DLA News Archive

Category: Troop Support

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly presents the DLA Troop Support Declaration of Innovation to Rob Fagan during a Town Hall in Philadelphia, Nov.11, 2018. Fagan, a junior contract specialist on the heraldic team in DLA Troop Support’s Clothing and Textile supply chain, was instrumental in standardizing and developing a new material to be used in flags for the military. (Photo by Alexandria Brimage-Gray/DLA Troop Support)

Dec. 13, 2018

DLA Troop Support commander holds year-end town hall

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly held his final town hall of the year, Dec. 11, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Troop Support director speaks at C&T industry event

Dec. 12, 2018

DLA, services, clothing and textiles vendors ‘synchronize’ warfighter support

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey — Synchronizing the Defense Logistics Agency’s warfighter support with industry and military service partners ensures readiness and lethality for future operations, DLA Troop Support’s commander said during a planning brief Nov. 28 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Ryan McLeod, a DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware branch chief and volunteer, watches students color drawings during the Children’s Holiday Party at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Dec. 6, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 11, 2018

The season of giving: Troop Support employees donate gifts, supplies to local school during annual holiday party

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support employees donated presents and school supplies to kindergarten and first grade students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School during its annual Children’s Holiday Party Dec. 6.

Representatives from DLA Troop Support and U.S. Forest Service discuss planning for operation support during a meeting at DLA Troop Support Nov. 6, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 7, 2018

DLA Troop Support presents new planning for wildfire support

PHILADELPHIA — With several wild fires blazing this year, DLA Troop Support and other federal agencies changed its planning approach to supporting the USDA’s Wildland Fire Protection Program.

Paul Williams, a Medical tailored vendor logistics specialist, facilitates a panel of Veterans Affairs benefits experts at DLA Troop Support Nov. 27, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 6, 2018

Employees talk benefits, programs with VA panel

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support’s Medical culture improvement team invited VA benefits representatives to talk with veteran and military employees.

Navy Cmdr. Shani LeBlanc, DLA Troop Support Pacific commander, pose with Soldiers from the Public Health Activity Hawaii, Schofield Barracks after presenting them awards for their contributions to RIMPACT 2018, Nov. 21, 2018 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, Hawaii. RIMPACT is the world's largest international maritime exercise that takes place in the Hawaiian Islands every two years.

Dec. 4, 2018

Troop Support Pacific commander awards soldiers for maritime exercise contributions

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Pacific commander awarded nine soldiers from the Public Health Activity Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, the Joint Service Achievement Medal and five soldiers’ certificates of achievement for their contributions to the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise, Nov. 21, 2018 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, Hawaii.

Men from the DLA Troop Support Subsistence supply chain pose for a photo to commemorate the final days of No Shave November, Nov. 28, 2018 in Philadelphia. No Shave November is an annual campaign to bring awareness to cancer and encourage participants to donate the money typically used for shaving supplies to a local charity.

Dec. 4, 2018

Subsistence supply chain employees grow beards to raise cancer awareness

PHILADELPHIA — As the leaves changed colors on nature’s trees, beards with shades of red, brown, white, gray, black and even a few multi-colored, appeared on the faces of nearly 20 men from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain during “No Shave November.”

Joanmarie Grace, a Medical supply chain National Contracts contracting officer, poses for a photo at DLA Troop Support Nov. 27, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Nov. 29, 2018

Contracting officers are key to national contracts savings

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Medical’s National Contracts team members rely on their established relationships with industry and customers to maximize savings on pharmaceutical drugs.

Martin Bollinger, visiting executive lecturer at the Darden Business School and former senior partner with Booz Allen Hamilton, discusses the history of the defense industrial base with DLA Troop Support employees Nov. 20 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Nov. 27, 2018

Event promotes dialogue on defense industry, future sustainment

PHILADELPHIA — Employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support gained insight on industry’s corporate support to the Department of Defense during an event Nov. 20 in Philadelphia. The event was intended to facilitate understanding and provoke recommendations for the development of future supply chain solutions, and was hosted under the umbrella of the

DLA provides Marines new female dress blue coat

Nov. 22, 2018

C&T provides Marine Corps recruits new female dress coats for graduation

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles team members witnessed the fruits of their labor as Marines debuted the new female dress uniform during a recruit graduation ceremony at the Marine Corp Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina Nov. 16.