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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.

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.

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

Members of the DLA’s Property & Real Estate Management team pose for a group photo at the McNamara Headquarters Complex March 24, 2025.

April 7, 2025

DLA property managers earn industry-recognized certification

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Eight Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management employees earned their industry-recognized National Property Management Association certification at the DLA Headquarters March 28.

Defense Logistics Agency employees listen to Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Stephen Sklenka talk about challenges the U.S. military faces from Pacific adversaries

April 3, 2025

Marine Corps Deputy Commandant to logisticians: Deter, set the theater for potential conflicts

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — This agency is a strategic and critical enabler in the pursuit of setting the theater to deter and posture military forces to prevail, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics told Defense Logistics Agency employees March 28.

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April 1, 2025

Commentary: Civil defense leads DLA to catastrophe response, whole-of-government support

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — There is a common misconception that DLA became a whole-of-government provider after Hurricane Katrina. While DLA did systemize its catastrophe response following the 2005 destruction of New Orleans, it's been helping the nation react to weather events since the early 1970s.