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Sept. 15, 2025

DLA Vice Director visits DLA Distribution Headquarters, receives updates on modernization, strategic initiatives

Brad Bunn, Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director, visited DLA Distribution headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, Aug. 21, receiving a comprehensive update on the agency’s strategic initiatives, recognizing outstanding employee contributions, and touring the Eastern Distribution Center. The visit underscored DLA’s commitment to modernizing its distribution network and leveraging data to optimize performance and support warfighter needs.

Sept. 11, 2025

Titanium recovery furthers critical materials reuse effort

A DLA research and development contract will turn scrap material into high-grade powder for additive manufacturing.

Sept. 11, 2025

Communication is key in thwarting insider threats, expert says

The saying “communication is key” may be a cliche, but simply reaching out to a co-worker may help save someone from making a life-altering bad decision, a security expert said.

Sept. 10, 2025

DLA’s Industry Collider Day serves as call to action for government, industry to collaborate and transform

Tackling tomorrow’s logistics challenges requires the Defense Logistics Agency to transform through innovation, powered by industry that serves as architects for those solutions, the director said Sept. 3 during its Industry Collider Day.

Sept. 9, 2025

New DLA podcast series offers venue for contested logistics discussions

There’s a new source for contested logistics conversations with the launch of the “DLA Dialogues: From Factory to Foxhole” monthly podcast series. In the debut episode, Peter Battaglia, DLA’s deputy director of Mission Assurance, explores the supply chain risk management implications of the September 2024 Hezbollah pager attacks.

Sept. 8, 2025

Machine learning has potential to revolutionize agency’s planning processes

In response to the increasing complexity and technological demands of modern warfare, the Defense Logistics Agency is pioneering new strategies to enhance military logistics.

Sept. 2, 2025

DLA Director outlines strategy, tours DLA Distribution San Diego

Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, Director, Defense Logistics Agency visited DLA Distribution San Diego, California, for a detailed tour and to provide agency updates Aug. 18 onboard Naval Base San Diego.

Aug. 29, 2025

Battle Creek hosts annual excess property training for law enforcement

The agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office and DLA Disposition Services personnel welcomed 35 states to the annual event in mid-August.

Aug. 28, 2025

DLA R&D’s expanded strategic materials program helps reduce critical materials risks

As administrator of the National Defense Stockpile, the Defense Logistics Agency recognizes that the availability of strategic and critical materials is a national issue, not just a defense issue, the DLA Acquisition director said during a collaboration forum here Aug. 21 to launch the strategic materials research and development program of record.

Aug. 25, 2025

DLA director, senior enlisted leader visit DLA Distribution San Joaquin

Army Lt. Gen. Mark T. Simerly, director, Defense Logistics Agency, and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Alvin R. Dyer, DLA’s senior enlisted leader, visited DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California, August 20 to receive an update on their Warehouse Management system implementation and meet with DLA employees.

Aug. 25, 2025

Excess military materials critical to answering contested logistics challenges

In an era where global conflicts are increasingly defined by technological advancements and strategic complexities, the Defense Logistics Agency is turning its focus to a critical aspect of military logistics: material disposition.

Aug. 22, 2025

Vice director visits Battle Creek

The agency’s top civilian received briefs from Michigan-based personnel and provided keynote remarks at the annual DOD Law Enforcement Support Office conference Aug. 18-19.

Aug. 22, 2025

DLA employees graduate from leadership enhancement program

Fourteen Defense Logistics Agency employees returned to work with enhanced leadership skills as graduates of the 2025 Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program Aug. 7.

Aug. 21, 2025

DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM Commander visits DLA Distribution Bahrain, holds town hall

The commander of Defense Logistics Agency’s regional command for U.S. Central Command and Special Operations Command visited DLA Distribution Bahrain Aug. 13-14.

Aug. 20, 2025

Internet of Behavior has implications for DLA supply chain security

A Defense Logistics Agency paper warns that while the "Internet of Behavior" offers potential for supply chain security, its use must be exercised with intention.