DLA Headquarters News

April 18, 2025

Warstopper program changes could improve surge capabilities for critical supplies

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Expanding DLA's Warstopper Program to address critical material needs of the entire Defense Department would help boost industry’s ability to surge to meet unexpected demands and potentially save money, according to a new white paper.

Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly speaks to a room of seated participants with other DLA senior leaders at a table behind him

April 15, 2025

Sexual assault awareness proclamation signing highlights workplace trust, safety

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency leaders signed a Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month proclamation to emphasize protecting the workforce and maintaining trust in the integrity of the organization at the McNamara Headquarters Complex April 14.

Defense Logistics Agency’s Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, second from the left, and senior Navy officers serve on a panel to discuss contested logistics challenges and future sustainment opportunities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

April 11, 2025

Senior military leaders discuss challenges, future sustainment in INDO-PACOM

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — For the past 30 to 50 years, the United States has had freedom of maneuver to sustain the fleet anywhere it wants, but that’s not going to cut it in a contested environment, the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics said at the Sea-Air-Space 2025 Expo at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center April 8.

Defense Logistics Agency employees listen to Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka talk about challenges the U.S. military faces from Pacific adversaries

April 3, 2025

Marine Corps Deputy Commandant to logisticians: Deter, set the theater for potential conflicts

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — This agency is a strategic and critical enabler in the pursuit of setting the theater to deter and posture military forces to prevail, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics told Defense Logistics Agency employees March 28.

Trident Refit Facility, Bangor team members work together to undock USS Maine

April 1, 2025

Defending the Triad: Sustaining the Nuclear Sea Leg

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime ensures the sea leg of the U.S. nuclear triad remains ready through expert logistics and close collaboration with Navy partners.

Contested logistics white paper graphic.

April 1, 2025

Contested logistics white paper: US military logistics no longer uncontested in Europe

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has forced the U.S. and NATO allies to confront the hard truth that the European continent is no longer a secure, uncontested environment for military logistics, according to a new white paper.

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April 1, 2025

Commentary: Civil defense leads DLA to catastrophe response, whole-of-government support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — There is a common misconception that DLA became a whole-of-government provider after Hurricane Katrina. While DLA did systemize its catastrophe response following the 2005 destruction of New Orleans, it's been helping the nation react to weather events since the early 1970s.

The Defense Logistics Agency’s Deputy Director of Logistics Operations Kristin French, left, the Veteran Health Administration’s Deputy Assistant Under Secretary for Health for Support Ronald Miller, center, and DLA’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer Shawn Lennon, right, sign a 10-year, $3.6 billion Level 2 interagency agreement March 12, 2025, at the McNamara Headquarters Complex in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

March 27, 2025

DLA and VHA sign 10-year, $3.6B partnership agreement

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency and Veterans Health Administration signed an interagency agreement for healthcare support at DLA Headquarters March 12.

March 24, 2025

Real ID Act brings new identification requirements for domestic travel, installation access

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After years of delays and extensions, the federal government’s Real ID Act is officially in effect, bringing new identification requirements for domestic air travel and access to federal facilities and military installations.

A man and a woman stand in a warehouse in front of boxes looking at papers.

March 17, 2025

AI to boost efficiency, optimize logistics support as DLA standardizes use of new tech

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — AI is already empowering decisions across DLA with over 55 models in various stages of production, testing and use in areas like demand planning and supply chain risk management.

March 14, 2025

DLA vehicle managers use technology to enhance safety, operational efficiency

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is modernizing its fleet management practices using technology monitoring vehicle use and employee driving behaviors to make informed decisions about safety, costs and operational efficiency.

March 13, 2025

DLA applying AI to supply chain risk management, warfighter readiness

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Approaching supply chain risk management with a proactive, data-centric mindset and artificial intelligence will ensure DLA provides stable warfighter support and reduces the impacts of supply chain disruptions.

March 12, 2025

Ratings increase in all 4 categories of 2024 Supplier Survey

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Vendor satisfaction rose across all categories in DLA's 2024 Supplier Survey, which ran mid-October through mid-February.

March 11, 2025

DLA receives clean audit opinion for National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA received an unmodified, “clean” audit opinion on the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund financial statements for the first time since assuming the mission in 1988.

March 6, 2025

Battlefield logistics: Collective capabilities key to allied success

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Resilient logistics capabilities will be vital to operational success in future large-scale combat operations, according to a new eight-page white paper titled "Support at the Forward Edge of the Battlefield: Lessons Learned."