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National Insider Threat Awareness Month graphic with this years theme prominently displayed: Deter. Detect. Mitigate.

Sept. 3, 2024

DLA employees learn ways to eliminate insider threat

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Insider Threat Program is vital in assisting in the detection of potential risk Indicators and concerning behaviors, discouraging potential insider threats with security countermeasures, and mitigating risks with early detection and intervention to remove individuals form the critical pathway. Every year throughout the month of September, agencies like the Defence Logistics Agency observe and educate its employees on the unfortunate realities of insider threat. This years theme to National Insider Threat Awareness (NITAM) is exactly what the DLA Insider Threat Team is here to do: Detect, Deter, and Mitigate.

People in a conference room listen to a man give a briefing.

Sept. 3, 2024

Battle Creek hosts AMR team

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Formal management evaluators visited DLA Disposition Services headquarters in August and are expected to share findings and recommendations in November.

Sept. 3, 2024

Suicide Prevention Month: Support is within reach

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — It's OK to seek help for mental health, says Cynthia Clark, the on-site EAP consultant at DLA Headquarters.

A group of men and women stand listening to a speaker in a warehouse

Aug. 29, 2024

Warner Robins logistics complex rehearses WMS implementation

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Teammates from across DLA, the Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Sustainment Center met at Warner Robins Air Force Base to review processes and conduct a rehearsal of concept drill in advance of deploying WMS.

Carrie Register-Haley, the founder and CEO of Revelation of Investment Coaching, speaks during the McNamara Headquarters Complex Women’s Equality Day observance

Aug. 27, 2024

Women’s Equality Day: Life coach challenges employees to learn from the past to improve the future

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — In observance of Women’s Equality Day, employees from across the McNamara Headquarters Complex gathered in the Kabeiseman Conference Room to learn about the importance of equality and belonging in the workplace.

Marines pose for a field portrait with their deployable artillery rocket system.

Aug. 23, 2024

Agency exploring property disposition possibilities for Darwin-based Marines

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services wants to secure enduring reverse logistics support for rotational U.S. forces training and operating in northern Australia.

A man wearing glasses talks and gestures with his hands.

Aug. 23, 2024

DLA enterprise improvement project supports process redesign

NEW CUMBERLAND — Subject matter experts from across the Defense Logistics Agency enterprise gathered for a Rejected Disposal Workshop at DLA Distribution Headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, July 29 – Aug. 1. The workshop is part of a DLA improvement project that focuses on activities for two of the project phases. Moving forward, the team will begin identifying related tasks for each of their recommendations developed during the workshop and obtain the approval of the project champion.

Rodney Chambers accepts first-place winner's check

Aug. 22, 2024

Defense program awards DLA Land and Maritime engineer for new microcircuit device class

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime engineer is drawing Defense Department notice for his work with radiation hardened plastic encapsulated microcircuits.

Gorce Protection condition levels and their respective meanings.

Aug. 19, 2024

FPCON 101: Force protection conditions refresher

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Whether approaching a gate entrance on a military installation or entering a government owned facility, you have probably noticed the installation’s Force Protection Condition level posted prominently.

A woman ascends a set of stairs with a DLA emblem in the background and the text "Career Growth at DLA: Same skills, new role"

Aug. 15, 2024

Same skills, new role: How one employee found career growth at DLA

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Many people have asked me why I made what seems like a dramatic career change from communications and media to project management. The two fields appear vastly different at first glance. However, I’m sharing my story to highlight that skills in one field can yield success in another.