Army colonel leads DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. –

Army Col. Edward Runyan accepted the reins of the Defense Logistics Agency’s regional command for U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in a change of command ceremony July 1.

Runyan, a recent graduate of the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, replaces Army Col. Michelle Agpalza.

Incoming commander of the Defense Logistics Agency’s U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations region Army Col. Edward Runyan address the workforce for the first time during a change of command ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, July 1. Runyan is a recent graduate of the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM.

Runyan thanked Agpalza for her superb leadership and efforts over the last two years and expressed his excitement and satisfaction in joining the DLA team.

Agpalza arrived at DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM in July 2023. She thanked Director of Logistics Operations Air Force Maj. Gen. David Sanford for his confidence in her leadership and her DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM team for their professionalism and efforts.

Sanford noted that CENTCOM remains a very relevant theater in light of recent world events. He thanked Col. Agpalza for her tireless leadership and hard work and wished her luck with her follow-on assignment as the director of logistics at SOCOM.

Sanford also noted Runyan’s impressive career and expressed full confidence that he is the absolute right fit for leading DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM going forward.