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A reservist looks out over Central Pa. during an early morning Chinook flight from New Cumberland to Fort Indiantown Gap as part of a Reserve training mission.

June 15, 2016

Distribution’s Oehm reflects on her “day as an Army Reservist”

When DLA Distribution’s Army Reserve Element team leader and Joint Reserve Task Force commander Col. Ronnie Davis asked for civilian volunteers for an Army Reserve mission he was coordinating, Danielle Oehm says she was surprised no hands went up.

Defense Logistics Agency’s Director of Information Operations (J6) and Chief Information Officer Kathy Cutler hosted an "Ask the CIO" Town Hall, June 8, 2016, in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, to provide DLA Aviation employees with insight on the agency’s current and upcoming information technology initiatives.

June 14, 2016

Cutler hosts "Ask the CIO" event

RICHMOND, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency’s Kathy Cutler, DLA Information Operations director, and chief information officer hosted an “Ask the CIO” Town Hall June 8 in the Lotts Conference Center on Defense supply Center Richmond, Virginia. The purpose of the event was to provide insight on the agency’s current Information Technology initiatives and to answer employee’s questions.

Children identify parts that have problems during Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden, Utah’s “Bring Your Child to Work Day” Jun. 9, 2016 held at the Hill Aerospace Museum on Hill Air Force Base.

June 14, 2016

DLA kids come to work with parents at Ogden, Utah

RICHMOND, Virginia — The Customer Operations Directorate of the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden, Utah conducted a “Bring Your Child to Work Day” June 9, in the Hill Aerospace Museum on Hill Air Force Base. Forty-three children (ages 2 – 15) of DLA Aviation employees attended the event and enjoyed a day learning what their parents do to support our nation’s warfighters.

ARDENT SENTRY is the annual major U.S. Northern Command exercise program. This year's exercise features a 9.0 earthquake occurring 60 miles off the Oregon coast creating a complete rupture of the Cascadia Subduction Zone and creating a Tsunami with wave heights 20 to 80 feet.

June 14, 2016

Simulated disasters rock western United States

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A simulated catastrophic earthquake and tsunami marked the beginning of Defense Logistics Agency Energy support to Exercise Ardent Sentry 16, a major U.S. Northern Command annual exercise focused on defense support of civil authorities.

Jose Pereira, an IH supervisor and member of the IH Culture Improvement Team, addresses attendees during an IH Academy workshop June 1 in Philadelphia. IH Academy is a one-day workshop that provides employees with an in-depth overview of all the supply chain’s disciplines.

June 14, 2016

IH Academy connects the dots for new employees

PHILADELPHIA — It is always good to know how your job fits into an organization’s big picture, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Industrial Hardware branch chief said during a supply chain orientation June 1.

Tiffany Chang Lawson, executive director of Pa. Governor Tom Wolf’s Advisory Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, explains the “Model Minority Myth” to DLA Distribution employees during a late May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Program.

June 14, 2016

Governor’s Advisory Commission member shares “Model Minority Myth” during Distribution Asian Pacific American program

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — “Who knows what the ‘Model Minority Myth’ actually is?” guest speaker Tiffany Chang Lawson asked DLA Distribution employees during a late May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Program.

June 13, 2016

Names of latest DLA Hall of Fame inductees announced

Defense Logistics Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch has announced this year’s DLA Hall of Fame inductees.

Kathy Wentworth Drahosz, president of The Training Connection, Inc., speaks during a level 1 mentor/mentee training session for associates at Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime.

June 13, 2016

Mentoring class provides options for associates’ professional development

COLUMBUS, Ohio — DLA Land and Maritime recently held its Level 1 Mentor/Mentee Training session which introduced targeted professional, personal and career development opportunities for associates in grades GS-9 and below.Thirty eight mentors and 38 mentees drawn from a broad cross section of the Land and Maritime workforce got the opportunity to meet each other in

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch addresses members of the Joint Reserve Force from throughout DLA during the Combined Drill Weekend June 11 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. JRF leadership from throughout DLA attended, which focused on readiness, training and operational support to DLA.

June 13, 2016

DLA JRF holds annual leadership meeting, reviews goals and objectives

During the DLA Joint Reserve Force's June Battle Assembly, about 75 JRF members from various locations gathered at the McNamara Headquarters Complex for the annual Combined Drill Weekend, June 10-12.

DLA Aviation employee Dana Booker is an internal review evaluator, managers internal control administrator and a risk manager in the Command Support Directorate’s Internal Review Office on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. (June 3, 2016 File Photo)

June 10, 2016

DLA Aviation Employee Spotlight: Dana Booker

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee Dana Booker works in the Internal Review Office and enjoys the fact that each day brings new challenges

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