DLA Weapons Support

In a significant demonstration of cross-locational collaboration, leaders and subject matter experts from the Defense Logistics Agency’s Weapons Support in Columbus, Ohio, and Richmond, Virginia, concluded a two-day pulse check geared towards refining synchronization efforts as the new major subordinate command approaches final operating capability. (Photo Nicholas Pilich/DLA)

Army Brig. Gen. Beth Behn, commander of the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, speaks with Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support (Columbus) leaders and acquisition experts April 10 during a joint session hosted at Defense Supply Center Columbus. In the background is Todd Hawotte, acting deputy director for the Army Integrated Logistics Support Center, and Teresa Harris, director of Business Process Support for DLA Weapons Support (Columbus). (Photo by Andrew Young/DLA)

Jemma Godbout, a machinist apprentice at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility gauges thread tolerance of a component using a thread ring gauge on Feb. 12, 2026. This quality-control measure ensures the component meets strict engineering tolerances. The Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support Office of Small Business programs is targeting small manufacturers to help revitalize the nation’s defense industrial base. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenny Jones)

American ingenuity and small business innovation will take center stage at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Supply Chain Alliance Symposium and Exhibition June 2-3 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. (Photo by Nicholas Pilch/DLA)

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)