DLA News Archive

Tag: Medical

Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, right, prepares a syringe at Misawa Air Base, Japan. DLA Troop Support’s Medical supply chain provides more than 25,000 pharmaceuticals to military healthcare providers around the world. Mendoza is a medical technician with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron.

Sept. 1, 2017

Saving Lives: DLA ensures military gets meds in emergencies

PHILADELPHIA — Lorinda Ferraiolo isn't a doctor or a nurse. But when there was a life-or-death medical emergency at an Air Force base in Japan, she got the urgent message.

Pharmaceuticals are refrigerated at the 35th Medical Operations Squadron clinic at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Military healthcare providers at Misawa and other installations throughout the world rely on acquisition professionals at DLA Troop Support’s Medical supply chain to provide pharmaceuticals in life-or-death emergencies.

Sept. 1, 2017

Saving Lives

When military healthcare providers stationed overseas don’t have the medication they need in life-or-death emergencies, they turn to a small team of contracting officers with DLA Troop Support.

Jessica Gaines, 341st Medical Support Squadron pharmacy technician, fills a prescription using an automated drug dispensing cabinet Aug. 14, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont.

Aug. 22, 2017

Malmstrom pharmacy receives renovations

MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Malmstrom Air Force Base website — The base pharmacy received updates to its technology and layout in January and July to increase its efficiency and capabilities in serving Airmen and their families.

Ke Liu, M.D., discusses the future of cancer treatment at the McNamara Headquarters Complex auditorium April 10.

May 12, 2017

A promise to Mom: Researcher, physician talks about preventing, detecting, treating cancer

A renowned oncologist shared his personal experiences, cancer-prevention advice and an overview of the latest treatments May 10, in recognition of Asian/Pacific Heritage Month.

Airmen guide a Minuteman III re-entry system onto a missile guidance set in September 1990. (U.S. Air Force photo)

April 1, 2017

Sustain and Deter

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA Aviation has become the agency’s lead activity for support of the Minuteman III, an intercontinental ballistic missile weapon system.

Shawn J. Jones, a public affairs specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, is pictured at the Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, during a deployment to Southwest Asia as an Air Force staff sergeant in 2008. He served on U.S. Air Force Central Command's news team, reporting from Iraq, Kuwait, Djibouti, Kenya and Qatar.

Oct. 27, 2016

Commentary: My first week with DLA

PHILADELPHIA — Shawn J. Jones is in his second week in DLA Troop Support's Corporate Communications office. While he's just beginning his DLA career, he's been with DLA for almost two decades.

José Ramos is a pharmacist with DLA Troop Support's Medical supply chain and earned a National Image Meritorious Service Award for promoting diversity in the workplace.

Oct. 14, 2016

Pharmacist earns National Image award, promotes diversity at Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — When the DLA Troop Support workforce was under represented by minorities 15 years ago, José Ramos was one of the first employees approached to help. His work to help increase the diversity of the workforce at Troop Support helped him earn a 2016 National Image Meritorious Service Award.

Army Maj. Randall Sweeney (right) is inducted into the Order of Military Medical Merit Aug. 4 by Col. Alex Zotomayor, director of DLA Troop Support's Medical supply chain. Sweeney is the chief pharmacist for Medical's Customer Pharmacy Operations Center

Aug. 11, 2016

Troop Support pharmacist inducted into Order of Military Medical Merit

PHILADELPHIA — The chief pharmacist at DLATroop Support began his Army medical career as a Special Forces medic. Twenty-five years later, his distinguished service earned Maj. Randall Sweeney induction into the Order of Military Medical Merit.