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Defense Contract Management Agency BAE Systems employees, family and friends, volunteered twice in November at the local Veterans Administration Medical Center’s Community Living Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. Volunteers from the Nov. 12 event included (Back row): Roger Fitzgerald, Kevin Thacker, Paul Bertoncini, Karyn Bertoncini, Jessica Green and Patrick Thompson. (Front row): Janie Garza and Melanie Thompson. (Photo courtesy of DCMA BAE Systems)

Jan. 5, 2017

Employees volunteer, form friendships at local VA center

NASHUA, N.H. — Twelve volunteers assisted with a rousing game of bingo as part of Veterans Day celebrations.

Defense Contract Management Agency Pittsburgh hosted its first defense contractor town hall at the William S. Moorhead federal building Oct. 18. Approximately 80 people attended the event. (Photo courtesy of DCMA Pittsburgh)

Jan. 3, 2017

DCMA Pittsburgh hosts first defense contractor town hall

A group of employees met earlier this year to brainstorm the idea, develop the format and agenda, and oversee the logistics of hosting such an event.

Stephanie Parker, center, director of Fort Lee Army Community Service, accepts a donation of more than 100 toys from the Defense Contract Management Agency. The holiday gifts were delivered Dec. 20 by Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Mitchell, DCMA senior enlisted advisor (left); Richard Fanney, Technical Directorate executive director (right); and Army Lt. Col. Kenneth Darnall, executive officer. (DCMA photo by Stephen Hickok)

Dec. 23, 2016

Director, directorates give to kids in 2016

FORT LEE, Va. — More than 100 toys were donated to Gold Star families recently by DCMA employees.

Defense Contract Management Agency’s Safety and Occupational Health Division wants agency team members to take proper precautions this winter as weather-related vehicle crashes kill more than 6,000 Americans and injure more than 480,000 each year, according to the Department of Transportation. (DCMA Graphic by Stephen Hickok)

Dec. 22, 2016

Safety Gram: The dangers of driving in a winter wonderland

On average, more than 6,000 Americans are killed in weather-related crashes each year.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, Defense Contract Management Agency director, recognizes Jim Russell, her deputy, at a Dec. 19 retirement ceremony at Fort Lee, Virginia. Russell retired after 36 years of federal service, mostly with DCMA or its predecessor organizations. (DCMA photo by Stephen Hickok)

Dec. 21, 2016

Russell leaves agency with great history

FORT LEE, Va. — Jim Russell, Defense Contract Management Agency deputy director, recently retired after 36 years of federal service, mostly with DCMA or its predecessor organizations.

The Defense Contract Management Agency congratulates the agency's latest service members selected for promotion.

Dec. 15, 2016

Marine Corps major promotion announcement

The Marine Corps has released the results of the fiscal year 2018 major promotion selection.

Dec. 15, 2016

Marine Corps 1st Sgt., Master Sgt. promotion announcement

The Marine Corps has released the results of the fiscal year 2017 1st Sgt. and Master Sgt. promotion selections.

Eighteen Defense Contract Management Agency employees and an employee from the Defense Logistics Agency completed Green Belt training Nov. 18. From left: Army Maj. Christopher Center, Jennifer Peoples, Ryan Miller, Annette McDonald, Adriana Kuhr, Jose Melendez, Jennifer Marasco (DLA), Corey Boykin, Joanne Gergle, Joy Davis-Rafferty, Jeff Beaudoin, Aaron Marlin, Jose Cuevas, Elijah Grant, Wilford Fleming, Rob Hanson, and David Breslin. Not pictured are Sonam Chheda and Michael Oberneder. (DCMA photo courtesy of Continuous Process Improvement)

Dec. 15, 2016

Employees graduate from green belt training

These employees can now lead improvement teams.

On Oct. 20, a group of Defense Contract Management Agency Lockheed Martin Marietta and Lockheed Martin Marietta employees gathered to retire the Air Force’s 60-ton railroad switch engine 1248. DCMA participants at the event included Air Force Col. Sheri Bennington (left), Martin Marietta, Blair Evans, Tammy Ellis, Marguerite Antoine, Glenda Robertson-Allen, Denise Jones, Shalonda Wilson, Amanda Akin and Sarah Sullivan. Bernard Latimore (back row, left), Leonard Rishell, Donald Runner and LaNorma Shelton-Thomas, gather for a photo in front of switch engine 1248. (Lockheed Martin photo by Todd McQueen)

Dec. 14, 2016

DCMA Lockheed Martin Marietta retires Engine 1248

MARIETTA, Ga. — “This engine, in its way, made a significant contribution to the safety and security of our nation,” said Jim Johnson, DCMA Lockheed Martin Marietta’s Air Mobility Missions chief engineer.