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New policy to increase unreserved parking at HQC
The McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, has revised its parking policy more than two decades after the building became home to several defense organizations, including the Defense Logistics Agency, which will now manage the policy for the entire complex. Courtesy photo
Jan. 21, 2020 - More than two decades after the Defense Logistics Agency and other tenant organizations occupied the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the parking policy has been revised. DLA will now manage the policy for the entire complex.
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Employee Spotlight: Maggie Mieras
Maggie Mieras was recently hired as the new funds and facilities branch chief within the business support directorate at Battle Creek, Michigan. Mieras retired earlier this year from the military after 32 years of service in the Army with 16 years as a logistics officer. She deployed to Iraq in 2007 for a year as the headquarters commander for the Michigan Army National Guard’s 177th Military Police Brigade. She took 11 ROTC cadets from around the Nation to Costa Rica under the university ROTC Cultural Understanding and Language Program in 2011, and also volunteered for a short training team mission to Liberia in 2014 in support to the Armed Forces of Liberia. She holds a Master of Science in Law Enforcement Intelligence and Analysis from Michigan State University. Mieras enjoys traveling, kayaking, biking and volunteering for the American Legion Post #123 out of Kent City, Michigan.
Jan. 24, 2020 - Maggie Mieras was recently hired as the new funds and facilities branch chief within the business support directorate at Battle Creek, Michigan.
Agency data still solving mysteries
Logistics data expertise from the Defense Logistics Agency recently helped investigators confirm a piece of wreckage may be from a Vietnam-era RF-4C Phantom aircraft like the two shown in flight during a Gallant Eagle exercise in 1988.
Jan. 23, 2020 - There are millions of items no longer used by the Defense Department that still have some value – that is the data about them still serves a purpose.
Disposition director calls for balanced effort in 2020
DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon addresses the workforce in Battle Creek, Michigan, January 21.
Jan. 22, 2020 - Michael Cannon recently encouraged the DLA Disposition Services workforce to consider how they prioritize and juggle their workplace duties, agency mission goals, and their lives.
MLK’s call to service observed in Battle Creek
Battle Creek Schools Superintendent Kim Carter (left) and Air Force Lt. Col. Donald Davenport (right) share their thoughts on the meaning of service and leadership during an MLK Day event in Battle Creek, Michigan, January 16.
Jan. 21, 2020 - Federal employees at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center gathered January 16 to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and remember the civil rights icon’s call to national and community service.
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