DLA Headquarters News

Eric Santiago, accountable property officer at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, has been awarded the Commander’s Mission Impact Award for first quarter fiscal year 2016.

Jan. 29, 2016

Pearl Harbor’s Santiago awarded Commander’s Mission Impact Award

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Eric Santiago, accountable property officer at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, has been awarded the Commander’s Mission Impact Award for first quarter fiscal year 2016.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Installation Energy Director Pam Griffith, second from far left, and other stakeholders break ground on the Army’s first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy project at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 28. DLA Energy supported the Army’s renewable energy goals through a contract awarded Jan. 15.

Jan. 29, 2016

DLA Energy helps Army shape first large-scale renewable energy portfolio at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Energy and other stakeholders broke ground Jan. 28 on the Army’s first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy project at Fort Hood, Texas.

Army 1st Sgt. Michael S. Warren, Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna installation senior enlisted advisor, has been selected to attend the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Jan. 28, 2016

Susquehanna installation senior advisor selected for USASMA

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Army 1st Sgt. Michael S. Warren, Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna installation senior enlisted advisor, has been selected to attend the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Ft. Bliss, Texas.

Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin along with USTRANSCOM Command Sgt. Maj. William Turner and Army Sgt. Maj. Rodger Mansker visited DLA Distribution leadership on Jan. 20.

Jan. 27, 2016

Distribution leadership hosts DLA Command Sergeant Major

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Defense Logistics Agency Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin along with USTRANSCOM Command Sgt. Maj. William Turner and Army Sgt. Maj. Rodger Mansker visited DLA Distribution on Jan. 20 to learn how the organization performs storage and distribution functions for the military services and other key customers.

DLA Director Lt. Gen. Andrew Busch, left, with Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin, right, speak to DLA Distribution Red River, Texas, employees at the Dec. 18 Town Hall.

Jan. 27, 2016

DLA Director hosts town hall with Red River employees

RED RIVER, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch visited DLA Distribution Red River, Texas, on Dec. 18.

In front of family members, friends and co-workers, the Stephen F. Byus Community Center was dedicated Jan. 21 during a ceremony on the installation. Suzanna Byus, Stephen's mother, and Navy Rear Adm. John King, DLA Land and Maritime commander, unveil the plaque that will be permanently displayed inside the center.

Jan. 22, 2016

DLA Land and Maritime cements legacy of fallen hero

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime on Jan. 21 paid a final tribute to one if its own, renaming a newly renovated building to honor a fallen hero, Stephen Byus.

Construction is underway on the new Defense Logistics Agency Aviation operations center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Phase I of the project is scheduled to be complete by late summer 2018. When completed, the five-story building will house roughly 875 employees.

Jan. 21, 2016

DLA Aviation Operations Center Phase I construction in full swing

RICHMOND, Virginia — Construction on the new five-story Defense Logistics Agency Aviation Operations Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia is in full swing and a great deal of progress has been made since the groundbreaking ceremony back on Oct. 15, 2015.

New Army recruits receive updated operational camouflage pattern Army combat uniforms and accessories at Fort Benning, Georgia, Dec. 20. Approximately 1,300 recruits at Fort Benning have already been issued the fiscal year 2016 clothing bag, which includes OCP ACUs and accessories.

Jan. 21, 2016

Recruits receive new Army uniforms as rollout continues

PHILADELPHIA — Army recruits will now join soldiers already wearing the Operational Camouflage Pattern as the rollout of the new Army Combat Uniform continues.

Employees can check for changes in the local operating status at www.dla.mil/distribution or by signing up for email alerts and/or text messages from AtHoc, DLA’s Emergency Mass Notification System.

Jan. 21, 2016

Employees encouraged to plan ahead for potential winter storm

Defense Logistics Agency employees are encouraged to start preparing now for what forecasters believe could be a severe, potentially historic snowstorm in the region Friday through Saturday.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Bradrick Davis, transportation Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been awarded the Distribution Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter for fourth quarter, fiscal year 2015.

Jan. 20, 2016

Susquehanna’s Davis awarded Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Army Sgt. 1st Class Bradrick Davis, transportation non-commissioned officer in charge at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., has been awarded the Distribution Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter for fourth quarter, fiscal year 2015 for his performance, outstanding professional skill, knowledge and leadership.

John Danko, owner of Danko Arlington Foundry, displays a casting pattern developed with additive manufacturing processes to Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employees visiting his family’s foundry during DLA Aviation’s Forging and Casting Assistance Team’s September 2015 “Introduction to Metal Casting and Forging” Technology Transfer Seminar. (DLA Aviation Courtesy Photo)

Jan. 19, 2016

DLA forging and casting investment continues to provide returns 25 years later

In the early 1990s, Defense Logistics Agency recognized the need to invest in future technology; the agency saw that some once-robust domestic supply chains were disappearing, fragmenting or going overseas. Now, 25-plus years later, the agency’s forging and casting initiative is yielding benefits from knowledge shared by industry, the military services and DLA Aviation.

Rob Sterbutzel, right, tours Col. Gerhard Schweiger and CWO Walter Wolfram, Republic of Austria Army, through DLA Distribution Susquehanna’s walk and pick area, where small, fast-moving items are stored at the distribution center.

Jan. 19, 2016

Republic of Austria Army visits DLA Distribution

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Two members of the Republic of Austria Army – Col. Gerhard Schweiger and CWO Walter Wolfram - visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution on Jan. 14.

The DLA Distribution Warner Robins, Ga., Disposition to Distribution, or D2, team has been named Team of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Jan. 15, 2016

Warner Robins D2 team wins Team of the Quarter

WARNER ROBINS, Georgia — The DLA Distribution Warner Robins, Ga., Distribution and Disposition, or D2, team has been named Team of the Quarter for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Major Ben Yanovich, Israeli Air Force, right, discusses DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa.’s, small parcel area with Ron Hunziker, a subject matter expert at the distribution center.

Jan. 15, 2016

DLA Distribution hosts Israeli Air Force

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Maj. Ben Yanovich, Israeli Air Force, visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution on Jan. 12 to discuss DLA’s global logistics processes and how DLA Distribution supports foreign military sales customers.

Army Lt. Col. Hattie Richardson, DLA Distribution Anniston’s commander, right, discusses the organization’s small arms mission with Army Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, Army Material Command’s deputy commanding general, left, during his visit to the distribution center on Jan. 11.

Jan. 14, 2016

AMC deputy commanding general visits Anniston distribution center

ANNISTON, Alabama — On Jan. 11, Army Lt. Gen. Larry Wyche, deputy commanding general of Army Material Command, visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Anniston, Ala., to discuss small arms operations and the distribution center’s wall-to-wall weapons inventory and item-unique identification labeling.