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March 6, 2025
Battlefield logistics: Collective capabilities key to allied success
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Resilient logistics capabilities will be vital to operational success in future large-scale combat operations, according to a new eight-page white paper titled "Support at the Forward Edge of the Battlefield: Lessons Learned."
March 4, 2025
Procure-to-Pay Outbound MIPR team helps agency reach milestones
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s Procure-to-Pay Outbound Military Interdepartmental Purchase Program reached a milestone 10 years in the making by increasing its timeliness rate in processing financial transactions with other partners and agencies within 10 days or less. The agency increased workflow timeliness from 72% in 2015 to 93%. The DLA goal is 95%.
Feb. 26, 2025
Scholarships available for students of DLA employees
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA Foundation is offering scholarships to students who have a close family connection to a current or past civilian or military DLA employee.
Feb. 19, 2025
Legislative affairs team strengthens collaboration across agency
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Members of the DLA Legislative Affairs team renew their commitment to provide timely and thorough input for Congressional inquiries that often shape policies and influence how DLA supports warfighters.
Feb. 18, 2025
DLA director describes partnerships, strategies to increase warfighter readiness
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Great partnerships don't just happen. They take a strong commitment on both sides to establish an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation necessary for a productive engagement, the Defense Logistics Agency’s director said in his keynote address during the National Defense Industrial Association’s 39th Annual Logistics Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 11.
Feb. 11, 2025
Veteran-owned small businesses can seek DOD surplus property
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An amendment signed in 2019 grants veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to request property from the ever-evolving DLA Disposition Services surplus military equipment inventory.
New report details DLA’s fiscal, warfighter support achievements
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA's Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report details how employees worked with joint logisticians at DOD and the combatant commands to achieve enough obligations and revenue to place the agency within the top 350 companies in the Fortune 500 rankings.
Feb. 10, 2025
What’s in a name? The accuracy and uses of DLA’s title
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The apparent clarity of DLA's name belies the messiness that created it.
Jan. 30, 2025
Retired general to logisticians: The next war requires a new strategy
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — War strategies and groundwork of United States adversaries in the Pacific have set conditions for a battle unlike any in the past, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Defense Logistics Agency employees Jan. 23.
Jan. 29, 2025
GAL, AtHoc profile updates critical to employee safety
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The start of the new year and the threat of varying weather conditions across the country makes now the time for Defense Logistics Agency employees to update their personal information in the Global Address Listing and the AtHoc Mass Warning Notification Systems.
Jan. 28, 2025
Data acumen training signals DLA's commitment to data-driven results, culture
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Logistics data is so powerful it's expected to shape everything from how employees manage DOD's supply chains to how it partners with industry and even improves workforce safety trends. Data acumen training is available to all employees in LMS.
Employees, teams recognized during DLA’s 57th Annual Employee Recognition Awards
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency director recognized the accomplishments of the workforce during the 57th Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Jan. 23.
Jan. 23, 2025
HQC employees honor MLK’s commitment to excellence, civil rights
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The first step of rebuilding excellence is recognizing its death, a local youth minister told HQC employees Jan. 21 during an observance honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan. 21, 2025
Surplus military vehicle firefighting conversion plans available
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A free repository of firefighting apparatus blueprints developed by Michigan’s Forest Fire Experiment Station includes instructions for the repurposing of former military equipment released by the Defense Logistics Agency.
Industrial base and supply chain readiness among hot topics at AUSA panel
ARLINGTON, Va. — Military and industry leaders said warfighting is changing at lightning speed and the Defense Department needs to strengthen its resources to meet growing demands at the Association of the United States Army’s latest hot topics session in Arlington Jan. 15.
EAP provides support to employees, household members facing personal and professional challenges
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency civilian federal employees looking to get counseling, coaching or senior care support for themselves or a member of their household in the new year can get help through the Employee Assistance Program.
Jan. 16, 2025
SEAC challenges DLA to think at scope, scale of war
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The key to winning wars against the great powers in the future will require people with the ability to think at the scope and scale of global conflict, the fifth Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Defense Logistics Agency leaders Jan. 13.
New Supplier Pathway program links small businesses to DLA supply chains
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Small business owners interested in contracting with the agency can now use a new search function on DLA’s Small Business webpage to get contact information for the supply chain that manages the items or services they provide.
Jan. 15, 2025
DLA Installation Management teams clear snow during season’s first storm at 4 sites
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Snow-removal teams, many of them DLA volunteers, removed snow and ice from parking lots and walkways after the season’s first winter storm at four DLA locations in early January.
Jan. 14, 2025
SkillBridge tailors OJT for transitioning servicemembers
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A DLA Disposition Services-assigned Army officer leveraged the six-month DOD program to continue working for the agency after military retirement.
DSCR’s MWR program earns 2024 program excellence award
RICHMOND, Va. — A team of Morale, Welfare and Recreation employees at DLA Installation Management Richmond earned recognition for doing what other people doubted they could do: open a cafeteria in 90 days.
Jan. 8, 2025
In memoriam: President Jimmy Carter, 1924-2024
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Mourning is remembering. As the nation reflects on the life of Jimmy Carter, it’s helpful to recall the many ways his administration changed the Defense Department, and what those changes meant for the Defense Logistics Agency.
Jan. 7, 2025
CUI 101: Controlled Unclassified Information markings refresher
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — When sharing controlled unclassified information, there’s a responsibility to safeguard the information and use controls aligning with laws, regulations and governmentwide policies.
Jan. 6, 2025
DLA Human Resources uses direct hiring authorities to fill workforce gaps
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s Human Resources recruitment team is ramping up its use of direct hire authority to fill critical civilian roles within the agency.
Dec. 20, 2024
DLA Troop Support plans ahead to ensure holiday meals are ready to go on the big day
PHILADELPHIA — Santa has one night to make his deliveries around the world, but the Defense Logistics Agency knows it’s better to plan ahead for this busy season.