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June 27, 2023
Ongoing interagency collaboration with DLA Police key to emergency preparedness
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Logistics Agency Police and central Ohio law enforcement partners participated in the first of several planned collaborative walk-throughs June 22 of Defense Supply Center Columbus facilities in an effort to continue building relationships and trust to facilitate emergency preparedness.
Joint Reserve Force: ready, responsive, and flexible, worldwide
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA reservists participate in joint exercises around the word to better support the DLA mission.
DLA to undergo DOD quadrennial review
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A DOD-led review will assess whether DLA meets its chartered mission efficiently and effectively. Possible focus areas include contingency demand planning, depot-level reparables and warehouse utilization.
June 23, 2023
DLA team works through weekend to ensure readiness for Navy Fleet Readiness Center Southeast
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Jacksonville, Florida, deployed the first full retail DLA Warehouse Management System, May 30. DDJF supports the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Center Southeast, and with the full support of various DLA teams, FLRCSE’s readiness was maintained when the new WMS went live.
DLA helps with digital scanning of century-old glass pathology slides
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Joint Pathology Center possesses the nation’s oldest pathology tissue repository and one of the largest in the world with over 55 million glass slides and 30 million tissue blocks. For more than a century, its specialists have collected diseased tissue samples, preserving them for medical researchers of the future.
June 22, 2023
Disposition Services efforts in Jacksonville encompass even the largest of items
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site in Jacksonville, Florida, recently assisted in the demilitarization efforts of 72 individual aircraft center barrels.
DLA Energy Acquisition Workforce Symposium
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Energy welcomed 440 employees in person and virtually for the 2023 Acquisition Workforce Symposium at the McNamara Headquarters Complex on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, June 13-15.
June 21, 2023
Commentary: First agency director sketches, foretells growth in commodity management
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Before his tour as first director of the Defense Supply Agency ended, Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara shared his ideas for improving military logistics with Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara.
DLA Distribution Red River, Texas, command changes hands
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Army Lt. Col. Joseph J. Lee took command of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Red River, Texas, from outgoing commander Army Lt. Col. Sonia I. Huertas during a change of command ceremony June 14. DLA Distribution Commander, Navy Rear Adm. Grafton D. Chase, Jr., officiated the ceremony.
“Lifeless” breakroom redone with regional Italian flair
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Massimo’s Bistro, named for a longtime local national agency employee at the Aviano site, opened to critical acclaim in May.