dedication, making DLA better for all
Richmond, Va. — Where there’s a will, there’s a way — and this year’s recipients of the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Continuous Process Improvement Award are shining examples of this enduring adage. Most of the honorees were recognized Oct. 23 at the Frank Lotts Conference Center, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Among the 20 award recipients, there were three team awards and two individual performance awards. Awards were presented to CPI project teams; Kitting Functionality and Business Process Improvement, Commerciality Determination Honeywell International, and Oklahoma City – Backorder Resolution Process Improvement Project.
Partnership improving parts supplies for mechanics
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — A parts supply concept is improving support for maintainers at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex, and members of the partnership executing the initiative credit the success to their relationship with each other – with an added boost from automation.
Nov. 2, 2018
Change your clock, change your battery
Richmond, Va. — As we enter the fall season, Daylight Saving Time will end at 2 a.m. this Sunday, Nov. 4. According to a National Fire Protection Association fact sheet for smoke alarms in U. S. home fires, fires in which the smoke alarms were present but did not operate: • almost half (46 percent) of the smoke alarms had missing or disconnected batteries, • nuisance alarms were the leading reason for disconnected smoke alarms, • dead batteries caused one-quarter (24 percent) of the smoke alarm failures, and • only seven percent of the failures were due to hardwired power source problems, including disconnected smoke alarms.
Oct. 30, 2018
Force Protection Conditions - A Tutorial
Richmond, Va — As you are driving into the installation or walk into an entrance to a building, you may have noticed that we are at FPCON B and wonder what that really means to you.
Oct. 29, 2018
DSCR employees attend a Safety Stand Down Oct. 23
Richmond, Va — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, employees attended a Safety Stand Down Oct. 23.
Oct. 26, 2018
Conference center fills to capacity for DLA Aviation commander’s Town Hall
Richmond, Va — Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, employees filled the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center Oct. 23 during Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry’s Town Hall.
Oct. 25, 2018
Commander speaks with county students about DLA careers
Richmond, Va. — Students from all 10 Chesterfield County, Virginia, high schools gathered together Oct. 22 at Chesterfield Career and Technical Center to hear Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Air Force Commander Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry tell them about DLA Aviation and share information about logistics career fields as well as the Pathways to Career Excellence (PaCE) and Pathways Internship programs currently available.
Oct. 24, 2018
Customer Operations director hosts New Commanders’ Round Robin
Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Customer Operations director hosted a two-day New Commanders Round Robin to familiarize commanders assigned to DLA Aviation industrial support activities (ISA) on key aspects of the organization and its directorates, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Oct. 15-16.
Oct. 23, 2018
DLA Aviation offers employees tools to better cope with workplace misunderstandings
Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE Local 1992) Union along with the Command Support Directorate, hosted a self-help seminar for employees to help combat workplace differences, Oct. 3 at the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center, Defense Supply Center Richmond.
Restoration Advisory Board discusses latest cleanup results
Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Operations Richmond personnel, community members, and Restoration Advisory Board members held their quarterly meeting Oct. 15 at the Bensley Community Center in Chesterfield County, Virginia, to discuss current remediation operations on Defense Supply Center Richmond.
Oct. 17, 2018
Students graduate from PACE Program Oct. 10
Richmond, Va — Friends, family and co-workers gathered Oct. 10 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, to celebrate the graduation of approximately 100 students from the Defense Logistics Agency Pathways to Career Excellence Program.
Oct. 16, 2018
DSCR recognizes annual Fire Prevention Week
Richmond, Va — Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia recognized National Fire Prevention Week with a huge kick-off in support of this year’s theme “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware Fire can happen anywhere,” on Oct. 9.
Oct. 15, 2018
The Barn opens its doors once again
Richmond, Va. — After two years of renovations, the DSCR Community Center — also known as “The Barn” — is open and ready to welcome visitors once again. The 80-year-old structure at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, has hosted many recreational and professional functions including conferences, private and government ceremonies, and summer community programs.
Oct. 10, 2018
Retirees visit new operations center on DSCR
RICHMOND, VA — A line in the book “You Can't Go Home Again,” written by Thomas Wolfe states “Some things will never change. Some things will always be the same.”
Oct. 8, 2018
Event puts creative spin on domestic violence awareness
Richmond, Va. — Come out and break a sweat while bringing awareness to the issue of domestic violence at this year’s Spin for the Cause/Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence. A joint venture between Defense Logistics Agency Installation Operations Richmond and the U.S. Army Reserve 80th Training Command, Spin for the Cause encourages physical and mental fitness to help overcome obstacles and gain empowerment.