Director's Message
Thank you for reading this latest edition of Loglines, the Defense Logistics Agency’s professional journal dedicated to exploring the ideas, challenges, and innovations shaping defense logistics in a rapidly shifting global landscape.
Our theme for this issue is “Western Hemisphere and Homeland Defense.” In today’s contested environment, we face disruption in every domain, and at every level of warfare — even in the homeland. This edition of Loglines illustrates how DLA is addressing the challenges facing the homeland and meeting the mission.
In this installment, we learn how DLA Disposition Services is working with the Air Force to demilitarize hundreds of Minuteman III silos to clear the way for modern weapons systems. On another front, DLA Energy is working with suppliers domestically and around the globe to ensure our forces have the fuel they need to meet the mission. DLA Weapons Support is prioritizing what the Navy considers to be a top maritime concern. Experts at the major subordinate command discuss their efforts to find solutions to make a vital piece of equipment more readily available.
The demand for Unmanned Aerial Systems and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems has increased exponentially, including defending against potential threats at highly attended events, such as the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Members of the DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment team discuss their work with a White House Task Force to award contracts to help host cities secure their sites.
Also within these pages, we feature an article focusing on changes to rules for the Law Enforcement Support Office program. Our teammates at DLA Disposition Services explain how these changes will make it easier for law enforcement agencies throughout the country to access equipment to support their communities at little or no cost.
For our featured interview, we sit down with DLA Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Petra Casarez for a conversation about her military career and her experiences at this agency. The discussion leads to a new feature we’re introducing called “Get to Know an NCO.” For our first article, Air Force Tech. Sgt. Deron Cooke discusses how his work at DLA Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles supply chain provides him with a broader view of military logistics.
DLA understands clearly that the homeland is more than a platform from which we project combat power or generate readiness — it is truly a theater of operations. One thing you can be sure of, no matter where U.S. forces are — at home or abroad — DLA is there to provide what they need, when and where they need it.
Warfighter Always!
- LTG Mark Simerly
Defense Logistics Agency Director