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April 25, 2025
DSCC’s commanding general departs for Army Materiel Command
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Supply Center Columbus and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime bid farewell to its commanding general April 18.
April 21, 2025
Joint Force logisticians discuss processes, future sustainment in contested logistics environment
TYSONS, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is collaborating with the Joint Force sustainment community to establish partnerships and plans to better understand requirements and posture supplies in the contested logistics environment.
April 18, 2025
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week honors DLA’s 911 dispatchers
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After placing a call to 911, the first responder to answer before help arrives will be the calm voice of a public safety telecommunications professional or dispatcher.
Warstopper program changes could improve surge capabilities for critical supplies
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Expanding DLA's Warstopper Program to address critical material needs of the entire Defense Department would help boost industry’s ability to surge to meet unexpected demands and potentially save money, according to a new white paper.
April 16, 2025
Troop Support provides more than 37,000 pounds of food for Easter, religious items for Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Passover
PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support provided more than 37,000 pounds of food to service members around the globe for Easter, April 20. In addition to special religious items for Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Orthodox Palm Sunday and Passover.
April 15, 2025
Sexual assault awareness proclamation signing highlights workplace trust, safety
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency leaders signed a Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month proclamation to emphasize protecting the workforce and maintaining trust in the integrity of the organization at the McNamara Headquarters Complex April 14.
PACE Spotlight: Casch Kunkel
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Casch Kunkel is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in PACE, he will be placed at the DLA Disposition Services site at Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania.
April 11, 2025
Senior military leaders discuss challenges, future sustainment in INDO-PACOM
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — For the past 30 to 50 years, the United States has had freedom of maneuver to sustain the fleet anywhere it wants, but that’s not going to cut it in a contested environment, the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics said at the Sea-Air-Space 2025 Expo at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center April 8.
April 10, 2025
“Lightning Purge” of obsolete Army equipment in Hawaii
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services recently supported a successful Army 25th Infantry Division two-month property divestiture that allows Indo-Pacific-focused logisticians to prioritize warfighting and readiness in the region.
DLA focusing on digital interoperability for decision advantage
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Two Defense Logistics Agency leaders point to digital interoperability as the solution to gaining decision advantage on the battlefield and beyond in a white paper published in National Defense magazine.
April 7, 2025
DLA property managers earn industry-recognized certification
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Eight Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management employees earned their industry-recognized National Property Management Association certification at the DLA Headquarters March 28.
April 4, 2025
Ramstein taps DLA property reuse stream for WMD threat response system
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inactivation of a Germany-based Army Reserve Weapons of Mass Destruction response team recently freed up a $1 million collection of chemical sensors, detectors, and protective personal gear quickly scooped up by the Air Force’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.
April 3, 2025
Marine Corps Deputy Commandant to logisticians: Deter, set the theater for potential conflicts
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — This agency is a strategic and critical enabler in the pursuit of setting the theater to deter and posture military forces to prevail, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics told Defense Logistics Agency employees March 28.
April 1, 2025
Commentary: Civil defense leads DLA to catastrophe response, whole-of-government support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — There is a common misconception that DLA became a whole-of-government provider after Hurricane Katrina. While DLA did systemize its catastrophe response following the 2005 destruction of New Orleans, it's been helping the nation react to weather events since the early 1970s.
March 27, 2025
DLA and VHA sign 10-year, $3.6B partnership agreement
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency and Veterans Health Administration signed an interagency agreement for healthcare support at DLA Headquarters March 12.
March 24, 2025
Real ID Act brings new identification requirements for domestic travel, installation access
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After years of delays and extensions, the federal government’s Real ID Act is officially in effect, bringing new identification requirements for domestic air travel and access to federal facilities and military installations.
March 21, 2025
White paper: War reserves should include tactical energy storage, batteries
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Batteries and tactical energy storage should be included in pre-positioned war reserve materiel to ensure today’s modernized joint force is electronically equipped for success, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime officials say in a white paper published last month.
March 20, 2025
Troop Support provides Medal of Honor decorations to American heroes
PHILADELPHIA — The highest military honor awarded by the United States, is procured by a team of logisticians at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia.
March 18, 2025
Metals recapture lowers agency supply chain costs
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s Precious Metals Recovery Program extracts elements like gold, silver, and platinum from scrap to decrease defense production expenses.
March 17, 2025
AI to boost efficiency, optimize logistics support as DLA standardizes use of new tech
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — AI is already empowering decisions across DLA with over 55 models in various stages of production, testing and use in areas like demand planning and supply chain risk management.
March 14, 2025
DLA vehicle managers use technology to enhance safety, operational efficiency
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is modernizing its fleet management practices using technology monitoring vehicle use and employee driving behaviors to make informed decisions about safety, costs and operational efficiency.
March 13, 2025
DLA applying AI to supply chain risk management, warfighter readiness
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Approaching supply chain risk management with a proactive, data-centric mindset and artificial intelligence will ensure DLA provides stable warfighter support and reduces the impacts of supply chain disruptions.
March 12, 2025
Ratings increase in all 4 categories of 2024 Supplier Survey
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Vendor satisfaction rose across all categories in DLA's 2024 Supplier Survey, which ran mid-October through mid-February.
March 11, 2025
DLA receives clean audit opinion for National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA received an unmodified, “clean” audit opinion on the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund financial statements for the first time since assuming the mission in 1988.
March 7, 2025
Top 50 optimizes excess property stocks
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — New turn in document markings will help DLA reverse logisticians shelve more high demand items for reutilization and donation.