DLA Weapons Support

Heather Gleason (left) and Mauralee Preece, both with Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus), handle a specialized hose during a commodity familiarization session Feb. 12 at Defense Supply Center Columbus. Gleason is a pre-award contract officer and Preece is a pre-award contract specialist. Both have been with DLA less than three years and are recent graduates of the agency’s Pathways to Career Excellence program. (Andrew Young/DLA)

Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus) Maritime Customer Operations Directorate hosted a Senior Executive Service synchronization event at Defense Supply Center Columbus Feb. 5 with key stakeholders from Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Supply Systems Command. (Jim Remington/For NDIA)

Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus) Maritime Customer Operations Directorate hosted a Senior Executive Service synchronization event at Defense Supply Center Columbus Feb. 5 with key stakeholders from Naval Sea Systems Command and Naval Supply Systems Command.

Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus) honored its next generation of leaders Feb. 12, during a Pathways to Career Excellence program graduation ceremony. The event, held in the Defense Supply Center Columbus Operations Center Auditorium, marked a significant career milestone for 123 graduates, including 70 contract specialists, 18 quality assurance specialists, 34 general supply specialists and one finance specialist. (Photo by Andrew Young)

The Defense Logistics Agency stood up a new major subordinate command dedicated to supplying spare and repair parts to the military services Oct. 1, 2025. DLA Weapons Support integrates the missions of the former DLA Aviation and DLA Land and Maritime into a single unified command responsible for weapon systems support to the joint force. In this interview, the new MSC’s leaders talk about the transformation. (Photo by Stefanie Hauck/DLA)