DLA Energy News

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Col. Mark Hirschinger, chief, Army Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, cuts the Army birthday cake June 13, 2017 with Sgt. Tom Katsiyiannis, 392nd Army Band, Fort Lee, Virginia, at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The cake ceremony is a long standing Army tradition where the soldier with longest time in service cuts the cake with the soldier with the least amount of time in service using the ceremonial military saber.

June 14, 2017

DLA celebrates the Army’s 242nd birthday!

Richmond, Virginia — Soldiers and Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees celebrated the Army’s 242nd birthday with a ceremony at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation-San Diego employees Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Angeli Legardye, right, Contract Specialist Nicole Johnson, left, and Management Analyst Karen Higdon, middle, sort through clothing donated by employees for local non-profit organizations to distribute to families in need. The program collects clothing for newborn to 1 year-old children of families who have been identified by local nurses and social service agencies.

June 14, 2017

San Diego’s culture committee teams up with local NPOs

San Diego — The Culture Committee at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation-San Diego collaborated with a local non-profit organization and held a clothing drive in May to provide baby items for newborn to 1-year-olds throughout San Diego County.

Graybeards, retired Rear Adm. Michael Finley and retired Vice Adm. Michael Malone (from left to right), receive a brief on Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s logistical support of the Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet by DLA Aviation Deputy Commander Charlie Lilli, Chief of Staff at DLA Aviation Steve Kinskie, along with Navy Cmdr. Eric Lockett, Operations Officer, Navy Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, DLA Aviation and Navy Capt. Mark Harris, Chief, Navy Customer Facing Division, Customer Operations Directorate, DLA Aviation June 6, 2017 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

June 12, 2017

Graybeards briefed by DLA Aviation leadership

Richmond, Va. — Graybeards, retired Rear Adm. Michael Finley and retired Vice Adm. Michael Malone (from left to right), receive a brief on Defense Logistics Agency’s logistical support of the Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet June 6 at Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

The Fort Polk Garrison Commander and Louisiana Congressional representatives attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for two newly constructed Wastewater Treatment Plants at Fort Polk, Louisiana, May 24. DLA Energy Utility Services provided the contract for the two WWTPs that will treat 6.4 million gallons of wastewater per day. This project will improve Fort Polk’s mission assurance and have a positive environmental impact for more than 50 years.

June 8, 2017

DLA Energy Utility Services contracts two Wastewater Treatment Plants at Fort Polk

FORT POLK, Louisiana — A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating two new and improved wastewater treatment plants was held to meet the growing needs of the Army Garrison Fort Polk installation, Louisiana, May 24.

Defense Logistics Agency Operations Research and Resource Analysis' Air Force Capt. Raymond Hill, wargaming program manager operations research analyst and David Jones practice wargaming strategies for the Advancing Globally Integrated Logistics Effort 2017 humanitarrian assistance/disaster relief wargame event hosted by the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, at Lockheed-Martin Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia. May 17 - 25, 2017.

June 7, 2017

DORRA supports Joint Staff war game: AGILE 17

Suffolk, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency’s Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis team supported a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief war game hosted by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Logistics, May 8 -12 at Lockheed-Martin’s Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin (third from left] and other stakeholders participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with other senior officials for the large-scale
renewable energy solar project at Fort Hood, Texas, June 2.

June 5, 2017

DLA Energy brings first large-scale hybrid solar, wind renewable project to Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony with other senior officials for the first large-scale renewable energy solar and wind project at Fort Hood, Texas, June 2.

Guy C. Beougher assumes role as DLA Energy deputy commander May 30. Prior to this position, he served as the executive director of Defense Logistics Agency Operations (J3).

June 2, 2017

New DLA Energy deputy commander assumes role

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Guy C. Beougher, former executive director of Defense Logistics Agency Operations (J3), assumed the role of DLA Energy deputy commander from acting deputy commander Gabby Earhardt May 30.

From left: Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Lynn Donnelly, deputy director, Procurement Process Support Directorate; Floyd Moore, deputy director, Supplier Operations Commodities Directorate; David Carns, director, Engineering Directorate; and Ronald Tatem, sourcing strategy specialist, Planning Process Directorate, offer leadership insight and answer questions during Aviation Industry Days May 16-17, 2017 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia.

June 1, 2017

Aviation Supplier Industry Days bring government, businesses together

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Supplier Industry Days kicked off May 16 in the Frank B. Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, for a two-day conference bringing industry business leaders and owners to participate in discussions getting the DLA Aviation acquisition professionals representing warfighter demand and suppliers together.

Vane Brothers General Manager Don Browning explains the operations team tracking system that monitors the progress of barges and tugs throughout the Eastern Seaboard to DLA Energy Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin Chapin and DLA Energy Americas East Commander Army Lt. Col. Christian Meisel at Defense Fuel Support Point Baltimore May 22.

May 25, 2017

DLA Energy Commander visits Baltimore DFSP

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander visited the Defense Fuel Support Point Baltimore and the Vane Brothers Company as part of a familiarization tour of the DLA Energy Americas East supply chain May 22.

Defense Logistics Agency Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis analysts Daniel Freas, William “Jack” Barrow, and Alex Diaz, from left, graduated from the Army Logistics University’s Operations Research and Resource Analysis Military Applications course at Fort Lee, Virginia, May 5, 2017.

May 25, 2017

DORRA employees graduate from 14-week Army Logistics University course

Richmond, Va. — Three Defense Logistics Agency Office of Operations Research and Resource Analysis employees recently graduated from a prestigious Army training course.