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April 8, 2025

DLA Distribution Commander engages with West Coast, Pacific-region sites

Navy Rear Adm. Michael York, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, recently engaged with employees and leadership during a series of visits to DLA Distribution sites on the west coast of the United States, Japan and Korea.

April 8, 2025

DLA Distribution makes significant strides toward G-Invoicing compliance

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution successfully processed its first G-Invoicing orders in early March, becoming the first major subordinate command in the DLA enterprise to do so.

April 4, 2025

Ramstein taps DLA property reuse stream for WMD threat response system

The inactivation of a Germany-based Army Reserve Weapons of Mass Destruction response team recently freed up a $1 million collection of chemical sensors, detectors, and protective personal gear quickly scooped up by the Air Force’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

April 3, 2025

Marine Corps Deputy Commandant to logisticians: Deter, set the theater for potential conflicts

This agency is a strategic and critical enabler in the pursuit of setting the theater to deter and posture military forces to prevail, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics told Defense Logistics Agency employees March 28.

April 2, 2025

DLA Distribution commander engages with workforce, details warfighter support strategies during town hall

Navy Rear Adm. Michael York, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, hosted a town hall focused on DLA Distribution’s priorities to enhance warfighter readiness at the organization’s headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, March 11.

April 1, 2025

Defending the Triad: Sustaining the Nuclear Sea Leg

DLA Land and Maritime ensures the sea leg of the U.S. nuclear triad remains ready through expert logistics and close collaboration with Navy partners.

April 1, 2025

DLA Distribution Susquehanna expert recognized for excellence

David Wood, supervisory supply management specialist, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, was recently named one of DLA’s Ten Outstanding Personnel of the Year and received the Jerri L. Taylor Award for Individual Outstanding Contribution.

April 1, 2025

Commentary: Civil defense leads DLA to catastrophe response, whole-of-government support

There is a common misconception that DLA became a whole-of-government provider after Hurricane Katrina. While DLA did systemize its catastrophe response following the 2005 destruction of New Orleans, it's been helping the nation react to weather events since the early 1970s.

March 31, 2025

DLA Distribution Europe’s strategic importance highlighted during DLA Director visit

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Europe leaders hosted Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, director, DLA, and Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Alvin Dyer, DLA senior enlisted leader, for a capabilities briefing and facilities tour at the distribution center in Germershiem, Germany, March 24.

March 27, 2025

DLA and VHA sign 10-year, $3.6B partnership agreement

Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency and Veterans Health Administration signed an interagency agreement for healthcare support at DLA Headquarters March 12.

March 24, 2025

Real ID Act brings new identification requirements for domestic travel, installation access

After years of delays and extensions, the federal government’s Real ID Act is officially in effect, bringing new identification requirements for domestic air travel and access to federal facilities and military installations.

March 21, 2025

White paper: War reserves should include tactical energy storage, batteries

Batteries and tactical energy storage should be included in pre-positioned war reserve materiel to ensure today’s modernized joint force is electronically equipped for success, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime officials say in a white paper published last month.

March 20, 2025

Troop Support provides Medal of Honor decorations to American heroes

The highest military honor awarded by the United States, is procured by a team of logisticians at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia.

March 19, 2025

DLA Distribution Tobyhanna upgrades warfighter support capabilities

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, began renovations on one of its warehouses located on Tobyhanna Army Depot March 17.

March 18, 2025

Metals recapture lowers agency supply chain costs

DLA’s Precious Metals Recovery Program extracts elements like gold, silver, and platinum from scrap to decrease defense production expenses.