DLA News Archive

April 15, 2015

Better Buying Power 3.0 Stresses Innovation, Affordability

WASHINGTON — The latest update of the Defense Department’s acquisition efficiency initiative stresses innovation and cost-consciousness, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official said.

A firefighter from the Albuquerque Fire Department’s Wildland Task Force is shown here. DLA Troop Support took over management of 296 wildland fire items from the General Services Administration in May 2014.

Feb. 26, 2015

DLA Troop Support delivers during its first wildland fire season

PHILADAELPHIA — On the eve of the 2014 wildland fire season, warehouse shelves at the Northern California Interagency Support Cache were packed with goggles, hand tools and hoses. More than $7 million worth of materials were stocked as a buffer as DLA took over management of those items one month before the season started.

DLA Troop Support Pacific supported Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan with a new rubber track, repairs on their bleachers and updated bathroom fixtures. Kubasaki is a Department of Defense Education Activity school for department civilians located on a Marine camp.

Oct. 9, 2014

Troop Support Pacific supports DOD school in Okinawa

When the Kubasaki High School track team runs this spring, it will be on a new rubber track procured through Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Pacific.

Pictured is a conceptual image of the Aegis Ashore installation in Romania. Navy construction builders used materials provided through DLA Troop Support’s Construction and Equipment supply chain to build a camp for support personnel there.

Oct. 2, 2014

Contracting officer ensures requirements for missile defense camp are right

The initial customer requirements for materials to build a camp in Romania were vague and incomplete, said a contracting officer with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Europe and Africa.

Oct. 11, 2013

New ‘flag ladies’ bring unique skills, undergo DLA-specific training

PHILADELPHIA — Only seven days into her embroidery position, one of DLA's newest “flag ladies” set a personal goal to stitch just one star on a presidential flag, she said.