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April 1, 2024

Vice director: Data analysis can help EEO team foster healthy agency culture

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Employees’ ability to understand data and use it to create solutions will help DLA meet new demands, whether in logistics operations or ensuring equality in the workplace, Brad Bunn recently told equal employment opportunity leaders.

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Jan. 30, 2024

Employee lifts voice, integrates Deaf culture into latest CPI project

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teresa Brunotte, a Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime material planner and deaf employee, is leading the change in DLA Deaf culture. She recently led a Continuous Process Improvement project aimed to improve the ASL Interpreter Request System.

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July 24, 2023

Disposition Services HQ finds new ways to celebrate diversity and inclusion

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services celebrates the newly created Heritage Day, established within the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center, as an event dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the unique backgrounds and traditions of each team member.

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Feb. 7, 2022

Black History Month spotlight: Adam Morrison

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — February is Black History Month and throughout the month, we will spotlight DLA Energy employees who are honoring their history and making a difference through their accomplishments both in their workplace and community.

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Feb. 2, 2022

Troop Support honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during virtual remembrance event

PHILADELPHIA — As the nation celebrated the federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 17, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support remembered his legacy with a virtual program Jan. 27.

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Jan. 13, 2022

DLA award winners announced, seven from Columbus workforce named

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Seven Defense Supply Center Columbus employees and one workforce team have been recognized as top performers at the Defense Logistics Agency’s 54th Annual Employee Recognition Awards for the calendar year 2021.

San Joaquin’s Hackney Receives the Achievement in Equal Employment Opportunity Top Honor

Jan. 2, 2020

San Joaquin’s Hackney Receives the Achievement in Equal Employment Opportunity Top Honor

TRACY, Calif. — Deputy chief of the Specialized Missions Division at Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin, California, receives Equal Employment Opportunity top honors.

James Stewart, assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs (left), poses for a photo with members of the DLA EEO team during the 39th Annual Secretary of Defense Disability Awards ceremony at the Pentagon Oct. 3. Left to right are: Stewart; Eric Spanbauer, DLA Workforce Recruitment Program manager; DLA Chief of Staff Kristin French; DLA EEO Director Janice Samuel; DLA Disability Program Manager Nancy Rivera; and Russell Lowe, DLA’s staff director of diversity and inclusion. Courtesy photo

Oct. 10, 2019

DLA continues winning streak in DoD disability awards

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Equal employment opportunity professionals throughout the Defense Logistics Agency proved their unwavering commitment to attracting the talent of people with disabilities by being named best mid-sized component for the third consecutive year during the 39th Annual Secretary of Defense Disability Awards ceremony at the Pentagon Oct. 3.

In observance of Women’s Equality Day, employees from across the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia gathered on August 28 in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support auditorium to learn about the history of an African American woman who overcame many barriers to become a professional pilot.

Aug. 30, 2019

History lesson help NSA Philadelphia employees celebrate Women’s Equality Day

PHILADELPHIA — In observance of Women’s Equality Day, employees from across the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia gathered on August 28 in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support auditorium to learn about the history of an African American woman who overcame many barriers to become a professional pilot.

Architect, engineer and entrepreneur Timothy Haahs speaks to DLA Troop Support and NAVSUP Weapons Systems Support employees during an Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month event in Philadelphia May 24, 2018. Haahs discussed his experiences growing up in a leper colony in South Korea, coming to the U.S. when he was 12 years old, receiving two heart transplants and becoming a U.S. Senate-confirmed appointee to the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences.

June 4, 2018

Founder of local architecture firm speaks during Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month event

PHILADELPHIA — From growing up in a leper colony in South Korea to having two heart transplants, the guest speaker at an Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month event May 24 shared his experiences overcoming life’s obstacles.