DLA Headquarters News - Category Distribution

Jan. 27, 2021

DLA Distribution Tobyhanna improves material identification with a simple continuous process improvement tool

TOBYHANNA, Pa. — Tobyhanna Army Depot CECOM examiner initiated a simple fix to a communication challenge that improved receiving bay workflow.

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Jan. 26, 2021

New procurement technical assistance center to help Mariana Island businesses grow

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has a new Procurement Technical Assistance Center to help businesses compete for and perform contracts with the Defense Department.

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Jan. 25, 2021

DLA Distribution employees pack, ship pandemic supplies to worldwide customers

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — An 18-member team at DLA Distribution Susquehanna works through breaks, arrives early and stays late to ensure personal protective equipment for COVID-19 is shipped to military and federal customers.

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Jan. 22, 2021

Patient care a priority for customer operations team fulfilling DOD COVID-19 orders

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Behind every order for COVID-19 supplies, every question about shipment status or query on stock availability, there’s a person. So believes Nora Steigerwalt and her customer operations staff in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s medical supply chain.

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Jan. 21, 2021

DLA Distribution Sigonella delivers COVID-19 vaccine for troops

SICILY, Italy — As part of the Defense Department’s mission to develop and distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Sigonella, Italy, began receiving, packaging and shipping the -20 degrees Celsius Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to Defense Department employees outside the continental U.S Jan.7.

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Jan. 21, 2021

RDT program manager consolidates DLA’s pandemic support data, assists vaccine distribution

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — As a COVID-19 Task Force member, Amy Stayer is assisting vaccine distribution and tracking commodity support to help agency leaders make supply and distribution decisions that affect DOD and federal partners.

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Jan. 19, 2021

Culture survey results show positive trends in all categories

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees rated the agency higher than ever in areas like mission goals, organizational learning and team orientation according to initial analysis of results from the 2020 Defense Logistics Agency Culture/Climate Survey.

Jan. 19, 2021

Surmacz selected to serve as Distribution’s chief of staff

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Gene Surmacz has been selected to serve as Defense Logistics Agency Distribution’s next chief of staff. Surmacz, who has been serving as acting chief of staff since July 13, 2020, previously held the position of director of Acquisition since 2004.

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Jan. 19, 2021

DLA contracting officers tap numerous sources to provide critical medical supplies

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Troop Support’s Medical Readiness Division team develops new processes and taps new sources of supply to support the ever-increasing demands of the pandemic.

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Jan. 15, 2021

DLA Troop Support’s construction, equipment team ‘heroes’ of agency’s PPE support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Supplier operations director describes DLA Troop Support's construction and equipment team’s work providing almost half of the agency's pandemic support as miraculous and inspirational.

Jan. 15, 2021

Leadership change at DLA Support Team Kuwait – Distribution’s Rozzell accomplishments lauded

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Cmdr. Mark Rozzell relinquished command of Defense Logistics Agency Support Team-Kuwait to Navy Cmdr. Chris Thompson in a virtual change of command ceremony Dec. 10.

Jan. 14, 2021

DLA Distribution Norfolk sends first COVID-19 vaccine military air

NORFOLK, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Norfolk, Virginia’s medical mission team is supporting Operation Warp Speed by delivering Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to overseas Defense Department locations, deployed Navy Fleet units and several locations within the continental U.S.

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Jan. 14, 2021

Resilience, hard work keystones of clothing, textiles team’s support for COVID-19

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Clothing, textiles team has worked overtime since March to procure textiles-based items ranging from nitrile gloves to face masks for DOD, HHS and FEMA.

Jan. 13, 2021

DLA Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas honors and remembers teammates lost during 2020

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx. — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Corpus Christi, Texas, recently set up a small memorial to honor and remember their teammates lost over the past year.

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Jan. 13, 2021

Disposal property specialists help meet needs for critical pandemic supplies

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Property disposal specialists like Jennifer Lobello and Carol Fix have provided over $40 million worth of excess property to aid in military and federal agencies’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.