DLA Headquarters News

Joe Moore, a DLA Land & Maritime weapon system support manager, is featured in the latest video on DLA acquisition professionals.

April 20, 2016

Land & Maritime employee featured in new video

A new acquisition professionals video focusing on a DLA Land & Maritime employee was released on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites April 20.

Ardra Farally, a chemist and shade evaluator at the DLA Product Test Center in Philadelphia, discusses the shade evaluation process for military uniforms to Army Sgt. Maj. Rodger Mansker of the Army’s operations and logistics readiness directorate.

April 20, 2016

On Spec

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — A new initiative consolidates data to help DLA better define technical standards for clothing and other textile items.

Autonomous guided vehicles can be small and used for maneuvering in tight spaces.

April 20, 2016

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — A variety of new technologies may someday help DLA employees work with less fatigue, greater efficiency and improved safety.

Airman 1st Class James Witter, Airman 1st Class Katie Welsh, Senior Airman Matti Schake, and Tech. Sgt. Rusty Zortman, members of the 155th Sustainment Services Flight, prepare Unit Group Rations to serve lunch to the 155th Small Air Terminal, who traveled to the Transportation Proficiency Center at Dobbins ARB, Ga., July 11-14, 2014. Services sent three Airmen in upgrade training to learn how to serve a large group away from home station.

April 20, 2016

Rations: Better Seal, Longer Shelf Life

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — By improving the seals on food packaging, two DLA projects aim to prevent spoilage of battlefield meals, as well as increase variety and improve taste.

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

April 20, 2016

New Technology, Ancient Industry

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.

Firefighters from DLA Installation Support at Susquehanna, Pa., Fire and Emergency Services practice a vehicle rescue during a training event.

April 19, 2016

DLA Installation Support at Susquehanna F&ES awarded international reaccreditation status

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — DLA Installation Support at Susquehanna, Pa., Fire and Emergency Services has received Accredited Agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International for meeting the criteria established through the CFAI’s voluntary self-assessment and accreditation program. DLA is one of over 200 agencies to achieve Internationally Accredited Agency status with the CFAI and the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc.

April 18, 2016

Independent Public Accountant audit kicks off at DLA Distribution

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — DLA Distribution, along with DLA Aviation and DLA Headquarters J3, J6, and J8 personnel, hosted Kearney & Company, the CPA firm that will perform the independent public audit at DLA Distribution.

Carolyn Coker, material examiner and Identifier supervisor at DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla., has been chosen as the Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016.

April 18, 2016

Distribution Oklahoma City’s Employee of the Quarter

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Carolyn Coker, supervisory material examiner and identifier at DLA Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla., has been selected as the Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter of fiscal year 2016.