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# I am DLA

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**My name is:**James Secrist**I am:**A DLA Land and Maritime small business specialist.**Describe your job in a sentence:**I serve as a liaison between small businesses and contracting officers. We help bring contracting officers together with small businesses so that DLA can maintain a robust industrial base.**How long have you worked at DLA?**A very long time. When I started with DLA, we did have computers, but just one, and it filled a room.**What is your favorite thing about working for DLA?**The jobs I’ve had at DLA have given me the chance to do different things every day. I like having the flexibility to learn new things and solve new problems.**What are your best memories of working here?**I remember the day a co-worker returned to work after recovering from a devastating stroke. He was so happy to walk in, and we all so happy to have him back. It was a forever-reminder of how lucky many of us are to come to work in good health each day.**How do you make a difference?**Just little things that all of us do. Help a caller. Say “hello” on the elevator. Those things add up. 

 

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