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June 6, 2024
Army/DLA Service Day focuses on future support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Army and civilian logistics leaders met to discuss Army transformation and methods for meeting future demands in a contested geopolitical environment May 22 at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters.
DLA, DSCA discuss information sharing at Foreign Military Sales Summit
Fort Belvoir, Va. — A Foreign Military Sales Summit brought together stakeholders from the operational and financial communities to address audit processes May 16 at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters.
June 5, 2024
Coast Guard to provide liaison officer to DLA
DLA Logistics Operations — DLA's director of logistics operations and the commander of the Coast Guard Operational Logistics Command signed an agreement to place a Coast Guard liaison officer with the Whole-of-Government Division.
June 4, 2024
DLA Distribution bids farewell to Rear Adm. Chase, welcomes Rear Adm. York
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Rear Adm. Grafton D. Chase, Jr., relinquished command of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution to Navy Rear Adm. Michael A. York, during a change of command ceremony Friday, May 31. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, director, Defense Logistics Agency, officiated the ceremony.
DLA Energy improves Coast Guard fuel support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Coast Guard saw firsthand how DLA Energy has improved customer support and fuel accounting during a maritime training exercise called Poseidon’s Domain in Puerto Rico in April.
May 23, 2024
Agency celebrates 2024 DLA Hall of Fame Inductees
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly hosted the event in which five former Defense Logistics Agency employees were inducted. Simerly not only thanked the inductees for their past contributions, he placed heavy emphasis on the need to innovate now more than ever before due to adversarial challenges in every domain, and at every level of war.
DLA Troop Support host 2024 Joint Subsistence Policy Board & Global Summit
PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain hosted the 2024 Joint Subsistence Policy Board and Subsistence Global Summit on May 14 and 15 in Philadelphia.
Training Delivers Hazardous Knowledge
Battle Creek MI — DLA Logistics Information HMMS team hosts dynamic training.
May 17, 2024
Agency’s culture and data opportunities highlighted at director’s town hall
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — An emphasis on data and culture were common themes through Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen Mark Simerly’s first global town hall May 16.
Expeditionary teams close out DEFENDER ’24 field ops
GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Agency expeditionary civilians and servicemembers share perspectives on exercise accomplishments, their teams, and visiting Germany during the largest U.S. Army-led exercise in Europe.
May 15, 2024
DEFENDER ’24 tests DDXX European theater familiarity
GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Expeditionary personnel continue rehearsing forward operations during the waning days of a roughly two-week deployment to Germersheim, Germany, that began in early May as part of the U.S. Army’s DEFENDER 2024 exercise.
2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Kenneth Winslette
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Over the last 40-years, America’s warfighter approach to mission success via readiness has drastically changed to meet the demands of complex deployment settings. To keep pace, the Defense Logistics Agency leverages the experience and innovation of leaders like Kenneth Winslette, a 2024 DLA Hall of Fame member and legendary contractor according to his peers.
May 14, 2024
2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The agency director who led increased material availability rates for every service branch and labeled employees the “secret sauce” of the agency’s success is a member of the 2024 DLA Hall of Fame.
May 13, 2024
DLA’s director of logistics operations visits DLA Distribution
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Rear Adm. Joseph “Doug” Noble, director, Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations, visited DLA Distribution Headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, and toured the facilities at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, May 8.
2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Carol O’Leary
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Carol O’Leary made a name for herself transitioning Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s business model for the military services’ bulk petroleum needs, earning her a place in the 2024 DLA Hall of Fame.
May 10, 2024
2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Twila Gonzales
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A leader known for piloting DLA Distribution through organizational structure changes and pushing for the modernization of aging warehouse management software is a 2024 DLA Hall of Fame member.
DEFENDER '24 hones expeditionary skill sets
GERMERSHEIM, Germany — A collection of DLA Disposition Services expeditionary civilians and DLA Joint Reserve Force servicemembers have assembled a solid team and are developing skills together during a field exercise in Germersheim, Germany.
May 9, 2024
2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Darlene Ferrante
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A passion for helping others and a knack for building a diverse workforce that could meet the needs of America’s warfighters are traits of a DLA Distribution employee being inducted into the 2024 DLA Hall of Fame.
May 8, 2024
Be a Data Rocketeer: New DLA Energy program works to improve data literacy
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A new Data Rocketeers Program is providing DLA Energy employees with advanced Microsoft Excel skills to help them process information and support timely, relevant data-driven decisions.
May 7, 2024
Expeditionary personnel support DEFENDER ’24
GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Agency civilians and servicemembers have established field operating sites in Germany to participate in the largest U.S. Army exercise in Europe.
May 6, 2024
New edition of DLA Customer Assistance Handbook available
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Digital and hardcopy versions of DLA's updated Customer Assistance Handbook are available. The handbook provides contacts for DLA’s supply chains and services as well as information on how to access ordering systems and more.
May 3, 2024
Deployment exposes DLA employee to warfighters’ needs, agency capabilities
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A DLA Logistics Operations employee recently got to witness the fruits of her hard work during a deployment to Wiesbaden, Germany, where she supported warfighters throughout U.S. Army Europe and Africa.
May 2, 2024
DLA vice director tours DLA Distribution San Joaquin
TRACY, Calif — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin hosted an installation tour April 16 for DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn in conjunction with the DLA Installation Management Spring Off-Site, at which Bunn served as the keynote speaker.
May 1, 2024
Global bulk fuel management and delivery team awarded for excellence
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A team from the DLA Energy earned the 2023 U.S. Transportation Command Team Excellence Award for their significant contributions to the global bulk fuel delivery mission.
RADM Noble visits DLA Land and Maritime
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Navy Rear Adm. Joseph D. Noble Jr., the director of Defense Logistics Agency Logistics Operations, visited the DLA Land and Maritime Operations Center April 29, to participate in discussions with DLA Land and Maritime Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gail Atkins and her leadership team.