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Dec. 29, 2020

Knight appointed to Senior Executive Service, becomes Distribution’s sixth deputy commander

Retired United States Army Col. Perry L. Knight is the Defense Logistics Agency’s newest member of the Senior Executive Service and DLA Distribution’s sixth deputy commander.

Dec. 29, 2020

Illinois community rallies to save landmark from scrap heap

Public sentiment recently halted a DLA Disposition Services scrap support contract at the former Chanute Air Force Base.

Dec. 22, 2020

DLA Distribution shipping COVID-19 vaccines to overseas troops

Defense Logistics Agency has received the first Defense Department shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and is immediately packaging the vaccines for shipment today to overseas and Navy fleet locations.

Dec. 22, 2020

DLA team solves mysteries to help identify Americans missing in action

DLA Logistics Operations employee Roger Klaren used drawings from old technical manuals to help identify a WWII plane.

Dec. 21, 2020

DLA, industry strengthen partnerships to support warfighters

DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Michelle Skubic and other agency senior leaders hosted a Demand Forecast webinar Dec. 17 with private-sector leaders from 11 associations to help them best respond to DLA’s anticipated contract requirements and notify them of future business opportunities with DLA.

Dec. 17, 2020

E&A team continues support in Norway in 2020

Despite pandemic restrictions and challenges, DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa collected $8.5 million in retrograde equipment from Marine Corps NATO stores.

Dec. 17, 2020

Federal Energy and Water Management Awards

For the fifth consecutive year, DLA Energy employees earned Federal Energy and Water Management Awards for their contributions to energy and water efficiency and resilience within the federal government. 

Dec. 15, 2020

DLA ready to ship COVID-19 vaccine to overseas locations, Navy fleet

With the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine in the arms of some healthcare workers, the Defense Logistics Agency is ready to ship doses for Defense Department employees outside the continental U.S. and the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet.

Dec. 15, 2020

DLA Distribution’s Paolo Pappalardo is recognized and awarded as one of the Defense Logistics Agency’s top ten employees

In recognition for his efforts through the past year the Defense Logistics Agency recognizes Paolo Pappalardo as one of the Ten Outstanding DLA Personnel of the Year as part of the DLA 53rd Annual Employee Recognition Awards Program.

Dec. 14, 2020

DLA supports whole of government, military services during difficult year

Along with the rest of the world, the Defense Logistics Agency was affected by the coronavirus this year, but Headquarters and Major Subordinate Command employees overcame challenges to meet an unprecedented mission.

Dec. 10, 2020

DLA Indo-Pacific employees awarded for COVID-19 support

Two Defense Logistics Agency Indo-Pacific employees were recently awarded the the Joint Service Achievement Medal for their support to COVID-19 operations in South Korea.

Dec. 10, 2020

DLA Training makes the grade during pandemic

Like many agency officials, DLA Training Center employees in Columbus, Ohio, have had to adapt their operations and convert live training to virtual instruction during the pandemic.

Dec. 9, 2020

Small business support remains strong in 2020

DLA Disposition Services met a variety of contract set-aside goals while increasing competition overall.

Dec. 9, 2020

Partnerships, innovation enable medical material availability

Vendors rolling out new items they want to sell to the Defense Department need stock numbers assigned to those supplies so customers and government systems have a common reference. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical Supplier Support Team normally handles this for items like surgical and hospital equipment.

Dec. 9, 2020

Peth departs DLA Distribution Bahrain and Dillon takes command

Ohio native Navy Cmdr. Jeretta “Jetta” Dillon took command of DLA Distribution Bahrain from outgoing commander Navy Cmdr. Joseph H. Peth in a change of command ceremony held Dec. 9.

Dec. 7, 2020

Risk management team working to automate agency data on risks, internal controls

A DLA Headquarters team established in July 2019 to integrate risk management and internal controls across the agency is working to automate management of data on the agency’s risks and associated controls.

Dec. 7, 2020

Energy liaison puts pieces together in the Agency’s Synchronization and Operations Center

Teresa Hass, a financial analyst in the Energy Finance Liaison Office, said working in the Agency Synchronization and Operations Center at DLA Headquarters on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, helped her see how all the pieces fit together in the DLA jigsaw puzzle. 

Dec. 7, 2020

South-East employees share “a unique and challenging” year

Employees in the South-East region welcomed a new director, helped warfighters in their area enhance their readiness through divestiture, enhanced their own capabilities with new equipment for demilitarization, and provided materials to battle COVID-19 during 2020 despite the challenges the pandemic placed on operations.

Dec. 4, 2020

A look back on DLA Disposition Services West support during 2020

The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services West region team had a busy year, highlighted by its handling of various Navy and Army special divestiture projects conducted during a global pandemic.

Dec. 2, 2020

National capital region employees almost halfway to 2020 CFC goal

Defense Logistics Agency employees in the national capital region are almost halfway toward reaching their 2020 Combined Federal Campaign goal of $260,000.

Dec. 2, 2020

DLA Distribution continues to improve audit readiness from the top

Each year, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Headquarters develops a theme and commitment to help advance physical and financial operations to pass audit.

Nov. 30, 2020

Kuwait-based disposal representative named employee of quarter

Honner Raul Carbajal-Sanchez was recently honored for his contributions to the agency’s property disposal operations in the Middle East.

Nov. 30, 2020

DLA R&D Industry Collider Day fuses industry, ingenuity

More than 500 government and industry partners participated in DLA's first virtual Industry Collider Day Nov. 18.

Nov. 27, 2020

Surplus military tents repurposed as coronavirus testing sites

New Jersey’s Union County is among DLA’s many excess-property recipients reusing former mobile shelters in their local fight against COVID-19.

Nov. 24, 2020

Planning, coordination, flexibility key ingredients to DLA providing warfighters Thanksgiving dinner

For more than 50 years, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support has been providing traditional Thanksgiving food to field kitchens, dining facilities and galleys in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and other locations where service members are deployed. While the logistics of getting the ingredients to the table were more complicated this year, warfighters will still have a traditional Thanksgiving meal this week.