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Archive: May, 2018

May 9, 2018

Defense Supply Center Columbus celebrates 100 years of military support

Defense Supply Center Columbus surpassed its centennial milestone of providing support to servicemen and women around the world May 4. The installation commemorated the day with a ceremony and historic presentation at the installation’s operations center celebrating 100 years of logistics and Warfighter support.

May 9, 2018

Employee Spotlight: Reginald Tyus

Employee spotlight regularly features outstanding non-supervisory personnel from throughout the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation and other DLA employees on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia. Organizational directors may submit names of employees they wish to feature in this column to DLA Aviation Public Affairs. For more information, call (804) 279-3139.

May 9, 2018

Yokosuka’s Safety Office sponsors off-site Emergency Preparedness training

DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s Safety Office sponsored their first off-site training tour of the Yokosuka Municipal Disaster Prevention Center “ANSHINKAN” on April 4.

May 8, 2018

Civil engineers working to give Edwards bright future

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Edwards Air Force Base website — The 412th Civil Engineering Group is in phase two of a base-wide, major lighting upgrade, which replaces inefficient fluorescent lighting with new LED lighting complete with motion sensors and programmable controls. Each phase will take about a year to complete.

May 8, 2018

Medical team bonds despite working away from the office

Employees on one Medical supply chain team are making extra team building efforts since they often work away from the office.

May 8, 2018

Serino receives lifetime Fuelhandler Award

Pam Serino is the first Department of Defense woman to be recognized for outstanding service in aviation fuels quality by the National Petroleum Management Association during its annual conference April 5.

May 8, 2018

Second generation Holocaust survivor shares story with NSA Philadelphia employees

Ellen Zinn spoke about her parents’ experience during the Holocaust and feeling both fearful of authority and empowered by “their survivorship” while growing up in New York.

May 8, 2018

Laskodi presents Red River Expeditionary Team with Humanitarian Effort Awards

During a recent site visit to DLA Distribution Red River, Texas on April 18, Distribution commanding general Army Brig. Gen. John S. Laskodi presented Humanitarian Effort Awards to the Red River Expeditionary Team.

May 8, 2018

Gotta supply to fly

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Kadena Air Base website — Who orders more than 80,000 parts a year for the 18th Component Maintenance Squadron? Staff Sgt. Melanie Marlow, 18th CMS NCO in charge of propulsion supply places those orders as the only Airmen that owns that title.

May 7, 2018

DLA director reviews operating plan, hosts town hall at Troop Support

“What we don’t measure, we don’t do,” Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams said, stressing the importance of measurable objectives laid out in Troop Support's 2018 Dynamic Operating Plan. Williams reviewed the plan and hosted a Town Hall in Philadelphia on April 27 to share his insights with Troop Support leaders and employees.