DLA Headquarters News - Category Energy

Feb. 15, 2018

Delivering fuel to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE, Wash. — Around the globe, Defense Logistics Agency Energy is delivering fuel to support global mobility to the warfighter.

Feb. 15, 2018

DLA Energy employees in tandem at work, home

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Little did they know matchmaking was in the cards for two Defense Logistics Agency Energy employees who went from co-workers to friends to spouses.

DLA's participation in the WRP has almost tripled since 2015, from 38 to 100 slots.

Feb. 15, 2018

WRP gives supervisors pool of qualified candidates to fill workforce gaps, build stronger teams

Of the 1,010 WRP interns the agency has temporarily hired since 1995, 128 have been permanently hired through the noncompetitive “Schedule A” authority or the agency’s Pathways to Career Excellence Program, a two-year program designed to train entry-level personnel for subsequent advancement.

DLA employees in Northern Virginia will soon have a new area code and DSN prefix.

Feb. 8, 2018

DLA sites in Northern Va. to have new area code, DSN prefix

Defense Logistics Agency employees in Northern Virginia will soon be converting to a new area code and DSN prefix as part of the agency’s deployment of new telephone services.

Individual winners and teams pose according to their height achievements in the HQC Climb Mount Everest challenge.

Feb. 2, 2018

Headquarters employees reach great heights in fitness challenge

Twenty teams and 11 individuals tested their intestinal fortitude and structural integrity of the McNamara Headquarters staircases as they competed in the annual Climb Mount Everest challenge from Dec. 4, 2017, to Jan. 12, 2018. The event helps promote workforce resiliency, in line with the goals of the DLA People and Culture Plan.

Chris Boeding walks with DLA Energy Deputy Commander Guy Beougher

Feb. 2, 2018

A day in the life of an SES

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Energy employee Chris Boeding walks side by side a senior executive during a week-long shadowing experience with DLA Energy Deputy Commander Guy Beougher, Jan. 22-26.

Waegwan Defense Fuel Supply Point closes

Jan. 29, 2018

Pipeman Pete finds new home as historic fuel supply point closes

USAG DAEGU, South Korea — The DLA Energy Korea team began the drawdown of DFSP Waegwan in June 2016, reallocating over 5.5 million gallons of U.S. fuel to other DFSPs in Korea and meeting the December 2017 deadline.

Sexual assault response coordinators are available by phone every day, at any hour, to provide advocacy and crisis intervention.

Jan. 29, 2018

Sexual assault sees zero tolerance at DLA; advocates available any hour, any day

Sexual violence is among the most serious trauma a person can experience, yet it’s one of the most underreported crimes in the workplace. The Department of Defense is striving to eliminate sexual assault and sexual harassment, among civilians and military members — and the Defense Logistics Agency is at the forefront thanks to a robust Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program.

Jan. 29, 2018

3 Hurricanes, 30 Days: A look at DLA Energy Americas’ rapid response

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas and Task Force Americas rapidly responded to not one, but three major hurricanes that struck within a 30-day time span.

Jan. 26, 2018

Joint Petroleum Seminar emphasizes collaboration, planning

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The 17th annual Joint Petroleum Seminar hosted by DLA Energy brought fuel officers from around the world and across the military petroleum community.

Members of DLA’s rapid deployment Red Team brave the gas chamber to conduct a functions test on personal protective equipment during nuclear, biological and chemical training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Jan. 16-20.

Jan. 25, 2018

Rapid deployment ‘Red Team’ completes training, ready for future missions

The Defense Logistics Agency Rapid Deployment Team that spent five weeks in Puerto Rico helping orchestrate critical support to victims of Hurricane Maria has completed mobilization training in preparation of supporting other military and humanitarian missions around the world.

Jan. 24, 2018

Session raises awareness of recruitment program’s benefits

Defense Logistics Agency Equal Employment Office officials hosted an information session at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Jan. 18 for managers and supervisors eager to learn more about the Workforce Recruitment Program.

Jan. 18, 2018

2019 Worldwide Energy Conference announced

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Energy will host the 2019 Worldwide Energy Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, May 20-23, 2019.

Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams, the director of DLA, remarks on the impact the King's letter had on the quest for civil rights and the resonance it continues to have on the national consciousness.

Jan. 18, 2018

HQC employees honor King’s memory with focus on ‘Letter From a Birmingham Jail’

McNamara Headquarters Complex employees honored the memory and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 17 with a video recitation of one of his most prominent writings, the letter he wrote from a jail cell after being arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, April 12, 1963, on charges of violating laws against mass public demonstrations.

Federal law enforcement officers undergo training at FLETC in Glynco, Georgia, where DLA officers recently received several awards.

Jan. 16, 2018

DLA Police officers earn top honors in federal training

Five Defense Logistics Agency police officers received seven awards on graduating from training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Jan. 2, a first for DLA.