DLA Energy News

June 18, 2020

JCASO helps ARNORTH contracting team provide commercial support to medical units assisting U.S. hospitals

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Military medical teams that augmented U.S. hospital staffs providing COVID-19 care had commercial lodging, food, laundry support and more with help from the Defense Logistics Agency mid-March through May.

June 18, 2020

DLA Troop Support helps keep lunchtime going during COVID-19

DLA Troop Support — At the height of schools closing around the country due to COVID-19 in mid-March, the Defense Logistics Agency’s Subsistence supply chain added 200 schools from Illinois to a program that would help them get fresh fruits and vegetables into lunches for students and eventually the community.

June 16, 2020

DLA director describes return-to-work plan in virtual town hall

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency leaders are finalizing a return-to-work plan that balances employee safety with the agency’s warfighter support mission, DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams said during a live Town Hall via Facebook.

June 16, 2020

Agency leaders host virtual DLA Indo-Pacific command ceremony via video

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — During DLA Indo-Pacific's June 12 change of command ceremony, Navy Capt. Kristin Acquavella used video to incorporate personal messages of appreciation for the DLA Indo-Pacific team from herself and other agency leaders.

June 15, 2020

Living his dream

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Two weeks after his high school graduation in June 1965, George Tyras joined the United States Air Force and became an aircraft fueling operator in U-Tapao, Thailand, servicing KC-135 and B-52 aircraft from Vietnam. Operation Rolling Thunder was underway and gas was 31 cents a gallon. Fifty-four years later, Tyras is ending his career with more than 54 years of total federal service.

June 15, 2020

DLA operations leader describes supply chain resilience for COVID-19

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Multiple customers rushing to buy finite supplies was one of the Defense Logistics Agency’s biggest challenges in its COVID-19 response, the agency’s executive director of operations said during a June 11 virtual panel discussion on supply chain resilience. 

June 12, 2020

From clerk typist to SES, Gonzales retires from DLA Distribution with 40 years of federal service

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Over 40 years ago, while still in college, Twila Coleen Gonzales, Senior Executive Service, embarked on a remarkable journey. The journey began in her native state, California, with her first federal position as a GS-01 clerk typist at the former Sharpe Army Depot — now part of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California. Gonzales rose through the ranks from clerk typist, concluding her 40 year federal career at the SES level as deputy commander of DLA Distribution.

June 11, 2020

Energy project powers Hill AFB resiliency

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO – LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force website — AFCEC, in collaboration with the Defense Logistics Agency–Energy, awarded the contract to Energy Systems Group, the energy service company, in April 2018, for upgrades to 258 buildings, totaling six million square feet by incorporating seven energy conservation measure upgrades.

June 10, 2020

DLA ready to support new hurricane season

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA’s Whole of Government Division supports federal and state agencies during natural disasters and provides items like medical supplies, firefighting equipment, construction materials and fuel during crisis situations.

June 10, 2020

Then and Now: A 2020 look into LESO

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Since its inception over 20 years ago, the Law Enforcement Support Office, more commonly referred to as the 1033 program, has provided various kinds of excess Department of Defense property to law enforcement agencies across the country. Throughout its history, numerous questions have been asked: where did the program originate, what is the purpose, who is eligible to participate and how does it work?