DLA Headquarters News

Former Defense Logistics Agency Executive Director of Logistics Operations Policy and Strategy Jeffrey Curtis earns a place in the 2025 DLA Hall of Fame.

May 16, 2025

2025 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Jeffrey Curtis

A leader known as an expert in supply chain and operations research as well as for turning the Defense Logistics Agency’s wealth of data into actionable information is a 2025 DLA Hall of Fame member.

Former Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials Administrator Ronnie Favors earns a place in the 2025 DLA Hall of Fame.

May 15, 2025

2025 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Ronnie Favors

A senior logistician known for exceptional leadership, strategic vision and dedication to the field of strategic materials management across the Defense Logistics Agency is a 2025 DLA Hall of Fame member.

Former Defense Logistics Agency Energy Deputy Director Customer Operations Linda Barnett earns a place in the 2025 DLA Hall of Fame.

May 14, 2025

2025 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Linda Barnett

An acquisition leader known for improving the integration of bulk petroleum management and increasing efficiency throughout Defense Logistics Agency Energy is a 2025 DLA Hall of Fame member.

Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters Police Officer Jennifer Lozano poses for a photo next to a patrol truck

May 13, 2025

National Police Week honors DLA police officers

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency and communities across the nation honor the men and women who serve in law enforcement in recognition of National Police Week May 11 to 17.

Military field ambulances parked in a warehouse.

May 5, 2025

Pacific team helps Navy close out Guam EMF

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Agency reverse logisticians help U.S. Seventh Fleet components clear out large equipment and more than 70 containers of excess expeditionary medical equipment and material.

Two people in the front of a conference room demonstrate how to put on protective gear to people sitting at tables and desks.

April 29, 2025

Deployable opportunities get employees from their desks to the center of the action

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency employees have the opportunity to deploy worldwide to help the agency serve warfighters and meet its mission. The Rapid Deployment Team is now seeking volunteers for 2026.

Army Brig. Gen. Gail Atkins relinquished command

April 25, 2025

DSCC’s commanding general departs for Army Materiel Command

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Defense Supply Center Columbus and the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime bid farewell to its commanding general April 18.

Defense Logistics Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly discusses contested logistics challenges and future sustainment opportunities with senior Defense Department logisticians

April 21, 2025

Joint Force logisticians discuss processes, future sustainment in contested logistics environment

TYSONS, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is collaborating with the Joint Force sustainment community to establish partnerships and plans to better understand requirements and posture supplies in the contested logistics environment.

April 18, 2025

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week honors DLA’s 911 dispatchers

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After placing a call to 911, the first responder to answer before help arrives will be the calm voice of a public safety telecommunications professional or dispatcher.

April 18, 2025

Warstopper program changes could improve surge capabilities for critical supplies

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Expanding DLA's Warstopper Program to address critical material needs of the entire Defense Department would help boost industry’s ability to surge to meet unexpected demands and potentially save money, according to a new white paper.

April 16, 2025

Troop Support provides more than 37,000 pounds of food for Easter, religious items for Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Passover

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support provided more than 37,000 pounds of food to service members around the globe for Easter, April 20. In addition to special religious items for Ash Wednesday, Palm Sunday, Orthodox Palm Sunday and Passover.

Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly speaks to a room of seated participants with other DLA senior leaders at a table behind him

April 15, 2025

Sexual assault awareness proclamation signing highlights workplace trust, safety

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency leaders signed a Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month proclamation to emphasize protecting the workforce and maintaining trust in the integrity of the organization at the McNamara Headquarters Complex April 14.

April 15, 2025

PACE Spotlight: Casch Kunkel

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Casch Kunkel is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in PACE, he will be placed at the DLA Disposition Services site at Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania.

Defense Logistics Agency’s Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, second from the left, and senior Navy officers serve on a panel to discuss contested logistics challenges and future sustainment opportunities in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command

April 11, 2025

Senior military leaders discuss challenges, future sustainment in INDO-PACOM

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — For the past 30 to 50 years, the United States has had freedom of maneuver to sustain the fleet anywhere it wants, but that’s not going to cut it in a contested environment, the deputy chief of Naval Operations for Installations and Logistics said at the Sea-Air-Space 2025 Expo at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center April 8.

A soldier in safety gear motions for a vehicle to depart a ship.

April 10, 2025

“Lightning Purge” of obsolete Army equipment in Hawaii

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services recently supported a successful Army 25th Infantry Division two-month property divestiture that allows Indo-Pacific-focused logisticians to prioritize warfighting and readiness in the region.