DLA Headquarters News

A large hammer forge at SIFCO Industries in Cleveland uses tons of pressure to form metal into high-strength military parts.

April 20, 2016

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Casting and forging are among the oldest manufacturing methods but are still used to make some very high-tech parts needed by the military.

Army researchers use cutting edge 3D printers
Inside a massive 3D printer a delicate head moves at lightning speed to precisely deposit heated plastic layer-by-layer to create a hardened part.

April 20, 2016

Parts on Demand

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, will someday enable DLA to make hard-to-obtain parts quickly and economically, starting with seven aircraft parts.

April 20, 2016

DLA’s Process Problem Solvers

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA’s Weapon System Sustainment R&D Program helps make sure customers have the parts they need, addressing process problems as they occur.

Ram Chhetri, a mechanic from Nepal, washes off an M1151 up-armored Humvee outside the 1st Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade vehicle maintenance facility at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Oct. 8. Ray Green, a mechanic from Charleston, S.C., supervises from behind the vehicle. Shipped from Iraq, ITT-contracted mechanics finished retrofitting the vehicle to Fragmentation Kit Seven configurations, upgrading it from FRAG-5.

April 20, 2016

Coming Soon to a Trail Near You … Maybe

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA is looking at several options for disposing of excess military vehicles to recoup taxpayer dollars while protecting the public.

Navy Rear Adm. Vincent L. Griffith visits with DLA personnel at Naval Support Activity Bahrain during a recent visit to the Middle East.

April 20, 2016

A Conversation with … Navy Rear Adm. Vincent L. Griffith

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA’s Director of Logistics Operations talks about DLA’s support to deployed warfighters, humanitarian relief, the nuclear enterprise and more.

April 20, 2016

DLA NewsWire

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — News from across the agency is highlighted through DLA Newswire.

April 20, 2016

I am DLA

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Wallan Hashimoto, a management and program analyst for DLA Disposition Services Pacific.

April 20, 2016

History Highlights

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — “The Army marches on its stomach” is a phrase credited to Napoleon, but the need to feed a military on the move is a timeless concern.

Employees from Japan Iron Engineering work on above ground holding tanks used for storing hazardous waste materials removed from Navy at Fleet Activities, Yokuska, Japan. Photo by Yasuo Tsunoda

April 15, 2016

Agency employees help sailors ship out their hazardous wastes

Yokosuka, Japan — When used oils or fluids from Navy ships at Yokosuka, Japan, need to be disposed of, sailors turn to DLA Disposition Services for help.

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch delivers his opening remarks to employees at the Process Excellence All-Hands Town Hall April 12. Seated left to right: Marcus Bowers, Billie Sue Goff and Heather Vickers.

April 14, 2016

DLA director stresses audit sustainment and Process Excellence to workforce

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch and members of DLA’s Strategic Plans and Policy division left no doubt that audit sustainment and Process Excellence remain a top priority for the agency. The director hosted an all-hands town hall meeting on the subject at the McNamara Headquarters Complex April 12.

DLA Aviation employee Kim Chambers works as a purchasing agent career field and is Level II certified.

April 13, 2016

Aviation employee featured in new video

RICHMOND, Virginia — A new acquisition professionals video focusing on a DLA Aviation employee was released on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites April 13.

Nutan Chada (right), executive producer of the DLA Video Production Team, leads a contract crew on the “set” of Exercise Steel Knight, Twentynine Palms, California, for a Logistics On Location video December 2015.

April 12, 2016

DLA Logistics on Location videos reveal the source behind the force

DLA invites you to view its Logistics on Location videos for a behind-the-scenes look at how the agency supports our nation’s warfighters.

Army Lt. Col. Jamie Miller recently ran a 50-mile endurance run in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

April 12, 2016

'Silent Running': DLA employee finds resiliency in extreme distances

Many DLA employees might refer to their workdays as “running around the whole day,” but Army Lt. Col. Jamie Miller, a DLA senior operations research analyst, literally ran from sunrise to sunset in a recent 50-mile endurance run.

Jessica Martin, lead dispatcher with Greater Richmond ARC, works at DLA Installation Support at Richmond’s Emergency Communications Center. DLA Richmond’s Fire and Emergency Services recognized her service during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, April 10-14, 2016.

April 11, 2016

Emergency Communications Center, partners in protection

April 10-16 is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, when DLA Installation Support at Richmond recognizes the hard work and dedication of its emergency telecommunicators — more commonly known as 911 dispatchers.

DLA offers numerous resources for prevention of and response to sexual assault.

April 11, 2016

Preventing sexual harassment, assault everyone’s responsibility

Employees must play an active role in creating a safe and supportive workplace, Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch said in a recent blog highlighting the prevention of sexual harassment and assault.