DLA Distribution News

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Sept. 15, 2023

A case study: Lessons learned from Champlain Towers building collapse

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — DLA Installation Management Susquehanna Installation Emergency Operations Center team hosted a lessons learned case study featuring Marty Nevil of Pennsylvania Task Force 1, who was on the incident command team during the event.

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Sept. 14, 2023

DLA Land and Maritime, DLA Aviation discuss shared strategies at visit

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime senior leaders welcomed their DLA Aviation counterparts to Defense Supply Center Columbus Aug. 29 for continued collaboration between the sister organizations.

Sept. 13, 2023

DLA Distribution Korea employee named DLA Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Chong Pil Ho, with Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Korea, is one of three recipients of the DLA Employee of the quarter award, for the 3rd quarter of fiscal year 2023.

Sept. 13, 2023

Automation feat earns Cherry Point team Q3 kudos

Richmond, Va. — Answering a challenge from Defense Logistics Agency headquarters to implement the use of automation software in Material Management, the Requisition Alert Robot team, commonly called the RA BOT team at DLA Aviation at Cherry Point, North Carolina, stepped up and developed a solution that earned them the Defense Logistics Agency Director’s Strategic Goals Award for the 3rd Quarter of 2023.

Sept. 12, 2023

National Preparedness Month, a chance to bring awareness to insider threats

RICHMOND, Va. — At Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, the potential threat posed by an insider, a trusted person who takes advantage of his or her access to do harm to the organization’s mission, products, resources, personnel, facilities, information, equipment, network, or systems is continual and ever-changing.

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Sept. 11, 2023

Remembering 9/11: DLA Distribution operations director recalls morning at Pentagon

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, was sunny and clear at the nation’s capital. Paul Abel, then an Army lieutenant colonel working in Army logistics at the Pentagon, put the top down on his convertible for the short commute to work. He even called his father, who worked in the same building in the 1960s, to brag that he would enjoy the late summer day through a window in his recently relocated office.

The Twisted Paranormal Society film crew readies DLA Aviation's, Herman Wilson, for an interview at the Bellwood Manor House, at Defense Supply Center, Richmond Virginia,

Sept. 7, 2023

Paranormal film crew returns to the Bellwood Manor House

RICHMOND, Va. — The Twisted Paranormal Society film crew returned to Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia to film possible paranormal activity at various locations throughout DSCR August 25 – 27, 2023.

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Sept. 6, 2023

DLA Distribution Puget Sound leadership visits USS Barry

PUGET SOUND, Wash. — In his first official site visit to Everett since taking command of DDPW, DDPW Commander, Navy Cmdr. Marcus Craig, shared his command priorities, and was briefed by the team on key aspects of the Everett operation.

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Sept. 5, 2023

DLA interns learn about agency, provide input during visit

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Interns from across the Defense Logistics Agency had a chance to visit the agency’s headquarters and get an in-depth overview of the enterprise Aug. 29.

Sept. 1, 2023

DLA Distribution hosts incoming DLA Indo-Pacom deputy commander

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution briefed Bruce Blank, incoming DLA Indo-Pacific deputy commander, Aug. 8 about the role, skills and logistics knowledge DLA Distribution brings to warfighter support.

Aug. 31, 2023

DLA Distribution participates in Talisman Sabre 2023

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 kicked off July 22 and concluded Aug. 4. It was the 10th and largest iteration of the exercise to date, consisting of field training exercises incorporating force preparation activities, amphibious landings, ground force maneuvers and air combat and maritime operations.

Summer slam a hit with employees at DLA Aviation at Cherry Point.

Aug. 31, 2023

Cherry Point employees enjoy a “summer slam” of a time during team building event

RICHMOND, Va. — Employees at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Cherry Point recently got the chance to let their hair down and enjoy time away from their workspaces during the Summer Slam employee appreciation

DLA Aviation Gunnery Sgt. is proof not all heroes wear a cape.

Aug. 30, 2023

Humble hero receives prestigious military award

RICHMOND, Va. — Marine Gunnery Sgt. Corey-Allen Becker says when he is required to physically be in the office one day a week, his morning routine is action-packed, but he tries to make as little noise as possible, so he doesn’t wake up his wife and two toddlers.

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Aug. 30, 2023

DLA warehouse management system deploys in Bahrain

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Bahrain is the first DLA site outside the continental United States to deploy the new warehouse management system, and the first distribution center to go live a day earlier than planned.

Aug. 24, 2023

Deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment tours DLA Distribution, EDC

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Radha Iyengar Plumb, deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Aug. 18, along with Leigh Method, deputy assistant secretary of defense for logistics and Brad Bunn, vice director of DLA.