DLA Distribution News

Mary Studevant, a retired Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia employee has been selected to be inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation 2016 Hall of Fame June 16. (Courtesy photo)

May 17, 2016

Studevant selected as DLA Aviation’s 2016 Hall of Fame inductee

RICHMOND, Virginia — Mary Studevant, former deputy director of what is now known as Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, has been selected for the 2016 DLA Aviation Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony will be at 1 p.m. June 16 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center, Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Norfolk State University Police Chief Troy Covington served as guest speaker for the 2016 Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Police Department’s Peace Officers' Memorial Day in a ceremony held at the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 12, 2016.

May 16, 2016

Ceremony honors police officers, marks start of National Police Week

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Police Department observed Peace Officers' Memorial Day in a poignant ceremony in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 12.

May 16, 2016

Davis assumes commander as DLA Army Reserve Element Commander

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — United States Army Col. Ronnie M. Davis has assumed command as the Defense Logistics Agency headquarters’ ninth J9 Army Reserve Element commander.

DLA Aviation Richmond's Forging and Casting Action Team led a two-day technology transfer seminar field trip to visit two facilities to see first hand the processes of forging and casting parts, April 19-20, 2016. Shown here, a foundry worker demonstrates forging a metal part at the U.S. Drop Forge company in Woolrich Township, New Jersey.

May 13, 2016

AFCAT team leads technology transfer seminar

RICHMOND, VA — Twenty-two Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees visited two industrial facilities April 19-20 to gain a better understanding, from a manufacture’s perspective, of issues involved in casting and forging.

Stephen Bowers, materials examiner and identifier at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been named Employee of the Week for the week of May 9 to 13.

May 13, 2016

Susquehanna’s Bowers named Employee of the Week

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Stephen Bowers, materials examiner and identifier at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been named Employee of the Week for the week of May 9 to 13.

United States Navy Supply Corps Cmdr. Pamela C. Dozier, commander of DLA Distribution Sigonella, has been selected for the rank of captain.

May 12, 2016

Sigonella’s commander selected for promotion to Captain

SIGONELLA, Italy — United States Navy Supply Corps Cmdr. Pamela C. Dozier, commander of DLA Distribution Sigonella, has been selected for the rank of captain.

Navy Supply Corps Cmdr. Todd A. Wanack, commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Bahrain, has been selected for the rank of captain.

May 11, 2016

Bahrain distribution commander selected for promotion to Captain

MANAMA, Bahrain — Navy Supply Corps Cmdr. Todd A. Wanack, commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Bahrain, has been selected for the rank of captain.

May is 9-1-1 Awareness Month at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Fire and Emergency Services stress the importance of what information is needed during emergencies to help first responders when making calls to 9-1-1.

May 11, 2016

Understand 9-11 call processes, procedures helps emergencies

RICHMOND, Virginia — May is 9-1-1 Awareness Month at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services, as well as the alliance of police, emergency management, anti-terrorism, and other DLA public safety resources are reaching out to the DLA community on the installation to ensure employees and the public are ready to access their help during emergencies.

Air Force Maj. Gen. Warren Berry, vice commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, shares lunch with Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's military cadre during his visit to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, May 4, 2016.

May 10, 2016

AFMC vice commander visits DLA Aviation

RICHMOND, Va. — Air Force Maj. Gen. Warren Berry, vice commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, visited Defense Logistics Agency Aviation May 4 on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Dean Lechinski, employee at DLA Distribution Norfolk, Va., at Crane, Ind., works to support the unique customer base of the site.

May 10, 2016

Unique mission at Crane supports diverse customer base

CRANE, Indiana — On the third largest Navy installation in the world, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution is supporting a unique mission. DLA Distribution Norfolk, Va., at Crane, Ind., is providing distribution functions for some of the Navy’s top scientists and engineers , with items bolstering strategic missions, electronic warfare, and special missions.

Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond’s Officer Randall Guratosky, a federal police officer who serves at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, poses for a photo as part of Police Week Recognition May 4, 2016.

May 10, 2016

Police Week Spotlight: Officer Randall Guratosky

RICHMOND, Va. — As part of National Police Week observances, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and DLA Installation Support at Richmond will spotlight police officers at Defense Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia, who selflessly secure and protect the base, its people and its neighbors.

Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Rodolfo Carretero, medical specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, has been awarded the DLA Distribution Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter award for second quarter, fiscal year 2016.

May 9, 2016

Yokosuka’s Carretero awarded DLA Distribution Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Rodolfo Carretero, medical specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, has been awarded the DLA Distribution Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter award for second quarter, fiscal year 2016.

Navy Cmdr. Eugene Cash, former planning officer in DLA Distribution headquarters office of strategic plans, has been selected for the rank of captain.

May 9, 2016

Former Distribution planning officer selected for promotion to Captain

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Navy Cmdr. Eugene Cash, former planning officer in DLA Distribution headquarters office of strategic plans, has been selected for the rank of captain.

Glenn Cooper, chief of maintenance with DLA Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia, helps guide the F-100 Engine static display off the delivery truck May 4, 2016 while Randy Shortridge, chief of Industrial Equipment Services Section in installation support, oversees activity from the ground. The engine will be on display in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond.

May 6, 2016

DLA Installation Support at Richmond takes receipt of its newest static display

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Support at Richmond, Virginia, personnel maneuvered the installation’s newest static display, an F-100 Engine, off the truck and into the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, May 4.

Navy Cmdr. Julie Hunter, former commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Bahrain, has been selected for the rank of captain.

May 6, 2016

Former Bahrain commander selected for promotion to Captain

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Navy Cmdr. Julie Hunter, former commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Bahrain, has been selected for the rank of captain.