DLA Energy News

Category: Small Business, Strong Partnerships

April 22, 2019

Returning to where her Defense Logistics Agency career began, Jean Cox, DLA Deputy Director of Finance, was the guest speaker at the DLA Energy Mentoring Brown Bag Lunch Program, April 16.

Contractors prepare to transport more than 14,000 pounds of lead acid batteries from Thumrait Air Base to a recycling facility in Oman.

April 17, 2019

Teamwork recharges disposal process

Thumrait Air Base, Oman — After more than a year, lead acid batteries used to support U.S. operations in Oman are being disposed of again thanks to new capabilities there and teamwork between two of the Defense Logistics Agency’s major subordinate commands.

Lewis Sieber, fire equipment manager of the Nebraska Forest Service navigates through flood water searching for stranded people in a six-wheeled drive cargo truck issued through the DoD Firefighter Program. Photo provided by the Nebraska Forest Service

April 12, 2019

Excess to the rescue

Battle Creek, Michigan — Equipment from DLA Disposition Services helped save lives as Nebraska recently faced its worst flooding of the past 50 years.

April 9, 2019

South-West Pacific changes leadership

Navy Cmdr. Angela Watson assumed command of Defense Logistics Agency Energy South-West Pacific during a ceremony at the United Service Organization on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 1.

Nina Kessler, a U.S. Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance humanitarian assistance advisor, left, Dorothy O’Connell, a DLA Troop Support J3/5 Plans and Operations customer support liaison, center, and Elizabeth Smithwick, a USAID OFDA humanitarian assistance advisor, right, pose for a photo at DLA Troop Support April 3, 2019 in Philadelphia.

April 9, 2019

Humanitarian course keeps Troop Support employees ready for USAID operations

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted the Joint Humanitarian Operations Course led by the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance in Philadelphia April 2-3.

Leadership from DLA and the Department of Veterans Affairs pose after a ribbon cutting at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center March 7, 2019.

April 8, 2019

Medical strengthens its partnership with VA to support military, veteran health care

PHILADELPHIA — The partnership between the Defense Logistics Agency and the Veterans Affairs continues to grow as the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center begins using the Medical supply chain’s Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor program.

Generators arriving at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office await use at a new training facility or whenever they might be needed for disaster response and rural investigations.

April 4, 2019

Small sites provide big support shipping excess property to new users

Blue Grass Amy Depot, Kentucky — Like the popular 2001 Army recruiting slogan, Disposal Support Representative William Thompson must see himself as “an army of one” as he serves multiple locations from his one-person DLA Disposition Services site at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky.

April 3, 2019

Regional commander visits DLA Energy Middle East

Defense Logistics Agency CENTCOM & SOCOM Commander Army Col. Hattie Richardson traveled to Naval Support Activity Bahrain during her first CENTCOM regional visit as the regional commander March 14.

March 28, 2019

DLA Energy Commander holds town hall

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Albert Miller shared employee related news during a town hall held in the Fort Belvoir McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium March 26.

March 27, 2019

Keesler AFB gets big energy boost

Defense Logistics Agency Energy is keeping Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, running stronger with two new contract awards – a 50-year Utilities Privatization Contract and a 22-year financed term Energy Savings Performance Contract.