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An Airman speaks to a small audience of soldiers on the flight line with Pikes Peak in the background.

Feb. 10, 2021

Joint Army, Air Force petroleum training

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 302nd Airlift Wing website — Airmen from the 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron provided hands-on training to Army petroleum systems technicians from the 59th Quartermaster Company, Fort Carson, on Air Force fuel operations during a group training event here Jan. 27, 2021.

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Feb. 10, 2021

Leading the way: Pacific Leadership Academy

HONOLULU — Two DLA Energy East Pacific employees graduated from the Pacific Leadership Academy Senior Leaders Class of 2020 in Honolulu, Jan. 29. John Reed attended the Senior Leaders program and Tony Scales attended the Emerging Leaders program.

Graphic displays washing machines to show how many washes surgical gowns are put through. Also shows temperature gauges to indicate various water and heat temperatures are used in testing.

Feb. 9, 2021

Product Test Lab verifies conformance of COVID-19 supplies, military gear

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A Defense Logistics Agency laboratory known for burning boots, crushing helmets and ripping combat uniforms is also putting COVID-19 surgical gowns through 25 cycles of wash – all in the name of safety and product conformance.

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Feb. 2, 2021

DLA Energy achieves 99% of CFC goal

Employees came together to help Defense Logistics Agency Energy reach 99% of its 2020 Combined Federal Campaign goal. DLA as a whole exceed its CFC goal of $260,000 by 16 percent.

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Feb. 2, 2021

DLA Customer Interaction Center connects customers with supplies

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Day, night, weekend or holiday, Defense Logistics Agency customers are only about seven seconds away from speaking to a live representative who can provide answers to supply questions ranging from an order’s delivery status to equipment availability.

A T-38 Talon sits under the hardstand at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Jan. 12, 2021. The Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Logistics Agency Military Construction project will enable R-12 refueling of T-38 aircraft near their parking apron with the new aircraft hydrant outlet pits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Christina Carter)

Jan. 31, 2021

Fueling the future: Innovative plans to improve Whiteman AFB

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Whiteman Air Force Base website — Streamlining aircraft refueling is an idea the 509th Logistic Readiness Squadron fuels management flight, has worked on since 2017. This innovative idea is now on its way to becoming reality.

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Jan. 28, 2021

DLA individuals, teams honored in virtual award ceremony

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The 53rd Annual Employee Awards Ceremony recognizes leadership and hard work in support of the agency’s mission with 54 awards in categories such as leaders of the year and acquisition excellence.

Graphic in blue and white depicting the presence of PTACs across 49 states with over 190 thousand hours of counseling going to 57 thousand businesses in 2020.

Jan. 26, 2021

New procurement technical assistance center to help Mariana Island businesses grow

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a new Procurement Technical Assistance Center to help businesses compete for and perform contracts with the Defense Department.

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Jan. 22, 2021

Patient care a priority for customer operations team fulfilling DOD COVID-19 orders

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Behind every order for COVID-19 supplies, every question about shipment status or query on stock availability, there’s a person. So believes Nora Steigerwalt and her customer operations staff in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s medical supply chain.

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Jan. 21, 2021

RDT program manager consolidates DLA’s pandemic support data, assists vaccine distribution

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — As a COVID-19 Task Force member, Amy Stayer is assisting vaccine distribution and tracking commodity support to help agency leaders make supply and distribution decisions that affect DOD and federal partners.

Color wheel graphics show the difference in scores between the 2018 and 2020 Culture/Climate Survey.

Jan. 19, 2021

Culture survey results show positive trends in all categories

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees rated the agency higher than ever in areas like mission goals, organizational learning and team orientation according to initial analysis of results from the 2020 Defense Logistics Agency Culture/Climate Survey.

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Jan. 19, 2021

DLA contracting officers tap numerous sources to provide critical medical supplies 

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Troop Support’s Medical Readiness Division team develops new processes and taps new sources of supply to support the ever-increasing demands of the pandemic.

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Jan. 15, 2021

DLA Troop Support’s construction, equipment team ‘heroes’ of agency’s PPE support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Supplier operations director describes DLA Troop Support's construction and equipment team’s work providing almost half of the agency's pandemic support as miraculous and inspirational.

A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers structural engineer points to a tank laying on its side

Jan. 14, 2021

The Sleepy Tank

OMAHA, Nebraska — DLA Energy worked with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District to demolish a fuel tank damaged by the unprecedented and historical March 2019 flooding in the Missouri and Platte River basins. 

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Jan. 14, 2021

Resilience, hard work keystones of clothing, textiles team’s support for COVID-19

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Clothing, textiles team has worked overtime since March to procure textiles-based items ranging from nitrile gloves to face masks for DOD, HHS and FEMA.