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Each year Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego, Calif., at Port Hueneme supports the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic research mission by participating in the yearly annual vessel load out.

Feb. 2, 2016

Port Hueneme’s team supports annual Antarctic resupply mission

PORT HUENEME, California — Each year, the Preservation, Packaging, Packing and Marking Team at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Diego at Port Hueneme, California, supports the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic research mission by helping load the NSF research ship. Due to Antarctica's harsh climate, the resupply occurs in January — summertime on the continent — when the ice is thinnest.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Installation Energy Director Pam Griffith, second from far left, and other stakeholders break ground on the Army’s first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy project at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 28. DLA Energy supported the Army’s renewable energy goals through a contract awarded Jan. 15.

Jan. 29, 2016

DLA Energy helps Army shape first large-scale renewable energy portfolio at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Energy and other stakeholders broke ground Jan. 28 on the Army’s first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy project at Fort Hood, Texas.

In front of family members, friends and co-workers, the Stephen F. Byus Community Center was dedicated Jan. 21 during a ceremony on the installation. Suzanna Byus, Stephen's mother, and Navy Rear Adm. John King, DLA Land and Maritime commander, unveil the plaque that will be permanently displayed inside the center.

Jan. 22, 2016

DLA Land and Maritime cements legacy of fallen hero

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime on Jan. 21 paid a final tribute to one if its own, renaming a newly renovated building to honor a fallen hero, Stephen Byus.

Construction is underway on the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation operations center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Phase I of the project is scheduled to be complete by late summer 2018. When completed, the five-story building will house roughly 875 employees.

Jan. 21, 2016

DLA Aviation Operations Center Phase I construction in full swing

RICHMOND, Virginia — Construction on the new five-story Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia is in full swing and a great deal of progress has been made since the groundbreaking ceremony back on Oct. 15, 2015.

New Army recruits receive updated operational camouflage pattern Army combat uniforms and accessories at Fort Benning, Georgia, Dec. 20. Approximately 1,300 recruits at Fort Benning have already been issued the fiscal year 2016 clothing bag, which includes OCP ACUs and accessories.

Jan. 21, 2016

Recruits receive new Army uniforms as rollout continues

PHILADELPHIA — Army recruits will now join soldiers already wearing the Operational Camouflage Pattern as the rollout of the new Army Combat Uniform continues.

DLA is America's combat logistics support agency.

Jan. 20, 2016

DLA Energy awards Army’s first hybrid renewable energy contract

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army’s energy needs are getting another boost thanks to a first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy contract with projected savings of at least $168 million in energy costs over the next few decades at Fort Hood.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod, Defense Logistics Agency Energy commander, addresses the audience during his opening remarks at the 15th annual Joint Petroleum Seminar at the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Jan. 11.

Jan. 19, 2016

Joint Petroleum Seminar emphasizes importance of collaboration, logistics

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy and Joint Chiefs of Staff Logistics hosted its 15th annual Joint Petroleum Seminar at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Jan. 11-13.

John Danko, owner of Danko Arlington Foundry, displays a casting pattern developed with additive manufacturing processes to Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees visiting his family’s foundry during DLA Aviation’s Forging and Casting Assistance Team’s September 2015 “Introduction to Metal Casting and Forging” Technology Transfer Seminar. (DLA Aviation Courtesy Photo)

Jan. 19, 2016

DLA forging and casting investment continues to provide returns 25 years later

In the early 1990s, Defense Logistics Agency recognized the need to invest in future technology; the agency saw that some once-robust domestic supply chains were disappearing, fragmenting or going overseas. Now, 25-plus years later, the agency’s forging and casting initiative is yielding benefits from knowledge shared by industry, the military services and DLA Aviation.

Pictured from left, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy Director Claire Grady presents Donald Peschka with the 2015 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Acquisition and Contracting Legends Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 12.

Jan. 14, 2016

Former employee receives DoD leadership award

ARLINGTON, Virginia — A former Defense Logistics Agency Energy Bulk Fuels Contracting division chief earned the 2015 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Acquisition and Contracting Legends Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 12.

Jan. 13, 2016

DLA Document Services delivers critical print-on-demand products

DLA Document Services offers various print-on-demand documents that provide critical information to deployed personnel throughout the world.