DLA Energy News

Sept. 28, 2023

European leaders meet to discuss reciprocal fuel support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — More than 80 leaders from 14 European countries met to discuss strengthening reciprocal fuel support during DLA Energy Europe & Africa Fuels Exchange Agreements Forum in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sept. 19-21.

Sept. 26, 2023

Suicide Awareness Prevention Month: Don’t Wait. Reach Out.

PHILADELPHIA — An Iraq War veteran, logistician and Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support leader underscores the importance of teamwork built on trust in developing sensitivity to others’ mental health challenges.

Sept. 25, 2023

DLA Energy supports space missions from coast to coast

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA Energy Aerospace team fueled two space missions this month: the first launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, tested the U.S. Space Force Rapid Launch Capability and another from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, sent National Reconnaissance Office satellites in to orbit.

Troop Support’s Got Talent competitors and judges pose after the award presentation in Philadelphia on Sept. 21. The competition was held to encourage employee participation in the 2023 Defense Logistics Agency Culture Climate Survey. (Dod photo by Ed Maldonado)

Sept. 25, 2023

Troop Support showcases workforce talent 

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support skills were on full display as six employees competed in a talent show on Sept. 21. The organization’s Culture Program and Culture Improvement Teams hosted the event to encourage employee participation in the 2023 DLA Culture Climate Survey.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jorge Bravo, right, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares an MRE with Australian Army Pvt. Joshua Bull, a combat rescue specialist with 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, during an MRE tasting for Talisman Sabre 23 at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 28, 2023. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop support subsistence supply chain provides food support for the military all over the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)

Sept. 25, 2023

Meals, ready to eat, prepare warfighters for natural disasters

PHILDELPHIA — Meals, ready to eat, provide a critical feature during disasters and unforeseen events for warfighters and other Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support customers around the globe.

Sept. 22, 2023

Fueling MacDill's future, one gallon at a time

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla — The Defense Logistics Agency and personnel assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, work hard to provide jet fuel for MacDill’s aircraft and surrounding locations near Tampa, Florida.

A delegation from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Defense including Director of Weapon and Equipment Division Republic of Korea Armed Forces Col Yongheup Kim; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Logistics Policy Manager; visited Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on Sept. 21, 2023, in Philadelphia. The purpose of the visit was to provide a DLA Troop Support overview and tour of facilities to share industry practices.

Sept. 22, 2023

Republic of Korea Ministry of Defense visits Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — A delegation from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Defense including Director of Weapon and Equipment Division Republic of Korea Armed Forces Col Yongheup Kim; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Logistics Policy Manager; visited Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on Sept. 21, 2023, in Philadelphia.

Construction workers use a lift to climb onto a new fuel tank being built on Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

Sept. 21, 2023

AFIMSC partners with DLA to fuel the Air Force fight

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center website — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is leading an $840 million effort to repair and replace fuel infrastructure at 83 Department of the Air Force installations. Managed by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, the program is executing more than 200 fuel design and construction contracts that aim to preserve and modernize fuel assets.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support ‘s Subsistence supply chain is taking orders from October 1st to December 15th, 2023, to provide kosher for Passover meals to warfighters across the globe in time for 2024’s Passover, April 22-30.

Sept. 20, 2023

Orders for kosher for Passover 2024 meals, ready-to-eat, begin

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support‘s Subsistence supply chain is taking orders from October 1st to December 15th, 2023, to provide kosher for Passover meals to warfighters across the globe in time for 2024’s Passover, April 22-30.

Sept. 18, 2023

DLA Energy helps Fort Carson soldiers save $260,000 in potential fuel losses

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Energy quality assurance representatives worked alongside soldiers to recirculate over 60,000 gallons of off-specification fuel and save nearly $260,000 in potential fuel losses at two tactical vehicle refueling stations on Fort Carson, Colorado.