DLA Distribution News

Dec. 23, 2019

DLA Aviation employees help brighten the holidays in Ogden

Richmond, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden’s Morale Committee organized December 2019 holiday events this year starting with 600-donated cookies delivered to employees.

Dec. 23, 2019

Former Marine remembers, pays tribute to those far from home during the holidays

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — As an equipment program manager with DLA Distribution Current Operations, retired Marine Maj. Paul Smith decided this year’s tribute to those deployed in harm’s way would be in the form a patriotic display in the third-floor lobby of the organization’s New Cumberland headquarters. There he and his co-workers created a display that includes an artificial holiday tree, miniature flags representing all military service branches and lights to set the whole thing off.

Dec. 20, 2019

San Joaquin’s Slater Receives Safety Professional of the Year Top Honor

SAN JOAQUIN, Calif. — Defense Logistics Agency's Safety Professional of the Year top honors go to Distribution San Joaquin employee

Dec. 19, 2019

Toys for Tots donations at DLA Aviation in Richmond, Jacksonville reach close to 2,000

RICHMOND, VA — Marine Staff Sgt. Spencer Butler reflected on this season of giving as he collected two boxes overflowing with toys sitting in the front lobby of the DLA Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 16. Butler, a customer account specialist, Marine Corps Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Richmond, Virginia, said a total of six boxes were placed around various locations on DLA Aviation as part of this year’s Toys for Tots campaign.

Dec. 19, 2019

DLA Distribution San Joaquin’s Thimsen promoted to lieutenant colonel

TRACY, Calif. — Promotion for Distribution San Joaquin operations officer.

Dec. 18, 2019

DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s Master Labor Contract employees presented Length-of-Service Awards by the Japanese Government

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Japanese government present DLA Distribution Yokosuka employees with length of service awards

Dec. 17, 2019

Team building event forges strong bonds between DLA Aviation employees and needy families

RICHMOND, VA — On a chilly, but somewhat sunny Dec. 10 afternoon, a team of folks from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, led by Marita Beckles, branch chief, Foreign Military Sales and Civil Aviation Team, Air Force Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, spent part of their morning inside an abandoned sporting goods store at Stony Point Mall in Richmond, Virginia. I’ll get to why they did this here in a second.

Dec. 17, 2019

DLA Distribution Commanding Officer lauds audit readiness with challenge to worldwide leadership team

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Distribution Commanding Officer underscores the importance of audit readiness

Dec. 16, 2019

Giving back goes beyond brightly colored bows and wrapping paper at DSCR

RICHMOND, VA — On any given day, the bays at the fire department on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, are normally filled with giant red fire trucks and other emergency vehicles. But, once a year for a two-hour time frame on a pre-selected day in December, this year it was the 12th, children’s bikes and brightly wrapped Christmas gifts transform the bays into a Santa’s workshop as part of the 2019 Angel Tree program.

Dec. 16, 2019

Distribution kicks off Holiday Spirit Week with tree lighting ceremony

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Holiday tree lighting event shines bright at DLA Distribution

Dec. 13, 2019

Bensley students warm up DSCR tree lighting ceremony with “Hot Chocolate”

Richmond, Va. — The holiday season can be tricky when it comes to Virginia weather. Like a polar vortex in reverse, warm weather made its appearance during the 2019 Tree Lighting Ceremony on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Dec. 10. Despite the unseasonably mild temperatures, nearly 400 Defense Logistics Agency military and civilian employees and military members from other organizations on the installation were still able to experience what the Bensley Elementary School’s fifth-grade chorus sang about: “This Magic Season.”

Dec. 13, 2019

Distribution’s Barr volunteers to cover local area veterans with blankets, essential items

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution employee volunteers time to Military Veterans Emphasis Program.

Dec. 12, 2019

Cayetano honored as DLA’s NCO of the Year

Richmond, Va. — Air Force Staff Sgt. Sabrina Cayetano was honored as the 2019 Defense Logistics Agency Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year during a Dec. 6 ceremony held at DLA Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Dec. 12, 2019

San Joaquin’s Zhang chosen as DLA Outstanding Senior Enlisted Reservist of the Year

Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Ke Zhang, unit senior enlisted leader, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, has been awarded DLA Outstanding Senior Enlisted Reservist of the Year for fiscal year 2019.

Dec. 12, 2019

Norfolk’s Larkin chosen as DLA Outstanding Junior Enlisted Reservist of the Year

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mary M. Larkin, distribution process worker, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, has been awarded DLA Outstanding Junior Enlisted Reservist of the Year for fiscal year 2019.