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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Rodriguez, from Spring, Texas, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), organizes pharmacy medication on the floating accommodation facility, in Newport News, Virginia, May 17, 2022. A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical team awarded a next generation pharmaceuticals prime vendor contract, on July 14, that will provide additional benefits to military customers and their dependents. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jesus Aguiar)

July 29, 2022

Next generation pharmaceutical contract provides major benefits for military customers

PHILADELPHIA — A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical team awarded a next generation pharmaceuticals prime vendor contract July 14 that will provide additional benefits to military customers and their dependents.

Master Sgt. Danielle Smith inspects pallets of personal protective equipment, or PPE, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The PPE from Sierra Army Depot was already on ground when personnel arrived to begin processing Afghan families during Operation Allies Welcome in September. (U.S. Army photo by Col. Clayton Carr)

Dec. 16, 2021

Army Medical Logistics Command supports Operation Allies Welcome

FORT DETRICK, Md. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army website — Soldiers and Army civilians from Army Medical Logistics Command recently completed missions to support Operation Allies Welcome, ordering and distributing medical equipment and supplies.

A man in Navy uniform looks intently across a table at another man in a suit as he speaks.

Oct. 26, 2021

DLA, Navy Surgeon General discuss COVID-19, medical logistics

PHILADELPHIA — COVID-19 and medical logistics were key topics of discussion between the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support leaders and Navy Surgeon General Read Adm. Bruce Gillingham during a visit Oct. 20 in Philadelphia. Both sides of the table provided feedback on current and future challenges, as well as how to best partner to overcome them.

A military member hands a face mask to a child with outstretched arms as they are being carried by an adult woman.

Oct. 14, 2021

DLA provides food, medicine to incoming Afghans in support of Operation Allies Welcome

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency provided more than $42 million worth of food and nearly 448,000 doses of 15 different vaccines to Afghan nationals in support of Operation Allies Welcome over the past three months, while standing by to provide additional assistance to U.S. Northern Command and other mission partners.

Soldiers with the 311th Field Hospital, a unit out of Blacklick, Ohio, inventory equipment for movement from Sagami Army Depot to Yokota Air Force Base for a field hospital during a training exercise in Japan in June.

July 26, 2021

Army medical logisticians modernize units in Japan to support multiple missions

SAGAMI ARMY DEPOT, Japan — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army website — Teams of U.S. Army medical logisticians in June completed a multi-faceted mission that included handing off equipment and supplies in support of a medical training exercise, along with reconfiguring medical materiel to better align health care assets to support the warfighter in forward-deployed environments.

Senior Airman Raina Hornbuckle, 22nd Medical Support Squadron medical logistician journeyman, and Airman 1st Class Ariana Vega, 22nd Medical Group medical logistician apprentice, look through medical supplies at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., March 11, 2019. Thousands of deliveries like this each year are made possible by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical’s Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program named “Best in Class” by the Office of Management and Budget in July 2021.

July 19, 2021

OMB: DLA Medical Surgical Prime Vendor program – ‘Best in Class’

PHILADELPHIA — “Best in Class,” a designation by the Office of Management and Budget, represents a preferred government-wide solution and provides a unique opportunity to leverage the government's buying power. And the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical team just earned it, again.

Four service members stand for a photo with flags in the background

June 9, 2021

Joint Reserve Force leaders recount contributions to pandemic, DLA mission

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Joint Reserve Force Director Navy Rear Adm. Grafton Chase hosted 100 reserve leaders from six major subordinate commands during a virtual and in-person Annual Leadership Review June 3-6 at Fort Belvoir.

A soldier wearing a mask holds a small temperature monitor in one hand, formatted in a vertical portrait over a DLA emblem background

May 7, 2021

DLA reservists support vaccine cold-chain management

Fort Belvoir, Va. — Reservists at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are helping monitor COVID-19 vaccine temperatures as the agency ships thousands of doses to Defense Department employees outside the continental United States and the deployed U.S. Navy Fleet amid warmer weather.

Pallets of medical equipment are prepared for distribution in support of Eighth Army medical units. (Courtesy)

April 19, 2021

Army works to modernize medical equipment for Soldiers on Korean Peninsula

CAMP CARROLL, South Korea — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army website — U.S. Army medical logisticians are working to ensure Soldiers on the Korean Peninsula have the latest and most effective medical devices available.

A bald man in military camouflaged pants and a medical apron with gloves and a face shield is seated to the left of a person in a red plaid shirt as he holds a needle to inoculate her against the COVID-19 virus.

March 2, 2021

Award-winning support recognized by government procurement coalition

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency’s Troop Support's Medical Directorate’s Strategic Materiel Sourcing Group and Construction and Equipment employee Meghan Michalski earned the Coalition for Government Procurement’s Acquisition Excellence Awards for Government, according to the group’s announcement February 26.