DLA Headquarters News

Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan E. Day (center), commander of DLA Aviation visited DLA Distribution Feb. 22 for an overview of DLA Distribution, and a tour of Distributions largest warehouse, the Eastern Distribution Center at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

Feb. 27, 2017

Distribution headquarters hosts Aviation commander

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Air Force Brig. Gen. Allan E. Day, commander of DLA Aviation visited DLA Distribution Feb. 22 for an overview of DLA Distribution, and a tour of DoD’s largest warehouse, the Eastern Distribution Center at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.

DLA Troop Support flag room embroider Nereida Rivera, left, stitches a vice presidential flag alongside a Betsy Ross interpreter during a museum exhibit opening at the Betsy Ross House Feb. 17 in Philadelphia. Rivera is one of 16 DLA embroiders featured in “Historic Threads: 250 Years of Flag Making in Philadelphia,” which highlights the city’s centuries-long tradition of flag making.

Feb. 23, 2017

‘Flag ladies’ continue Betsy Ross legacy as museum-worthy Philadelphia flag-makers

PHILADELPHIA — Embroiderers at DLA Troop Support continue the flag-making legacy of Betsy Ross and the many needle workers who preceded them. The "flag ladies" are featured in the Betsy Ross House’s newest exhibit “Historic Threads: 250 Years of Flag Making in Philadelphia.”

Army Staff Sgt. Jenna Vaughn, 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s Iraq Train and Equip Funding noncommissioned officer, inspects bulldozers received for ITEF July 12, 2016 in Southwest Asia. Armored bulldozers such as these were provided through DLA Troop Support’s Heavy Equipment Procurement Program and will allow Iraqi combat engineers to more effectively clear convoy routes of roadside bombs and other threats in the ongoing fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Feb. 22, 2017

C&E sends heavy equipment to support Iraq, counter ISIL

PHILADELPHIA — Armored bulldozers and track loaders provided by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are playing a role in protecting Iraq from the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Shirley Merrell, a supply system analyst with DLA Distribution Red River, Texas, recently retired with nearly 51 years of federal service.

Feb. 22, 2017

Red River’s Merrell retires with almost 51 years of federal service

TEXARKANA, Texas — Shirley Merrell, a supply system analyst with DLA Distribution Red River, Texas, recently retired with nearly 51 years of federal service.

DLA senior enlisted leader Command Sgt. Major Charles Tobin (standing right) and Sgt. First Class Yadriana Kavitz from DLA’s Joint Logistics Operations Center present a DLA overview to senior enlisted soldiers from the Combined Arms Support Command in Fort Lee, Virginia, Feb. 16.

Feb. 21, 2017

DLA command sergeant major shares DLA story with CASCOM enlisted leaders

DLA's senior enlisted leader shared career insights and leadership lessons with senior enlisted personnel at the Combined Arms Support Command in Fort Lee, Virginia, Feb. 16.

Newly assigned Defense Logistics Agency National Account Managers visited DLA Distribution headquarters and its largest distribution center in the network, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 15.

Feb. 17, 2017

DLA Distribution headquarters hosts new Air Force National Account Managers

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — The newly assigned Defense Logistics Agency Air Force National Account Managers visited DLA Distribution headquarters and its largest distribution center in the network, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 15 to discuss DLA’s global logistics processes.

The Defense Logistics Agency didn’t exist during Washington’s or Lincoln’s presidency, but history shows DLA’s services would have been invaluable to both leaders.

Feb. 17, 2017

Presidents Day: Lessons in logistics from Washington and Lincoln

As the Defense Logistics Agency celebrates Presidents Day, it’s worth a look at the logistics difficulties Washington and Lincoln endured as they led the nation to victory in wartime without the benefit of DLA.

(Left to right) David Gledhill, chief executive officer, Port of Salalah; Peter A. Boone, deputy commander, DLA Distribution Bahrain; Army Brig. Gen. Martin A. Chapin, commanding general, DLA Energy; Navy Capt. Terrel Fisher, forward commander, DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM; Army Col. Eric J. Larson, senior defense official and defense attaché, US Embassy Muscat; Hamdan Al Hinai, director of procurement and contracts, Office of the Secretary General, Ministry of Defence; and Paul McMillan, area manager, DLA Disposition Europe cut the ribbon on the newest material processing center in Salalah, Oman on Feb. 9.

Feb. 16, 2017

DLA Distribution’s first material processing center officially opens in Salalah, Oman

SALALAH, Oman — DLA Distribution Salalah, Oman held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new material processing center on Feb. 9. DLA Energy’s commanding general, Air Force Brig. Gen. Martin A. Chapin officiated the ceremony.

Robert Brandt at the hospital, receiving chemotherapy.

Feb. 16, 2017

DLA employee opens up about battling cancer

An employee of DLA Information Operations discusses his recent battle with cancer and how his family, friends, and DLA coworkers helped him in the fight.

Army Capt. Demetrius Walton, DLA’s deputy command chaplain, kneels in prayer in the McNamara Headquarters Complex’s newly renovated prayer and meditation room. Above him is an LED light box that depicts a stained glass window from the Defense Distribution Susquehanna Chapel, which was built in 1941 and is one of the Defense Department’s oldest chapels.

Feb. 15, 2017

Prayer, meditation room gives HQC employees calm atmosphere to practice spirituality

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — A quiet, serene spot for prayer and reflection is just steps away for McNamara Headquarters Complex employees.

Christopher Camacho, Area Manager, DLA Disposition Services (left); and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, director, Defense Logistics Agency; look at damaged doors taken from High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, aka Humvees, as Busch tours a DLA warehouse with Joseph Hayward, Supply Management Specialist, DLA Distribution and Brent Cox, Director, DLA Distribution aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Jan. 26.

Feb. 14, 2017

Defense Logistics Agency three star visits MCLB Barstow

BARSTOW, California — United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, who heads the organization supplying every branch of America’s military, visited Defense Logistics Agency facilities aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Jan. 26.

The Department of Homeland Security recently updated its lists of states that are compliant, noncompliant, or under extensions for making the ID they issue conform to the Real ID Act.

Feb. 14, 2017

Deadline for ‘Real ID’-compliant driver’s license extended to June for some states

If you have family members whose only ID is issued by one of an expanded list of non-compliant states or territories, they will not be able to use that ID for unescorted access to Department of Defense or other federal facilities after June 6, following an extension of the deadline by the Department of Homeland Security.

Pictured are the Navy Reservists of DLA Distribution Operations Team San Joaquin with members of the Distribution Expeditionary Logistics and the DDXX team assigned to DLA Distribution San Joaquin.

Feb. 13, 2017

DLA San Joaquin hosts Expeditionary Academy

TRACY, California — Members of the DLA Distribution Expeditionary Team assigned to DLA Distribution San Joaquin, in concert with partners from DLA Distribution Expeditionary Logistics and DLA Training, hosted an Expeditionary Academy Jan. 17 through 27 for the DLA Distribution Operations Team San Joaquin Navy Reserve unit. The two-week event consisted of classroom and hands-on training, with a focus on DLA Distribution and mobilization training.

Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees with the DLA Joint Reserve Force staff at the IMA All-Call event Feb. 3, 2017.

Feb. 10, 2017

DLA Hosts Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees

The DLA Joint Reserve Force hosted 45 Air Force Individual Mobilization Augmentees for a weekend of training, networking and team building at DLA Headquarters, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 3-5.

Curtis Rumbaugh, branch chief of Voluntary Campaigns for the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Services, discusses changes to the 2017 Combined Federal Campaign during a DLA CFC awards ceremony in the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 9.

Feb. 10, 2017

DLA celebrates exceeding CFC goal at awards ceremony

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Workers and contributors to the Defense Logistics Agency’s 2016 Combined Federal Campaign celebrated surpassing the organization’s donation goal during an awards ceremony in the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Feb. 9.