DLA News Archive

Category: Troop Support

Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy filled the Army and Air Force Exchange Service sales store to purchase the Operational Camouflage Pattern utility uniform October 1, 2018. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles worked with its Air Force counterparts and other key stakeholders since April to ensure more than 17,000 uniforms were delivered to five military clothing sales stores, including Aviano Air Base, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina and MacDill AFB, Florida for the initial fielding.

Oct. 4, 2018

Troop Support helps Airmen transition to new uniform from S.C. to Italy

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Six hours ahead of the Eastern time zone, Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy were the first to purchase the Operational Camouflage Pattern utility uniform October 1.

Sept. 28, 2018

DLA Troop Support provides food, generators, other materials for Hurricane Florence relief efforts

PHILADELPHIA — “When reports of the storm and its possible impact began surfacing, the DLA Troop Support team began working with our customers and vendors to ensure supplies needed for victims in the affected areas would be available,” Navy Capt. William Clarke, Troop Support Operations and Plans director, said.

Anita Parker (right) and Philip DiBabbo (center) pose with DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly (left) after being recognized for their service during a retirement ceremony Sept. 26 in Philadelphia.

Sept. 28, 2018

Troop Support retirees honored for 68 years of combined service

PHILADELPHIA — Two DLA Troop Support employees were recognized for their 68 years of combined service during a retirement ceremony Sept. 26 in Philadelphia. Anita Parker,Procurement Process Support, and Philip DiBabbo, Medical supply chain, both retired with 34 years of service.

Sept. 27, 2018

DLA provides maternity uniforms that help airmen ‘fit in’ while ‘sticking out’

PHILADELPHIA — While the changes in clothing sizes can be a challenge for service members during pregnancy, one Air Force officer said her maternity uniform didn’t compromise her professional appearance or comfort.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Modro with 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, serves breakfast to Lance Cpl. Giovani DeleonAcosta, a food service specialist with Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 18, 2018

Sept. 26, 2018

Evacuated DLA employee helps ensure food deliveries to North Carolina bases during Florence

PHILADELPHIA — Pama Hamlett, a customer support specialist with DLA Troop Support, was forced to leave her home to seek shelter with her daughter, but not without her work computer and phone in tow.

Sept. 24, 2018

DLA Troop Support employees donate 4,000 meals to neighbors in need

PHILADELPHIA — In their tenth year of participating in the campaign, employees at DLA Troop Support donated more than 3,000 pounds of food to the Feds Feed Families food drive.

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Director of Supplier Operations Steven Merch presents key C&T topics during the National Industries for the Blind’s annual Textile Apparel Group conference Sept. 6, 2018 in Philadelphia. Merch and DLA Troop Support representatives from C&T and Small Business discussed key industry topics with military clothing and equipment manufacturers that employ blind and visually impaired Americans during the two-day event.

Sept. 12, 2018

Troop Support reps talk clothing, textiles at National Industries for the Blind conference

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support representatives discussed key industry topics with military clothing and equipment manufacturers that employ blind and visually impaired Americans Sept. 6.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly addresses the workforce at a town hall event Sept. 6 in Philadelphia.

Sept. 12, 2018

Troop Support commander leads celebration of champions, unveils 2019 campaign plan

PHILADELPHIA — With a nod to a proud the Super Bowl champs and his Philadelphia-based workforce, the DLA Troop Support commander introduced the fiscal 2019 Campaign Plan and provided updates on personnel, programs and projects during a town hall Sept. 6.

Sept. 10, 2018

DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa employees recognized for excellence

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Employees at DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa were recognized for their efforts to support the warfighter and other valued customers during a ceremony Aug. 28 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Air Force Col. Melvin Maxwell is the new DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles director, after onboarding in August. Maxwell previously served at the Pentagon as chief of the enterprise strategy and analysis branch under the deputy chief of staff at Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Sept. 7, 2018

Clothing and Textiles’ new director ‘excited to support warfighter’

PHILADELPHIA — An Air Force officer now leads the team responsible for outfitting military service members with uniforms, equipment and more, by taking the reigns as Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles’ director.