DLA: Commentary - McNamara Cagey, Equivocal About Reasons for Battle Creek Move
August 02, 2023
August 02, 2023
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news:
By Colin J. Williams, DLA Historian
One month after accepting the Defense Logistics Services Center, Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara announced he was moving its cataloging, standardization and utilization programs from Washington, D.C., to Battle Creek, Michigan. According to a newspaper account, men swore and women wept. All programmers working at the . . .
By Colin J. Williams, DLA Historian
One month after accepting the Defense Logistics Services Center, Army Lt. Gen. Andrew T. McNamara announced he was moving its cataloging, standardization and utilization programs from Washington, D.C., to Battle Creek, Michigan. According to a newspaper account, men swore and women wept. All programmers working at the . . .