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March 19, 2026

A conversation with the chief information officer

In this interview, the Defense Logistics Agency’s Chief Information Officer Adarryl Roberts discusses the agency’s digital transformations, with an emphasis on data acumen and artificial intelligence strategies.

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March 19, 2026

Days to minutes: AI application enables agency to make rapid decisions with data

DLA Disposition Services is embracing artificial intelligence to evaluate material handling equipment, and that is leading to potential broader adoption among the agency’s other major subordinate commands. A commercially available AI data analytics platform, initially used at agency property disposal sites since early 2024, is now being tested as a scalable tool to support more accurate and timely logistics decisions.

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March 19, 2026

Monster Transformation: Leadership reflections on culture, systems, execution 

Large organizations today are no longer debating whether transformation is necessary. The more difficult and more consequential question is whether transformation is achievable under real-world constraints. This challenge is especially familiar to leaders operating inside large, mission-driven public institutions, where transformation must occur while sustaining ongoing operations, complying with statutory and fiscal requirements, and managing real workforce impacts. 

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Hunter Shrieves, center, an infantry officer with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, center, instructs Naval Academy Midshipmen 3rd class Carter Breen, left, and Midshipmen 2nd Class Daniel Reedy, on Marine Corps operating procedures during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 2025.

March 19, 2026

Tech Acumen: A cornerstone of modern leadership in the digital era 

For over six decades, the Defense Logistics Agency has sustained U.S. military operations, ensuring warfighters receive critical support and supplies whenever and wherever required. Traditional manufacturing, communications, and transportation methods worked well to meet and deliver warfighter requirements for decades.  

An image of the latest issue of Loglines magazine.

Dec. 5, 2025

New issue of Loglines highlights ‘Agile Logistics for a Changing World’

The latest issue of the Defense Logistics Agency’s Loglines magazine is now available.

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Nov. 1, 2025

Wargaming the future to sharpen readiness

In a world of evolving threats, the Defense Logistics Agency is using creative ways to prepare for future conflicts – one of those is wargaming. Earlier this year, DLA conducted a wargame exercise as part of its Campaign of Learning. Dubbed “Assassin’s Mace,” the tabletop wargame focused on a notional future conflict involving China and Taiwan.

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Nov. 1, 2025

A conversation with the leaders of DLA Weapons Support

The Defense Logistics Agency stood up a new major subordinate command dedicated to supplying spare and repair parts to the military services Oct. 1, 2025. DLA Weapons Support integrates the missions of the former DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime into a single unified command responsible for weapon systems support to the joint force. In this interview, the new MSC’s leaders talk about the transformation, what it means for the agency, employees and warfighters, and what stakeholders can expect.

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Nov. 1, 2025

Agile and adaptable: DLA Distribution Expeditionary capabilities adapt, excel in 2025

In an era marked by rapidly evolving technology and contested logistics, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Expeditionary capabilities enable warfighter readiness, multinational exercise support and humanitarian assistance.

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Nov. 1, 2025

Guest Commentary: From red tape to readiness - sharpening the acquisition edge

Redstone Arsenal — It's an honor to share a few thoughts with this community, a vital part of the Army’s and the nation's logistics enterprise. As the Army’s principal buying agent, the Army Contracting Command is focused on a singular, urgent mission: providing our warfighters with premier contracting support at the speed of war. To do this, we must relentlessly pursue efficiency, responsiveness and effectiveness, using every tool at our disposal.

A group of Marine recruits hold up their boots for inspection.

Nov. 1, 2025

Maintaining military first impressions: Third-party logistics team essential to military clothing supply chain

PHILADELPHIA — Behind every recruit’s first set of uniforms is a team and a process that ensures more than a billion dollars’ worth of inventory is handled properly. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles supply chain works with five third-party logistics firms, also known as 3PLs, that provide outsourced logistics services including warehousing, transportation, inventory management, and procurement.