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Defense Logistics Agency’s Chief Information Officer Adarryl Roberts served on a panel to discuss how the agency is driving logistics innovation through artificial intelligence and data during the Defense Logistics and Support conference held Oct. 29

Senior leaders, industry partners discuss solutions to logistics challenges

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Oct. 31, 2024
Contested logistics challenges, post-COVID-era supply chain conditions, and driving logistics innovation through artificial intelligence and data where some of the key topics...
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Breast cancer awareness: Employee shares personal journey to healing

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Oct. 30, 2024
In March 2014, six months before turning 40, Defense Logistics Agency Information Operations Management and Program Analyst Christina Panichelle saw her obstetrician and...
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DLA’s Futures Integrated Process Team hosted a future focused panel discussion to gain best practices and lessons learned from retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Clint Hinote and retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. AJ Pasagian, who were both instrumental in moving their services forward.

DLA leaders, retired military generals discuss culture changes necessary to transformation

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Oct. 30, 2024
When people think of the word “transformation,” they automatically assume something is broken. The Defense Logistics Agency’s logistics operations director said that’s not the...
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DLA participates in Global Thunder exercise

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Oct. 29, 2024
The Defense Logistics Agency tested its ability to continue operations in response to a sudden surge in logistical support during U.S. Strategic Command’s Global Thunder...
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DLA Aviation News

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Call to Action | Senior DLA leaders ask industry, military services for assistance on critical logistics issues

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Nov. 01, 2024
Building resiliency and solving challenges within military and supporting industrial supply chains drove discussions during the 2024 Senior Executive Partnership Roundtable...
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Reminder: Change alarm batteries when turning clocks back

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Oct. 31, 2024
The "Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery" campaign is a crucial reminder to not only check smoke detector batteries but also to reinforce overall fire safety practices,...
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ASL course helps deaf employees feel understood, included

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Oct. 29, 2024
On a recent Tuesday in a Defense Logistics Agency Aviation classroom, a diverse class of 14 students watches intently as their teacher moves her index finger in a jerky zigzag...
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It Takes a Village | Contact Specialist volunteers at Paris Paralympic Games

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Oct. 28, 2024
In line with the 2024 National Disability Employment Awareness Month’s objective of highlighting opportunities for disabled Americans, the international Paralympic Games seek...
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DLA Disposition Services News

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Workforce Recruitment Program Employee Spotlight

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Oct. 31, 2024
Lindsay Measel is featured in a spotlight for National Employment Disability Awareness Month in October. Measel is a Team Leader for Service Maintenance Cataloging in Battle...
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Train loads of excess from DLA Disposition Services

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Oct. 29, 2024
The nonprofit organization Railroading Heritage of Midwest America recently acquired a diesel switcher locomotive donation through Defense Logistics Agency Disposition...
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Battle Creek summit strengthens personnel bonds

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Oct. 25, 2024
Agency property disposal leaders wrapped a week of networking and game planning in Michigan Oct. 25.
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Property reutilization prioritized for 2025

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Oct. 22, 2024
In support of a new long-term agency strategy, DLA’s reverse logistics arm wants to triple the amount of used and excess DOD property reclaimed by warfighters.
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DLA Distribution News

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DLA San Joaquin workforce spans multiple generations

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Oct. 30, 2024
Ever since its beginnings in 1942 as a part of the Army’s Quartermaster system, what is known today as Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin has had a countless...
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Commander’s Cup encourages exercise, teamwork

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Oct. 30, 2024
Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management at Susquehanna’s Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Susquehanna’s fitness program closed their 2024 Commander’s Cup...
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DLA Distribution Anniston raises breast cancer awareness

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Oct. 29, 2024
Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Anniston, Alabama, employees donned pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Oct. 24 at Anniston Army Depot.
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DLA employees beautify community roadside

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Oct. 24, 2024
Members of the Defense Logistics Agency team assigned to Defense Distribution Center, Susquehanna, removed debris and trash along a one-mile stretch of Normandy Memorial Drive...
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DLA Energy News

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DLA Energy commander visits Middle East to address military logistics challenges, engage international partners

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Nov. 03, 2024
Defense Logistics Agency Energy Commander Navy Rear Adm. George Bresnihan visited the Middle East for key leader engagements to address strategic military logistics challenges...
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DLA Energy Shadow Program: Enhancing professional growth, producing future leaders

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Oct. 28, 2024
In search of professional growth and an opportunity to expand his understanding of the Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Lester Ruiz, a DLA Energy Middle East Supervisory...
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DLA Energy’s Task Force Americas provides over 300,000 gallons of fuel support during Hurricane Helene recovery ...

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Oct. 15, 2024
Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s Task Force Americas provides petroleum products enabling critical power generation and distribution of supplies to rural areas across eastern...
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Defense fuel support at Craney Island: Fostering partnership

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Oct. 11, 2024
Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s newest Commander Navy Rear Adm. George Bresnihan visited fuel facilities at the Defense Fuel Support Point Craney Island in Portsmouth,...
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DLA Land and Maritime News

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DLA participates in Global Thunder exercise

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Oct. 29, 2024
The Defense Logistics Agency tested its ability to continue operations in response to a sudden surge in logistical support during U.S. Strategic Command’s Global Thunder...
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‘Black Start’ tests DSCC emergency operation plans

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Oct. 24, 2024
Defense Supply Center Columbus emergency operation plans were put to the test during a Full-Scale Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise Oct. 23.
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Power restored at DSCC

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Oct. 23, 2024
Defense Supply Center Columbus underwent a controlled power outage on Wednesday, Oct. 23. At about 9:40 a.m., the entire installation experienced a total interruption of...
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Panel discussion celebrates DLA disability workforce successes

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Oct. 22, 2024
In celebration of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime hosted an impactful panel discussion Oct. 16 at the DLA Land and...
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DLA Troop Support News

DLA Troop Support observed National Disability Employment Awareness Month on Oct.10 in Philadelphia with a forum highlighting this year’s theme, “Access to Good Jobs for All.” The event included presentations from industry experts and an exhibit of displays from more than 20 vendors detailing their work with disabled employees.

Troop Support disability employment awareness month event highlights inclusion, celebrates differences

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Oct. 21, 2024
DLA Troop Support observed National Disability Employment Awareness Month on Oct.10 in Philadelphia with a forum highlighting this year’s theme, “Access to Good Jobs for All.”...
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jed Rodrigues, from Los Angeles, prepares a patient for a Computerized Tomography (CT) scan aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. The Defense Logistics Agency Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to procure acquire medical capital equipment .Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey.

Troop Support Medical, VA capital equipment joint contract program exceeds expectations

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Oct. 17, 2024
The Defense Logistics Agency Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to acquire medical capital equipment for partners.
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A U.S. Airman assigned to 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron sorts through medicine for a patient’s prescription at the base pharmacy at Travis Air Force Base, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The pharmacy fills approximately 520,000 prescriptions per year to service members, their families and veterans. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to negotiate better value on prescription drugs. This work includes procurement of pharmaceuticals for veterans, DOD beneficiaries and patients of other federal healthcare systems. Photo by Kenneth Abbate.

DLA Troop Support Medical pharmaceutical value engineering partnership with VA realizes $1 billion in cost avoid...

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Oct. 17, 2024
The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to negotiate better value on prescription drugs. This work...
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DLA Distribution partners with DLA Troop Support to transport 21 million MREs in support of FEMA

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Oct. 10, 2024
As the nation continues response efforts to the damage caused across the southeastern United States by Hurricane Helene, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution continues to...
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Logistics in Action News

senior navy leaders, DLA civilians and Army Lieutenant General Mark Simerly gather for a group photo October 23, 2024 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex on Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Navy/DLA Service Integration Day address logistics challenges, share insights towards streamlined support

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Oct. 25, 2024
Today's Navy leadership face the daunting task of delivering readiness and setting the global posture to support naval combat power in a contested logistics environment. To...
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Operation Reload 24: Foxtrot Company Ensures Army Readiness Through Dynamic Logistics Training

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Oct. 21, 2024
Logistics in Action: Article originally appeared on the Official U.S. Indo-Pacific Command website — Foxtrot Company of the 6-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion carried out a...
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National Guard Provides Support to Hurricane Stricken States

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Oct. 03, 2024
Logistics in Action: Article originally appeared on the Official U.S. Dept. of Defense website — Hurricane Helene, a category 4 storm that touched down in Florida late...
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Soldiers with the Florida Army National Guard’s 1-111th General Support Aviation Regiment worked alongside members of the Texas A&M Task Force 1 Search and Rescue Team to conduct emergency response operations after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida.

National Guard Rescues Hundreds of People in Wake of Hurricane

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Oct. 03, 2024
Logistics in Action: Article originally appeared on the official U.S. National Guard website — In response to Hurricane Helene, The Virginia National Guard mobilized more than...
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