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Nov. 2, 2015

DoD priority placement program offers options for DLA Energy employees

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — If you have been a Defense Department employee for any amount of time, you’re probably familiar with the DoD Priority Placement Program. The program provides qualified DoD employees an opportunity to be placed in vacant DoD positions.

(Left to right) Charlene Woods, DLA Energy Installation Energy contract specialist, and Cindy Ralph, DLA Energy Installation Energy contracting officer, pose for a photograph after conducting a site visit at the solar array being constructed at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Oct. 26, 2015

National Energy Action Month offers DLA Energy opportunities

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — October is National Energy Action Month, and amid the fall foliage, this month offers Defense Logistics Agency Energy an opportunity to highlight its support to the warfighter and its management of energy resources needed to protect the nation.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Aerospace Energy employees pose for a photograph during a breast cancer awareness event held in San Antonio, Oct. 22. Two breast cancer survivors spoke at the event, and a poster was made in memory of an employee, Sylvia Gonzales, who lost her battle to breast cancer in 2010.

Oct. 23, 2015

Aerospace Energy brings awareness to breast cancer

SAN ANTONIO — To help bring awareness to breast cancer, Defense Logistics Agency Energy Aerospace Energy Supplier division employees held an event Oct. 22.

DLA Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod, second from right, and other DLA Energy leaders met with Service des Essences des Armées Maj. Paul Kaeser, right, during his visit to DLA Energy headquarters at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Oct. 14.

Oct. 19, 2015

French SEA officer visits DLA Energy headquarters

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A visit from a French fuels officer to the Defense Logistics Agency Energy headquarters through the exchange officer program helped both organizations learn from each other at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Oct. 13-15.

Megan Crimmins (front) and Nicole Chewning work to keep their boat from capsizing as they race to the finish during the Naval Support Activity Bahrain 240th Navy Birthday Cardboard Regatta Oct. 8.

Oct. 15, 2015

DLA Energy Middle East participates in Navy Birthday Cardboard Regatta

BAHRAIN — Building morale as well as watertight cardboard boats was Defense Logistics Agency Energy Middle East’s goal for the Naval Support Activity Bahrain 240th Navy Birthday Cardboard Regatta Oct. 8.

Oct. 8, 2015

Energy Convergence program concludes, legacy system decommissioned

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s Energy Convergence transition to the Enterprise Business System has concluded, reducing the number of systems needed to process transactions and decreasing costs for the organization by millions of dollars.

Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and DLA Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, are the newest customers to the Direct Supply Natural Gas Program, represented by this natural gas pressure meter at another location.

Oct. 1, 2015

DLA Energy adds new customers to Direct Supply Natural Gas Program

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Installation Energy’s newest customers, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and DLA Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, have Direct Supply Natural Gas Program contracts beginning Oct. 1.

As part of National Preparedness Month, DLA Energy participated in a Federal Emergency Management Agency drill this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, demonstrating their ability to support delivery of ground fuel products via retail tank wagon to a local vendor tank truck.

Sept. 25, 2015

National Preparedness Month: DLA Energy participates in FEMA readiness drills

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — September is National Preparedness Month, designed to raise awareness of being prepared for disasters. DLA Energy is doing just that as personnel participated in two FEMA drills this month, demonstrating their ability to support delivery of fuels.

(Center) Navy Rear Adm. Valerie Huegel, U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center director, poses for a photograph with Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Naval Support Activity Bahrain Sept. 17. During her trip, Huegel toured multiple DLA Energy Middle East buildings and spoke to DLA Energy Middle East employees.

Sept. 24, 2015

CENTCOM senior leader visits DLA Energy Middle East

BAHRAIN — The U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center director visited Defense Logistics Agency Energy Middle East facilities at Naval Support Activity Bahrain Sept. 17.

The first Task Force Americas poses for a picture during Hurricane Sandy relief operations in November 2012. The primary objective of the task force is to ensure the effective and efficient execution of the DLA Energy Federal Emergency Management Agency contingency contract.

Sept. 23, 2015

DLA Energy Americas prepares for natural disasters

Houston — DLA Energy Americas employees frequently deal with hurricanes and tropical storms in their area of operation. With the Atlantic hurricane season beginning in June every year, it is their policy to fill DFSPs along the East Coast and Gulf Coast to the maximum extent possible.