FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Colin J. Williams, DLA Historian The Defense Logistics Agency has long been a whole-of-government provider. While focused on the Defense Department, it has been supplying federal civilian agencies since receiving support responsibilities from the General Services Administration in 1965. Many of these agencies belong to one of the cabinet's fifteen departments. Some of thes more PR

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Elizabeth Szoke, DCMA Public Affairs Defense Contract Management Agency's Technical Directorate recognized Laurie Cooper's 2023 induction into the National Institute of Packaging, Handling, and Logistics Engineers Hall of Fame. Cooper is a packaging policy advocate with the agency's Technical Directorate Logistics Center. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety & Health Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 10 states in January 2024, issuing 188 violations. The agency began conducting impact inspections after an April 2010 explosion in West Virginia at the Upper Big Branch Mine killed 29 miners. MSHA's impact inspections si more PR

STERLING, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $167,000 in unreported currency during six separate seizures in February at Washington Dulles International Airport. CBP currency detector dogs Fuzz and Cato alerted during four of the six seizures. There is no limit to how much currency or other monetary instruments travelers ma more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 27 (TNSres) -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release: * * * Measurement of electron beam polarization is sharpest ever reported, sets stage for future flagship experiments at Jefferson Lab * * * Scientists are getting a more detailed look than ever before at the electrons they use in precision experiments. Nuclear physicists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Fac more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Navy celebrated an early milestone in its largest construction project to date - Dry Dock 5 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) - at an Anchoring Ceremony Feb. 24, 2024. The ceremony marked the installation of foundational piles, crucial for anchoring the new $3.4-billion graving dock, the first built in Pearl Harbor since 1 more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command issued the following news release: U.S. Navy and industry partners worked together to launch the first deadloads from the flight deck of PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on February 14. The deadload testing yielded important performance data for the ship's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and marked the first of many test launches from the carrier as her Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) is commissioned more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: * * * New units feature a camera to match photo on the ID with the person presenting the ID * * * New technology that confirms the validity of a traveler's identification (ID) and confirms their flight information in real time is now in use at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoints at Norfolk Interna more PR

GLEN JEAN, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The National Park Service New River Gorge National Park and Preserve issued the following news release: Visitation increased across the board at all three national park sites in southern West Virginia in 2023. At New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, 1,709,623 visitors entered the park reflecting an increase of 7.12% over 2022 at 1,595,923. This was the highest year on record for the park since establishment in 1978. The park also had the highest mont more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Clyde Anderson Jr., 44, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on September 12, 2022, law enforcement officers encountered Anderson while responding to a domestic disturbance complaint at a Renaissance Circl more PR

HUNTINGTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Thomas V. Ratcliff, also known as "Twin," 32, of South Point, Ohio, was sentenced today to two years and six months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on November 7, 2022, law enforcement more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: John Paul Loudermilk, 61, of Charleston, was sentenced today to three years and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Loudermilk admitted to his roles in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According to court do more PR