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Jan. 12, 2021
DLA Distribution employees pack, ship pandemic supplies to worldwide customers
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — An 18-member team at DLA Distribution Susquehanna works through breaks, arrives early and stays late to ensure personal protective equipment for COVID-19 is shipped to military and federal customers.
Senior enlisted leader honored by Defense Logistics Agency
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Defense Logistics Agency award has gone out to Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Samson McLester, a senior enlisted leader, for his service in 2020.
Jan. 11, 2021
DLA reservist collects agency-wide data on agency’s COVID-19 response
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Army Lt. Col. Mark Laskoski, a DLA Energy civilian and member of the DLA Joint Reserve Force, helped manage information and communications for the agency’s COVID-19 support March through October.
National capital region employees exceed CFC goal, one week left to give
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employee generosity has enabled the Defense Logistics Agency to exceed its Combined Federal Campaign goal of $260,000 for the national capital region.
Jan. 10, 2021
Largest multi-site distribution complex in Defense Department delivers for Operation Warp Speed
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — As part of the Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccination mission, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution began shipping Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to Defense Department employees outside the continental U.S., the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet and a limited number of locations within the continental U.S. Dec. 22.
Deputies rescue family from flood water with equipment from DLA Disposition Services
Law enforcement agencies use Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services to acquire excess military equipment they want on hand but also hope they may never need to use.
Jan. 8, 2021
Medical supply chain team achieves seemingly impossible pandemic support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Troop Support’s Dan Keefe has worked with FEMA, HHS and DOD officials since March to outline requirements and support for everything from antigen test kits for schools and nursing homes to replenishment of the Strategic National Stockpile in response to COVID-19.
Jan. 7, 2021
DLA employee at Fort Benning helps battle the pandemic
FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Defense Logistics Agency has always focused on meeting warfighter needs, and property disposal specialists from DLA Disposition Services are playing a crucial role in supplying a new kind of warfighter in a new kind of warfare – the battle against COVID-19.
First COVID-19 Vaccinations Administered on board NSA Bahrain
MANAMA, Bahrain — Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit (NMRTU) Bahrain began administering the Moderna coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine on board Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, Jan. 4.
Former LNO guides DLA’s pandemic support to FEMA
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Before becoming the Military Services Support Division deputy director in October, Phyllis Erkins supported the national pandemic response by working with DLA supply chain officials to relay information like prices, shipping options, and quantities and types of supplies the agency could provide to FEMA.
Jan. 6, 2021
DLA Headquarters employees, teams snag 11 annual recognition awards
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Eleven employees and teams at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters are recipients of the agency’s 53rd Annual Employee Recognition Awards. The awards recognize leadership and hard work in support of the agency’s mission and include 54 awards in 14 categories.
DLA Distribution San Joaquin supports COVID-19 test kit mission
TRACY, Calif. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, continues to provide critical support for the Defense Department’s COVID-19 mission, supporting DLA’s partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 rapid test kit mission.
DLA COVID-19 Task Force leader equips leaders with decision-making data
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — As the head of DLA’s COVID-19 Task Force, Lee Dvonch oversees the production of numerous information products that help leaders throughout the agency, Defense Department and White House Supply Chain Task Force make timely decisions on the agency's commodity support to the pandemic.
Jan. 5, 2021
Leadership forum helps supervisors, managers connect
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA Senior Leader Discussion Forum helps supervisors and managers communicate and share ideas in a climate of reduced face-to-face training and networking opportunities resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
Jan. 4, 2021
Virtual conference sustains communication between DLA Disposition Services and small business
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — “Coffee and Contracting” is a monthly event hosted by the Southwest Michigan Procurement Technical Assistance Center bringing government buyers and small business leaders together to talk, learn from each other.
North-East personnel overcome adversity, tackle diverse mission set in 2020
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — While operating in some of the areas hardest hit during early stages of the global pandemic, region staff personally and professionally supported COVID-19 response efforts while still helping meet major military property removal needs.
Dec. 29, 2020
Knight appointed to Senior Executive Service, becomes Distribution’s sixth deputy commander
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — 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.
Illinois community rallies to save landmark from scrap heap
Battle Creek, Mich. — 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
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — 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.
DLA team solves mysteries to help identify Americans missing in action
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — 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
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — 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
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Despite pandemic restrictions and challenges, DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa collected $8.5 million in retrograde equipment from Marine Corps NATO stores.
Federal Energy and Water Management Awards
WASHINGTON — 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
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — 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.
DLA Distribution’s Paolo Pappalardo is recognized and awarded as one of the Defense Logistics Agency’s top ten employees
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — 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.