DLA Energy News

Army Col. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support commander, addresses participants in the Pathways to Career Excellence program Aug. 17

Aug. 22, 2017

Troop Support commander greets new class of PaCERs

PHILADELPHIA — Army Col. Mark Simerly asked the 137 new participants in the agency’s two-year training program to embrace DLA’s warfighter support mission. “The main reason we are here every day is to support the warfighter,” he said.

DLA Energy employees pose with their Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program award

Aug. 21, 2017

DLA Energy employees recognized by Department of Energy

TAMPA, Florida — Three Defense Logistics Agency Energy contracting officers received the Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program first ever “Spotlight” award during a ceremony at the 2017 Energy Exchange Training and Trade Show in Tampa, Florida, Aug. 16.

DLA Energy employees work conference information booth

Aug. 21, 2017

Smart Energy Solutions evolve from 2017 DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland — The Worldwide Energy Conference's primary objective is to provide a forum for energy industry leaders in the private and public sectors to engage in dialogue about issues critical to both industry and consumers.

Aug. 18, 2017

Eliminating backorders keeps warfighter cooking

PHILADELPHIA — Thanks to the efforts of a group of DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain employees, the number of backorders for military food service equipment and food field equipment items has been hovering near zero for the past several months.

Aug. 8, 2017

DLA director hosts first town hall at Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams , who took charge of DLA June 16, addressed the Troop Support workforce in Philadelphia during a town hall Aug. 2. He hosted the town hall after meeting with each of Troop Support’s five supply chains: Subsistence, Clothing and Textiles, Construction and Equipment, Medical and Industrial Hardware.

DLA Energy Americas East at Houston team pose for a photo by the DLA Mobile Command Vehicle

Aug. 8, 2017

DLA Energy saves money and more for QLLEX 2017

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas at Houston performed command and control functions for jet fuel in support of the Quartermaster Liquid Logistics Exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, July 17-28.

A Vision Corps employee assembles cushion pads for an Army combat helmet at the company’s manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 26. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles employees toured production lines, where blind or visually impaired individuals operated machinery or packaged item parts.

Aug. 2, 2017

Clothing & Textiles employees meet blind, visually impaired partners in warfighter support

PHILADELPHIA — Employees with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain toured production lines at Vision Corps in Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 26, where blind or visually impaired individuals operate machinery or package item parts for military customers.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy team members Christopher Bordelon, left, wins in the GS 7-12 category and Michael Holgate, right, for the GS 13-15 category for the third quarter of fiscal year 2017 Employee of the Quarter awards.

July 27, 2017

DLA Energy announces third quarter fiscal 2017 Employees of the Quarter

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Three service members and two government employees were recognized for their accomplishments and named as third quarter of fiscal year 2017 Defense Logistics Agency Energy Employees of the Quarter July 18.

An M1A1 Abrams fires on targets as part of Getica Saber 2017 at the Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania. DLA-provided materials such as stones, concrete and lumber were used for projects to improve the JNTC during Resolute Castle 2017, an exercise to strengthen NATO forces’ capability to train and respond to threats within the region.

July 26, 2017

Engineers improve training center in Romania with DLA-provided materials

PHILADELPHIA — The MRO team at DLA Troop Support Europe and Africa provided stones, lumber, concrete and other materials used to improve the Joint National Training Center in Romania for Resolute Castle 2017, an exercise to strengthen NATO forces’ capability to train and respond to threats within the region.

DLA Energy Installation Support for Energy Facility Manager Todd Williams (second from right) and DLA Energy Engineering Division Chief John Cummings (right) pour foam crete into Tank 17, the last tank to be closed at DFSP San Pedro, July 20.

July 21, 2017

Mission Complete: DFSP San Pedro closes last tank

SAN PEDRO, California — Tank 17, the last tank to be filled with foam crete and solidify, marks the milestone closure of 27 underground tanks at the U.S. Navy owned Defense Fuel Support Point in San Pedro, California, July 20.