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DLA Land and Maritime Small Business Specialists James Secrist (left) and Donna Brino-Blackwell were on hand to discuss small business program opportunities with attendees at the 2016 DLA Land and Maritime Supplier Conference and Expo in Columbus, Ohio.

Sept. 7, 2016

Conference highlights warfighter support, opportunities for small businesses

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Small businesses play a large role in supporting the warfighter, and that impact was on display Aug. 30 – Sep. 1 at a Defense Logistics Agency conference in Columbus, Ohio.

Lt. Gen. Andy Busch presents FEMA Deputy Administrator Joseph Nimmich a certificate of appreciation.

Sept. 6, 2016

Busch hosts FEMA deputy chief to kick off National Preparedness Month

To kick off National Preparedness Month, Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch hosted Joseph Nimmich, deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, at a Sept. 1 event in the McNamara Headquarters Complex.

A refueling truck is being loaded with Jet A aviation fuel for later use on the flight line at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. Defense Logistics Agency Energy at San Pedro, California, personnel provided additional aviation fuel deliveries to support Luke Air Force Base in response to a pipeline break as a result of damage from a backhoe excavation. Courtesy photo

Sept. 2, 2016

Americas at San Pedro personnel demonstrate resiliency

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Arizona — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas at San Pedro, California, employees showed effective distribution management during a supply chain disruption and demonstrated resiliency in the Jet A aviation fuel supply chain at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

Kathy Tilbury poses with Duke Roscoe, a retired Marine from Atlanta, Georgia. Both received gold medals after competing in handle ball during the National Veterans’ Wheelchair Games June 26 – July 2, 2016 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tilbury is a retired Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class working for Defense Logistics Agency’s Office of Operations Resource and Research Analysis on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Sept. 2, 2016

DSCR employee wins gold in 2016 National Veterans’ Wheelchair Games

RICHMOND, VA — Kathy Tilbury brought home four gold medals after competing in the 2016 National Veterans’ Wheelchair Games June 26 – July 2 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She medaled in three swim events, the 100-meter backstroke, 100- and 200-meter freestyle, and Handle Ball bowling.

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall describes how the tenets of Better Buying Power 3.0 can help the Department of Defense get the most out of existing resources.

Sept. 2, 2016

Pentagon’s top acquisition official talks innovation, sustainment with defense industry

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The United States’ technological superiority is being challenged, and the Department of Defense must start implementing new, innovative ideas to beat the competition, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official told military and industry officials Aug. 31 at the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime Supplier Conference and Expo in Columbus, Ohio.

DLA Distribution Mapping at Fort Bragg employees, left to right, Marnetia Page, Army Staff Sgt. Monica Sotobenavides and Benedict Beason in Distribution’s warehouse, which provides 10,000 square ft. of acclimatized, racked bay storage for mapping products.

Sept. 1, 2016

DLA Distribution initiates mapping operations at Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — On August 16, DLA Distribution’s newest operation, DLA Distribution Mapping at Fort Bragg, delivered its first shipment, consisting of four topographic maps for mission planning, to local customers.

Army Brig. Gen. David Bassett, program executive officer for Ground Combat Systems, describes how the tenets of Better Buying Power 3.0 have helped the service modernize its ground fleet.

Sept. 1, 2016

Smart buyers, common sense key to equipment readiness says leader of Army’s combat ground systems

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Army’s program executive officer for Ground Combat Systems advised fellow logisticians and industrial representatives to not become victims of the acquisition process Sept. 30 during the DLA Land and Maritime Supplier Conference and Expo at Columbus, Ohio.

DLA Logistics Operations Director Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith addresses representatives from more than 90 small and large businesses Aug. 30 during the DLA Land and Maritime Supplier Conference and Expo in Columbus, Ohio.

Aug. 30, 2016

DLA, defense industry collaborate on maximizing warfighter readiness

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA keeps its promise to support warfighters around the world because of America’s defense industrial base, DLA Logistics Operations Director Navy Rear Adm. Vincent Griffith said Aug. 30 during the DLA Land and Maritime Supplier Conference and Expo in Columbus, Ohio.

Federal employees must abide by the rules of the Hatch Act in their communications.

Aug. 30, 2016

The Hatch Act and you: Social media Q&A with DLA OGC

The use of social media is an area where it can be easy for a federal employee to violate the rule if not careful. Here an attorney from DLA’s Office of General Counsel answers questions about various uses of new media.

Customer Interaction Center agents like Amanda Duckworth help DLA customers get answers to questions on supply and transportation issues ranging from online ordering to delivery statuses

Aug. 28, 2016

More than a Help Desk

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA’s Customer Interaction Center at Battle Creek, Michigan, takes up to 1,600 contacts a day to help customers place orders, check delivery status and more.

Part of the 1,484 pallet shipment of water vendors delivered to Torun, Poland, during the exercise.

Aug. 28, 2016

Crushing It in Europe

Fort Belvoir, VA — A multinational exercise in Poland hones DLA logisticians’ skills while working with other agencies and allied nations under high pressure.

Staff Sgt. Angel Tavarez (driving), a native of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, consolidates excess metal scraps from base closure operations for reuse on different bases or to sell to Afghan locals, in the evening hours on Forward Operating Base Walton, July 15, 2014. Tavarez serves with the 266th Ordnance Company, Army Reserves, attached to the Expeditionary Disposal Remediation Team, Defense Logistics Agency, Disposition Services.

Aug. 28, 2016

Battle Ready in Battle Creek and Beyond

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA’s quick-reaction teams not only help set up port openings and obtain needed supplies for contingencies. They also do expeditionary disposition.

U.S. Army Sgt. Frisco Cleary, assigned to with the 396th Combat Support Hospital Company, condense medications in the pharmacy tent during a medical readiness exercise at San Padro, Guatemala, May 16, 2016. Task Force Red Wolf and Army South conducts Humanitarian Civil Assistance Training to include tactical level construction projects and Medical Readiness Training Exercises providing medical access and building schools in Guatemala with the Guatemalan Government and non-government agencies from 05MAR16 to 18JUN16 in order to improve the mission readiness of US forces and to provide a lasting benefit to the people of Guatemala.

Aug. 28, 2016

DLA Troop Support's 'Dream Team' Saves Big on Drugs

Fort Belvoir, VA — A team from DLA Troop Support has helped save hundreds of millions of dollars through contracts to buy generic drugs.

Joseph Lehman, a criminal investigator for DLA’s Office of the Inspector General, nearly lost his life in a motorcycle accident in 2014, but he returned to work after just 10 months of recovery.

Aug. 28, 2016

Road to Recovery

Fort Belvoir, VA — An employee injured while on duty suffers life-threatening injuries but returns in just 10 months to his job at DLA’s Office of the Inspector General.

(L-R) Lead Injury Compensation Program Administrators Donna Carr and Patricia Royster discuss a claim with DLA’s Human Resources Services Injury Compensation Office Director Donna Estep.

Aug. 28, 2016

Workplace Injuries — Now What?

Fort Belvoir, VA — When an employee sustains an injury at work, time is of the essence for submitting the proper forms. Fortunately, the process is easy, and there are people who can help.

John Slone (left) and Jon Mowl of DLA Finance use the virtual remote interpreting service via tablet. The service is being tested at DLA Headquarters as a tool to improve communication for deaf employees.

Aug. 28, 2016

Attracting Talent

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA uses programs such as the Workforce Recruitment Program and DoD’s Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program to attract and keep people with disabilities.

The Military Sealift Command-chartered tanker ship MV Maersk Peary, provides fuel to the National Science Foundation-chartered scientific-research vessel R/V Nathanial B. Palmer at McMurdo Station ice pier. Maersk Peary is in Antarctica offloading fuel in support of the annual Operation Deep Freeze Antarctica resupply mission and will supply 100 percent of fuel needed for the upcoming year. (U.S. Navy photo by Larry Larsson/Released)

Aug. 28, 2016

Supplying the Ends of the Earth

Fort Belvoir, VA — The heat of the summer is the perfect time to learn how DLA supports scientific research at the coldest place on earth.

Workers from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine swarm over the deck of USS Scranton during an engineered overhaul in 2014.—

Aug. 28, 2016

STARs of Retail

Fort Belvoir, VA — DLA not only supplies warehouses and distribution centers; it now provides items directly to the customer at sites around the nation.

Raymond Zingaretti, director of Logistics Information Services, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Aug. 28, 2016

A Conversation with ... Raymond Zingaretti

Fort Belvoir, VA — The director of Logistics Information Services, based in Battle Creek, Michigan, explains how his division manages information that every DLA customer relies on.

Aug. 28, 2016

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Aug. 28, 2016

I am DLA

Fort Belvoir, VA — Ada Catherine Torres Vega

The Women's Equality Day event guest speaker, Kathryn Ray, former president of The League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia and currently a reference librarian at American University in Washington, D.C., speaks to Defense Logistics Agency employees about women's struggles and triumphs to gain the right to vote during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Aug. 25, 2016

Employees celebrate women’s right to vote

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees gathered to celebrate women’s right to vote and commemorate their struggles and triumphs to gain what today is a fundamental right for Americans during a Women’s Equality Day event held at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aug. 24.

Nicknamed “The Bone,” the B-1B Lancer is a United States Air Force long-range, multi-mission conventional bomber. It has been in service since 1985 and is projected to remain in the Air Force’s fleet of bombers until at least 2040. Defense Logistics Agency Aviation manages roughly 64,000 national stock numbers for the bomber.

Aug. 23, 2016

DLA Aviation keeping 'the Bone' soaring for decades to come

RICHMOND, VA — In 1985, Ronald Reagan was sworn in for a second term as president of the United States, Windows 1.0 was released, and the likes of Tears for Fears, Wham! and Chaka Khan ruled the airwaves.“Back to the Future,” “The Color Purple” and “St. Elmo’s Fire” ruled the big screen. And the United States Air Force began flying the B-1B Lancer, a long-range, multi-role, heavy bomber.

DLA employees should begin to fulfill their pre-trip requirements 45-60 days before departure.

Aug. 17, 2016

Foreign-travel employee requirements and tips

If you're a DLA employee who will be traveling internationally for work in two months or less, now is the time to make sure you've fulfilled all the travel requirements, which go well beyond just completing your travel orders.

DLA is working on its final rules for phase retirement.

Aug. 16, 2016

Phased retirement rules for DLA employees still in development

DLA Human Resources officials are working to develop and publish the final rules for implementing the “phased retirement” option in the agency.