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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.

As part of the DLA Strategic Goal #2 – People and Culture, DLA encourages its employees to take advantage of the resources available to become more resilient, at work and at home.

April 14, 2016

DLA encourages its workforce to become more resilient

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Daily life is constantly throwing us curve balls. Work and home life do not always go as planned. Your boss assigns you an important project with a short suspense date. Your toddler comes down with the flu and is unable to go to daycare. Now you are at home with a sick child and your work is piling up on your desk. Add to that, you are leaving for a business trip in three days.

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla., Stock Readiness Team has been awarded the Team of the Quarter for their continuous process improvement efforts with various backlogs assigned to their team.

April 14, 2016

Distribution Oklahoma’s Team of the Quarter

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Oklahoma City, Okla. Stock Readiness Team has been awarded the Team of the Quarter award for their “lean” work operation.

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.

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna’s, Shipment Planning Team has been awarded the Team of the Quarter for outstanding customer support and stewardship of resources.

April 13, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Shipment Planning Team of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna’s, Shipment Planning Team has been awarded the Team of the Quarter award for outstanding customer support and stewardship of resources.

Robert Reyes, culture action officer, conducts a session of the Culture Roadshow with employees of the Inventory and Support Services Group.

April 12, 2016

San Joaquin dispels hiring myths with Culture Roadshow

SAN JOAQUIN, California — As DLA employees participate in the 2016 DLA Culture Survey, DLA Distribution San Joaquin leadership continues to emphasize the importance of employees letting their voices be heard.

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, Storage Division has been awarded the Team of the Quarter for their flawless warehouse operations with reference to the trans-shipment of over 19,000 vials of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products.

April 12, 2016

Distribution Yokosuka’s Team of the Quarter

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, Storage Division has been awarded the Team of the Quarter award for their consistent work with process improvements with regard to distribution processes and inventory integrity.

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.

Francisco Alvarez, a DLA Disposition Services property disposal specialist, briefs DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch on the progress of the divestiture of Army property over to DLA Distribution and DLA Disposition Services during his April 5 visit to Fort Bliss, Texas.

April 8, 2016

Agency director observes Army divestiture efforts

FORT BLISS, Texas — DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch observed the divestiture of Army property over to DLA Distribution and DLA Disposition Services during his April 5 visit to Fort Bliss, Texas, one of the first sites to start the process.

Paul Finn, supervisory supply technician at Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been chosen as the Employee of the Quarter for first quarter, fiscal year 2016

April 7, 2016

Distribution Susquehanna’s Employee of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Paul Finn, supervisory supply technician at DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been selected as the Employee of the Quarter for the first quarter fiscal year 2016.

Twila Gonzales, Senior Executive Service, DLA Distribution deputy commander, front row, center, poses with the graduates of DLA Distribution Susquehanna’s High Performing Leadership – Phase 1 class.

April 7, 2016

Susquehanna graduates more than 140 from High Performing Leadership course

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — On March 18, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution graduated more than 140 of DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa.’s, supervisors from the High Performing Leadership – Phase 1 program.