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DLA Troop Support News

March 11, 2024

DLA Troop Support DTS Team Attends GovTravels Symposium

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Defense Travel System team attended the GovTravels symposium February 26-28, 2024 in Alexandria, Virgina to gain knowledge on how to better support workforce travel needs.

March 6, 2024

Four Troop Support retirees celebrate 127 years of federal service

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a retirement ceremony to honor the federal service of four civilian employees Feb. 29.

Feb. 21, 2024

Defense Logistics Agency provides lower pharmaceutical pricing to DOD customers, realizes over $264 million in cost avoidance for fiscal year 2023

DLA Troop Support’s Medical supply chain realized $264 million in cost avoidance for fiscal year 2023 by negotiating contracts with vendors, providing lower pharmaceutical pricing to Department of Defense beneficiaries.

Feb. 20, 2024

Defense Logistics Agency flu program protects DOD beneficiaries worldwide, meets Defense Health Agency needs

DLA Troop Support’s medical supply chain flu team and DLA Distribution Center Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, successfully completed the 2023-2024 flu vaccine program Feb. 1 with a total shipment of over 3.2 million doses to military service customers.

Feb. 9, 2024

DLA Troop Support staff offices come together for cooking competition

 Four Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support offices jointly hosted a Chili Cookoff event on February 8 in Philadelphia.  

Feb. 8, 2024

Troop Support commander receives Army star

Humility, gratitude, and excellence were on full display as the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony held at the Lieutenant Andrew McNamara auditorium on January 26.

Jan. 18, 2024

Troop Support town hall highlights responsive leadership, workforce appreciation

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Col. Landis Maddox hosted his third town hall meeting and expressed workforce appreciation, highlighted major supply chain accomplishments, and discussed his style of responsive leadership

Jan. 9, 2024

Troop Support dress clothing supervisor, Medical team win DLA Director’s Strategic Goals Awards

Six members of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical supply chain Customer Pharmacy Operations Center team and supervisor of the Clothing and Textiles dress clothing planning team received DLA Director’s Strategic Goals Awards for fiscal year 2023 fourth quarter, on behalf of DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Michelle C. Skubic.

Jan. 9, 2024

Rear Adm. Amy Grable visits DLA Troop Support

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Amy Grable, assistant commandant for engineering and logistics, visits Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on January 8, 2024, in Philadelphia for a site visit and tour. DLA Troop Support provides more than $19 billion in support to 51,000 global customers through a network of 3,700 suppliers, delivering optimal, global supply chain solutions with a focus on world-class performance and strong partnerships in support of national defense, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Dec. 21, 2023

Providing hot meals to service members abroad ‘feeds spirits with warmth of home’

Every year, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support team in Philadelphia ensures military members abroad have a taste of home during the holiday season.

Dec. 20, 2023

DLA Troop Support donates items for veterans

Uniformed and DoD civilian personnel with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support out of Philadelphia visit the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia to donate sweatshirts, sweatpants, hats, gloves, and socks on December 20, 2023. In honor of November’s Veterans Day and up to the December 2023 Army-Navy football game, DLA Troop Support hosted a winter clothing drive for local veterans to contribute to the donation effort.

Dec. 13, 2023

Past employees, commander, join DLA Troop Support’s Hall of Fame legacy

Two former employees and one past commander were inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Hall of Fame during a ceremony in their honor December 12 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 13, 2023

DLA Troop Support facilitates DOD DNA identifications of the fallen

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support medical enables the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System’s Department of Defense DNA Operations to identify the fallen and provide closure for families of those listed as missing in action.

Dec. 7, 2023

DLA Troop Support honors 516 years of service

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support celebrated 516 years of combined service during a retirement ceremony for fifteen employees on Dec. 6 in Philadelphia.

Nov. 29, 2023

Collaboration, information-sharing key at annual Clothing and Textiles industry event

Nearly 700 government and manufacturing stakeholders met for Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles supply chain’s annual Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry Nov. 15-16 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.