DLA Energy News

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Aug. 2, 2019

Shumaker takes command of DLA Energy Middle East

Army Lt. Col. Henry Brown relinquished command of Defense Logistics Agency Energy Middle East to Air Force Lt. Col. Amanda Shumaker during a change of command ceremony at Naval Support Activity Bahrain, July 25.

U.S. Air Force Col. Patricia Csànk, 673d Air Base Wing and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson commander, pulls a lever at a tank truck offload facility on JBER, Alaska, July 25, 2019. The TTOF became fully operational December 2018, and provides a secondary means to receive JP-8 (Jet Propellant 8) in the event JBER’s fuel pipelines are out of service due to maintenance, damage or natural disaster.

Aug. 1, 2019

Tank Truck Offload Facility gives more readiness to JBER

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson website — The 673d Logistics Readiness Squadron tested a tanker truck offload facility at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 25, 2019.

Defense Logistics Agency employees celebrate their retirement after more than 30 years.

July 31, 2019

DLA Troop Support recognizes civilian retirees

Philadelphia — Susan Baker, Jeffrey Kochanowicz and Garth McBride marked their retirement from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support during a ceremony July 29. DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence presided over the ceremony and thanked the retirees for their 104 combined years of service to the federal government and warfighters.

Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence, DLA Troop Support Commander, talks about a wide variety of topics including his leadership philosophy, workforce expectations and local sports during a Q&A interview at DLA Troop Support July 18, 2019 in Philadelphia.

July 30, 2019

Meet the commander: An interview with DLA Troop Support’s newest leader

PHILADELPHIA — Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence sits down for an interview with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Public Affairs team to introduce himself to the workforce and local community.

July 26, 2019

DLA Director visits Energy Americas

Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams toured the DLA Energy Americas region in Houston, Texas, July 10-11, where he was immersed in the region’s mission roles and responsibilities.

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July 26, 2019

Hardware employee innovates quality reporting process to improve efficiency

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Industrial Hardware employee Andrew Nemeth and his team used improved communications to innovate and streamline product deficiency reporting to increase efficiency and improve process actions for the government and its IH customers.

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles contracting officers Robert Fagan, left, and Stanley C. Thomas Jr., review U.S. Army rank insignia and service tape

July 25, 2019

Troop Support contracting officer makes impact through process improvement

PHILADELPHIA — An unexpected opportunity to take a Lean Six Sigma training class jumpstarted a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support contracting officer’s process improvement acumen and organizational impact. Robert Fagan, a contracting officer with Clothing and Textiles’ heraldic team, led a continuous process improvement project with the potential to be replicated throughout the entire enterprise.

July 24, 2019

Fired up

When a serious fire involving two commercial tank trucks shut down a strategic defense fuel support point in Carson, California, June 5, DLA Energy Americas at San Pedro logisticians deployed several mitigation strategies employing five different supply chains to minimize Warfighter service disruption.

July 22, 2019

From the Moon to Mars

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Fifty years ago liquid oxygen and rocket propellant propelled the three-stage Saturn V rocket carrying the Apollo 11 spacecraft and three astronauts to the moon. Defense Supply Agency in Cameron Station – the predecessor agency of Defense Logistics Agency Energy – supplied the rocket fuel and other space-related items including liquid hydrogen, cryogenic valves and helium storage tanks to launch the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

A new food truck purchased by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support for the Army's Joint Center of Culinary Excellence stopped at the DLA headquarters in Philadelphia on July 9, 2019.

July 19, 2019

New crop of Army food trucks to serve up healthy, fast meals for more soldiers

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support recently purchased six state-of-the-art food trucks for the Army’s Joint Culinary Center of Excellence. The first of these new vehicles rolled through the Troop Support headquarters in Philadelphia while on its way to Fort Drum, New York July 9, where it will be used for training before it goes into service.