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Federal Tipoffs Involving Virginia Newsletter for Saturday May 11, 2024 ( 8 items )  

2024 DLA Hall of Fame Inductee: Twila Gonzales
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece * * * Editor's Note: This is one of five stories featuring 2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductees. An induction ceremony will be held 2 p.m. May 21 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The ceremony is open to all DLA employees; invitations are not needed. * * * A leader known for piloting Defense Logistics Agency Distribution thr  more

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Partnership to Supply Federal Facilities in Virginia With 100% Clean Energy
WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Department of Defense (DoD), on behalf of all Federal agencies, today announced its partnership with Dominion Energy Virginia (Dominion Energy) to work jointly toward achieving the carbon pollution-free electricity targets established in President Biden's Federal Sustainability Plan and Executive Order 14057 of December 8, 2021, reestablishing federal government as a sustainability leader. President Bid  more

Center for Homeland Defense & Security: The Philosopher Captain
MONTEREY, California, May 11 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: When Captain Samson C. Stevens (Executive Leaders Program Cohort 2201) was the Captain of the Port and Commander of Coast Guard Sector Virginia, one of his favorite presentations was an informational brief, or Sector 101. At the end of the PowerPoint slides, he featured 40, quarter-sized seals of different organizations to represent "this massive coalition of inte  more

Chief of Naval Operations Welcomes USS Carney From Historic Middle East Deployment
NORFOLK, Virginia, May 11 -- The U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations issued the following news release: Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti welcomed the crew of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) to the United States from a historic deployment to the Middle East, May 10. Carney conducted a brief stop in Norfolk for logistics before returning home to Naval Station Mayport later this month. "I could not be more proud of what the Carney team has done si  more

DAF leaders discuss future of all-volunteer force
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Department of the Air Force senior leaders emphasized the importance of the all-volunteer force and its role in helping the military to meet national defense needs during RAND Corporation's America's All-Volunteer Force symposium in Arlington, Virginia, on May 3. Alex Wagner, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and K  more

Department of the Air Force Leaders Discuss Future of All-Volunteer Force
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Nick Z. Erwin, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Department of the Air Force senior leaders emphasized the importance of the all-volunteer force and its role in helping the military to meet national defense needs during RAND Corporation's America's All-Volunteer Force symposium in Arlington, Virginia, May 3. Alex Wagner, assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and   more

Department of the Air Force Names 2023 General Larry O. Spencer Award Winners
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: The Department of the Air Force announced the recipients of the 2023 Gen. Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, May 8. Master Sgt. Keith T. Dison, flight chief of advanced geospatial intelligence analysis troop of the Joint Special Operations Command Intelligence Brigade, received the individual award, while the team award went to the Atomic Spark team, which is comprised of the 5th Bomb  more

Va. U.S. Attorney: Covetrus Sentenced for Criminal Misbranding of Prescription Drugs
ABINGDON, Virginia, May 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia issued the following news release: Covetrus North America LLC, a company based in Dublin, Ohio, which sells veterinary products to customers across the United States, was sentenced yesterday to one-year of probation for causing the introduction and delivery of misbranded veterinary prescription drugs into interstate commerce. In addition, the court ordered Covetrus to pay over $23 million in crim  more