DLA Distribution News

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Feb. 19, 2025

Legislative affairs team strengthens collaboration across agency

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Members of the DLA Legislative Affairs team renew their commitment to provide timely and thorough input for Congressional inquiries that often shape policies and influence how DLA supports warfighters.

Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly shared an overview of the agency, to include the strategic plan and solutions to overcoming contested logistics challenges during the National Defense Industrial Association’s 39th Annual Logistics Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 11.

Feb. 18, 2025

DLA director describes partnerships, strategies to increase warfighter readiness

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Great partnerships don't just happen. They take a strong commitment on both sides to establish an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation necessary for a productive engagement, the Defense Logistics Agency’s director said in his keynote address during the National Defense Industrial Association’s 39th Annual Logistics Forum in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 11.

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Feb. 17, 2025

DLA Distribution Barstow acquisition enhances capabilities

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Barstow, California, procured and began training on a new “crawler” system to enhance operations and increase support to customer requirements at the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base, California, Feb. 12.

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Feb. 14, 2025

DLA director, DLA Distribution commander engage with workforce at Guam town hall

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Rear Adm. Michael York, commander, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, visited DLA Distribution Guam, Marianas, for a tour of the center Jan. 27-28.

Feb. 11, 2025

Veteran-owned small businesses can seek DOD surplus property

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An amendment signed in 2019 grants veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to request property from the ever-evolving DLA Disposition Services surplus military equipment inventory.

Feb. 11, 2025

New report details DLA’s fiscal, warfighter support achievements

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA's Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Report details how employees worked with joint logisticians at DOD and the combatant commands to achieve enough obligations and revenue to place the agency within the top 350 companies in the Fortune 500 rankings.

Feb. 10, 2025

What’s in a name? The accuracy and uses of DLA’s title

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The apparent clarity of DLA's name belies the messiness that created it.

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Jan. 30, 2025

Retired general to logisticians: The next war requires a new strategy

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — War strategies and groundwork of United States adversaries in the Pacific have set conditions for a battle unlike any in the past, the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told Defense Logistics Agency employees Jan. 23.

Jan. 29, 2025

GAL, AtHoc profile updates critical to employee safety

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The start of the new year and the threat of varying weather conditions across the country makes now the time for Defense Logistics Agency employees to update their personal information in the Global Address Listing and the AtHoc Mass Warning Notification Systems.

Jan. 28, 2025

Data acumen training signals DLA's commitment to data-driven results, culture

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Logistics data is so powerful it's expected to shape everything from how employees manage DOD's supply chains to how it partners with industry and even improves workforce safety trends. Data acumen training is available to all employees in LMS.

Pictured are DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, left; Thomas Grace, Construction & Equipment deputy director at DLA Troop Support and one of the agency’s top 10 employees; DLA Vice Director Brad Bunn; and DLA Senior Enlisted Leader Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Alvin Dyer.

Jan. 28, 2025

Employees, teams recognized during DLA’s 57th Annual Employee Recognition Awards

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency director recognized the accomplishments of the workforce during the 57th Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Jan. 23.

Kerry Conyers, distribution process worker, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, scans incoming packages at the Eastern Distribution Center Jan. 23.

Jan. 27, 2025

Defense Logistics Agency Career Fair set for February 26 in New Cumberland

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, a leading provider of logistics solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and whole of government partners, will hold a hiring event during a career fair hosted by DLA Installation Management at Susquehanna Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation at the Susquehanna Club in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Feb. 26, 2025.

Jan. 23, 2025

DLA Distribution San Joaquin supports southern California wildfire fight

TRACY, Calif. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California recently aided efforts combatting wildfires ravaging parts of southern California.

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Jan. 23, 2025

HQC employees honor MLK’s commitment to excellence, civil rights

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The first step of rebuilding excellence is recognizing its death, a local youth minister told HQC employees Jan. 21 during an observance honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Jan. 21, 2025

Surplus military vehicle firefighting conversion plans available

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A free repository of firefighting apparatus blueprints developed by Michigan’s Forest Fire Experiment Station includes instructions for the repurposing of former military equipment released by the Defense Logistics Agency.