DLA Weapons Support

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)

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.