FORT BELVOIR, Va., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayne Stellefson, an IBM Corporation consultant at Mechanicsburg, Pa., was among the award recipients when the Defense Logistics Agency honored 18 industry partners, customers and individuals Jan. 20 at its Business Alliance Awards ceremony in Springfield, Va.

Stellefson received the Commander's Choice Award presented to the non-DLA person whose dedication and commitment to the DLA mission affects the quality of life for U.S. men and women in uniform.

Overall, the Business Alliance Awards recognize those who have demonstrated outstanding efforts to partner with DLA and improve the agency's mission -- providing supplies and services to America's war fighters. DLA Director Vice Admiral Keith W. Lippert presented the annual awards.

The agency's primary role is to provide supplies and services to America's military services worldwide and includes managing more than 4 million consumable items, including rations, medical supplies and equipment, clothing and textiles, and repair parts for land, sea and air weapons systems and platforms.

As his award citation stated, "Stellefson has greatly exceeded the call of duty, and the obligations of his contract, through his actions as a consultant to DLA for the Distribution Standard System. He has worked [throughout the weeks and weekends] this past year to ensure the DSS maintained its normal level of performance while being migrated to a new database structure.

"He said he 'was blessed for being a citizen of this country' and felt, by serving DLA and ultimately the war fighter DLA supports, this was his chance to give back," his citation concluded.

DLA provides supply support, and technical and logistics services to the U.S. military services and several federal civilian agencies. Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., the agency is the one source for nearly every consumable item, whether for combat readiness, emergency preparedness or day-to-day operations. More information about DLA is available at http://www.dla.mil/.

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CONTACT: Marcia Klein of Defense Logistics Agency, +1-703-767-5064,
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Web site: http://www.dla.mil/