DLA Headquarters News - Category Distribution

April 26, 2021

DLA Installation Management Susquehanna’s Prepareathon topic #4: Plan, Prepare, Update

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Susquehanna Security & Emergency Services team initiated a preparedness program for the month of April. Deemed “April Prepareathon,” the Emergency Management team will provide a new topic each week this month to assist employees with preparing for disasters and other emergencies.

April 23, 2021

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month Spotlight: Nicholas Bennett

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Headquarters Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Nicholas Bennett wants employees to know that sexual assault is a crime that affects victims, their friends, families and the agency.

A black woman in a black shirt and white woman in camo uniform - both wearing black face masks - stand facing each other in front of a cardboard box.

April 22, 2021

Slogan by DLA mechanic to mark agency’s 60th anniversary

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — An automotive mechanic with a penchant for World War I and II history is the winner of the Defense Logistics Agency’s 60th anniversary slogan contest with “Forged by History, Focused on the Future.”

April 22, 2021

DLA Distribution 2021 Earth Week message

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — DLA Installation Management Susquehanna Environmental Management Division has put together an environmental sustainability awareness campaign consisting of several emails to be shared throughout the week to celebrate Earth Day’s 51st anniversary on April 22, 2021.

April 22, 2021

DLA Europe & Africa hosts 21st TSC deputy commander

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Army Brig. Gen. Wanda N. Williams, deputy commanding general for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, visited Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Europe in Germersheim, Germany, for a tour and a DLA Europe & Africa brief April 8.

April 21, 2021

DLA Distribution Anniston, Alabama, hosts U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Commander

ANNISTON, Ala. — Army Lt. Col. Ayo Oladipofaniyi, commander of Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Anniston, Alabama, recently hosted Army Maj. Gen. Darren Werner, commanding general of U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.

Two hands in blue gloves - one holds an arm while the other inserts a needle into the arm.

April 20, 2021

DLA team supports DOD vaccination plan at DHA Headquarters

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees from DLA Headquarters and DLA Distribution support DOD's COVID-19 vaccine rollout with daily help from teams at DLA major subordinate commands.

An infographic depicting the difference in the work of DLA Acquisition comparing 6 months of contract actions in 1990 against an individual month in 2021, amounting to an average eightfold increase.

April 19, 2021

Our Acquisition Workforce

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — The Gulf War ended thirty years ago this February. Among the several ways DLA supported the conflict was the 40,000 contract actions our acquisition workforce conducted with 1,000 companies.

April 19, 2021

DLA Installation Management Susquehanna’s Prepareathon topic #3: Emergency Action Plan

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Susquehanna Security & Emergency Services team initiated a preparedness program for the month of April. Deemed “April Prepareathon,” the Emergency Management team will provide a new topic each week this month to assist employees with preparing for disasters and other emergencies.

April 16, 2021

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month Spotlight: Helen Myres

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Headquarters Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Helen Myres ensures employees are aware that advocacy services for sexual assault victims are available 24/7 through DLA’s SAPR program resources.

White man holds a label over top of a box he's preparing to ship.

April 15, 2021

DLA prepared to increase overseas vaccine distribution as DOD allotment grows

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA is helping military health officials prepare for a surge in COVID-19 vaccinations available to the Defense Department starting this month.

April 15, 2021

DLA supports White House effort to supply masks for low-income communities

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The Defense Logistics Agency is working with the Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture to provide more than 25 million cloth masks to low-income communities.

April 14, 2021

Jack Dietrich named DLA Emergency Communication Center Operator of the Year

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In honor of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management Susquehanna recognizes the emergency services lead dispatcher.

April 12, 2021

DLA Installation Management Susquehanna’s Prepareathon topic #2: Severe Weather – Thunderstorms and Tornadoes

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Emergency Management & Services team provides a new topic each week this month to assist employees with preparing for disasters and other emergencies.

Vincent Price, facilities manager and Eric Harcum, supervisory facilities specialist, both from Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, discuss mailing updated map products.

April 12, 2021

DLA increases map production cycle, ensures safety in aircraft navigation

Richmond, Va. — Maps guide us where we need to go, but they are only as current as their last update. For many years, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and DLA Distribution distributed updated map products to customers on a 168-day production cycle. That changed in February when the Federal Aviation Administration determined that timeline was too long and could lead to safety issues in aeronautical navigation.