Ashleigh Johnson Susan Lowe

DLA Energy Supplier Advocates

QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

Volume 1, Issue 4

December 2021

Industry

The DLA Energy Supplier Advocate Team would like to wish our industry partners a healthy and 

happy holiday season!

It has been an exciting year for the team as we have continued to grow and find new ways to engage 

with industry in the virtual environment. Our team was initially established to help maintain strong 

relationships with existing industry partners and build new relationships with perspective partners. 

However, the virtual environment has inspired us to get creative and expand our team’s mission far 

beyond that.

In 2021 we met with several of our current DLA Energy partners, and we helped quite a few perspective partners 

understand how to do business with the federal government and DLA Energy. The team helped the workforce become even 

more comfortable engaging with industry through communication training sessions. We developed and used a strategic 

engagement “toolkit” that outlined some of the best practices for communicating with our partners. The toolkit emphasizes 

the link between open communication and the reason we exist, to provide critical warfighter support! 

We thought 2021 was a great year, but honestly, we think 2022 is going to be even better! We have a lot of things to look 

forward to. The 2022 DLA Energy Worldwide Energy Conference, our command’s premiere event, is scheduled for March 

at the Gaylord Hotel at National Harbor, Maryland. It will be the first time in two years that we will all be together! 

We have multiple engagements already on the calendar with both new and 

perspective industry partners and are excited to roll out our 2022 goals and action 

items with the DLA Energy Supplier Advocacy Council. Don’t forget the Council is 

here for you, it was specifically formed to address your concerns and better our 

relationships with our partners.

As we continue to grow in this virtual environment, we welcome any suggestions 

that you may have on how we can better serve you, our industry partners. Please 

feel free to reach out to energy.industryengagement@dla.mil. We look forward to 

engaging with all of you in 2022!

DLA Energy Americas

Mid-Downstream

Fuel Logistics

DLA Energy & Air Force

Small Nuclear Reactor 

Pilot

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SPOTLIGHT

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2022 Worldwide 

Energy Conference

A MESSAGE FROM THE DLA ENERGY SUPPLIER ADVOCATES
DLA Energy has regional commands located around the 

world that are nested with commercial suppliers to manage

global supply chains. The commands are integrated with our 

warfighter and whole of government customers and partners 

in support of national defense and disaster response 

operations. DLA Energy regions are the integrators and 

operators of the supply chains within the fuel logistics middownstream supply networks around the globe.

The largest DLA Energy region is DLA Energy Americas, 

headquartered in Houston, Texas, in the strategic center of 

the nation’s oil and gas industry. This region supports the 

Department of Defense and whole of government in North, 

Central and South America and the Caribbean Islands. The 

DLA Energy Americas workforce is comprised of 143 

federal civilian employees, 11 active-duty U.S. military 

personnel and is commanded by U.S. Army Col. Raphael 

Heflin and his Deputy Director Mr. Jason Exum. There are 

three sub-regional commands located in Anchorage, Alaska, 

Seal Beach, California, and Houston, Texas, which work 

directly with industry suppliers and transportation 

companies.

DLA Energy Americas manages approximately 68% of the DoD bulk inventories and daily refueling 

requirements through defense fuel support points, also known as fuel terminals, and multi-modal fuel 

distribution networks in commercial pipelines, tanker ships, barges, tanker trucks and rail tanker cars. The 

command provides crisis fuel management support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 

support of lifesaving disaster response and recovery operations.

DLA Energy Americas works at strategic and operational levels in its area of responsibility and beyond 

supporting DoD's Joint Petroleum Enterprise ensuring fuel support is always where the warfighter and 

nation need it. The command conducts over 120 local engagements a year with industry partners 

coordinating supply chain management, collaborating on ideas for crisis support and strengthening DLA 

Energy's strong working relationship with industry where it counts - in the supply chains and networks.

The DLA Energy Americas team plans to continue meeting with industry partners in the coming year and 

looks forward to strengthening current partnerships and developing new ones.

For more information, visit the DLA Energy Americas web page.

DECEMBER 2021 ISSUE 4

MH-60s Sea Hawk flies over flight deck of aircraft 

carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt 

PHOTO CREDIT: DLA ENERGY AMERICAS 

DLA Energy regional commands 

are located around the world!
DLA Energy is currently supporting an Air Force small nuclear reactor pilot and the Air Force recently 

announced it selected a location for the pilot.

The Department of the Air Force has selected Eielson Air Force Base (AFB) to pilot its first micro-reactor. 

The next-generation energy capability will provide the installation with a clean, reliable and resilient energy 

supply technology for critical national security infrastructure. 

“Energy is a critical asset to ensure mission continuity at our installations,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary 

of the Air Force for Environment, Safety, and Infrastructure Mark Correll. “Micro-reactors are a promising 

technology for ensuring energy resilience and reliability and are particularly well-suited for powering and 

heating remote domestic military bases like Eielson AFB.”

The micro-reactor pilot was initiated in response to the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization 

Act requirement to identify potential locations to site, construct, and operate a micro-reactor by the end of 

2027. The micro-reactor will be commercially owned and operated, and U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission licensed.

“This technology has the potential to provide true energy assurance, and the existing energy infrastructure 

and compatible climate at Eielson make for the perfect location to validate its feasibility,” said Mr. Correll.

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Safety and Infrastructure is working with 

the Air Force Office of Energy Assurance, the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 

Environment & Energy Resilience, the Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to 

facilitate the micro-reactor pilot, and to ensure this pilot is conducted with safety as the number one priority.

Please send an email to: energy.industry-engagement@dla.mil with any ideas, comments or questions.

DECEMBER 2021 ISSUE 4

The original date for our Worldwide Energy Conference was March of 2021, but like so many other things, 

COVID forced us to push the conference to 2022. We’re so excited to be able to host the Worldwide Energy 

Conference March 28-30, 2022! Save that date you don’t want to miss this. 

The theme for the conference is Warfighter Readiness through Stronger 

Partnerships, and we hope you ALL can attend. Based on the feedback from our 

2019 attendees, we have expanded our ‘Industry Day,’ which is the first day of the 

conference. We have lined up a full day of sessions and don’t forget the trade show 

opens in the afternoon!

The second and third days are full of workshops, panels and the all-important 

networking sessions. On Wednesday afternoon, we’ve added a closing session that 

will leave you wanting more and get you pumped up for 2024!

Registration will open soon and there are plenty of enhanced marketing opportunities available, so please 

bookmark our website and check it often. We hope to see you all there!

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