DLA Energy News

Three Defense Logistics Agency Senior Executive Service members provide personal testimonies about their acquisition career in this debut of nine videos profiling DLA acquisition professionals.

Feb. 24, 2016

Acquisition professionals video series debuts

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The first of nine videos profiling Defense Logistics Agency acquisition professionals debuted on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites Feb. 24.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Strategic Programs and Initiatives Director Army Col. Doug Henry, left, provides an overview of worldwide challenges and the current status of the fuel supply chain to Business Executives for National Security in a roundtable meeting at the BENS office in Washington, D.C., Feb. 9.

Feb. 23, 2016

DLA Energy leverages commercial best practices

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s been three years since Business Executives for National Security found Defense Logistics Agency Energy ahead on efficiency operations, a study that continues to leverage commercial best business practice solutions.

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star cuts a channel into a field of fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2016. During Operation Deep Freeze 2016, the U.S. military's logistical support to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program, the Polar Star's mission is to create a navigable channel to McMurdo Station for several resupply vessels.

Feb. 22, 2016

Annual Operation Deep Freeze delivers fuel to Antarctica

MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica — Defense Logistics Agency Energy continued its annual support of Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica with this year’s delivery of fuel.

Brig. Gen. Andrew Rohling (center), U.S. Forces Afghanistan Deputy Deputy Commanding General-Support, receives a briefing from Anham personnel during a recent facility tour. Anham provides all the food that warfighters consume in Afghanistan.

Feb. 16, 2016

DLA provides range of services to support the warfighter

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan — When it comes to supporting the warfighter across the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan, no organization does it better than the Defense Logistics Agency.

Defense Logistics Agency Energy Installation Energy Director Pam Griffith, second from far left, and other stakeholders break ground on the Army’s first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy project at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 28. DLA Energy supported the Army’s renewable energy goals through a contract awarded Jan. 15.

Jan. 29, 2016

DLA Energy helps Army shape first large-scale renewable energy portfolio at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Energy and other stakeholders broke ground Jan. 28 on the Army’s first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy project at Fort Hood, Texas.

DLA is America's combat logistics support agency.

Jan. 20, 2016

DLA Energy awards Army’s first hybrid renewable energy contract

FORT HOOD, Texas — The Army’s energy needs are getting another boost thanks to a first-ever hybrid solar and wind energy contract with projected savings of at least $168 million in energy costs over the next few decades at Fort Hood.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark McLeod, Defense Logistics Agency Energy commander, addresses the audience during his opening remarks at the 15th annual Joint Petroleum Seminar at the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Jan. 11.

Jan. 19, 2016

Joint Petroleum Seminar emphasizes importance of collaboration, logistics

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy and Joint Chiefs of Staff Logistics hosted its 15th annual Joint Petroleum Seminar at the McNamara Headquarters Complex Jan. 11-13.

Pictured from left, Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy Director Claire Grady presents Donald Peschka with the 2015 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Acquisition and Contracting Legends Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 12.

Jan. 14, 2016

Former employee receives DoD leadership award

ARLINGTON, Virginia — A former Defense Logistics Agency Energy Bulk Fuels Contracting division chief earned the 2015 Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Acquisition and Contracting Legends Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon Jan. 12.