DLA Distribution Yokosuka welcomes new commander

Moldonado assumed command of DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, June 14, 2024, and led the distribution center through unplanned surges in material requests and deployment of the Warehouse Management System. He oversaw more than 520,000 material request orders, over 160,000 receipts and 275 packaging operations.

"DLA Distribution Yokosuka would prove time and again just how critical this facility is. With every new mission, every new adaptation, Daniel, you led this workforce with exceptionalism," Cotman said. "You created a leadership style for everyone to learn from, and despite the vast scope of your impact, you managed to keep yourself and this team laser focused on the mission."

Cotman also praised the DLA Distribution Yokosuka team for their continued dedication and ability to meet mission requirements.

"Through an evolving world-wide landscape and an increased operational tempo, this workforce has consistently delivered, with professionalism, the very support our warfighters need," Cotman said. "It is through your efforts that Japan, the United States and the entire region are kept safe."

Tran's operational assignments include tours as the assistant supply officer aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Hopper; supply officer aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf; and assistant supply officer, principal assistant for logistics and principal assistant for services aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. He is a qualified naval aviation supply officer, surface warfare supply corps officer and a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps.

His shore duty assignments include serving as a contract specialist for Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia; director of regional services for the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan; and supply corps career counselor and lieutenant commander detailer for the Supply Corps Office of Personnel at Navy Personnel Command in Millington, Tennessee. Prior to his current command, Tran served as the assistant to the director of the Supply Corps Office of Personnel at Navy Personnel Command.