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DLA Troop Support Subsistence Food Safety Office Chief Army Lt. Col. Erin Haverly, left, Subsistence Commodity Support Liaison Evan Newpher-Lockard, second to left, Troop Support Supervisory Accountant Sharrie Wilson, right, and Continuous Process Improvement Management and Program Analyst Kevin Gleaton, second to right, pose for a photo in Philadelphia, Sept. 11, 2019. The team worked collectedly to establish a standardized process to credit customer accounts for recalled items more timely and efficiently.

Sept. 11, 2019

DLA Subsistence project helps customers, improves internal processes

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain’s recall notifications under the All Food and Drug Act are critical to ensuring the warfighter and their family members do not buy or consume recalled subsistence products in any government owned facility. But what about the customers that need to be credited for products that were recalled?

The 16 Air Force majors who toured DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia on August 26, 2019, are part of a professional development program for mobility officers at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Operations School. One of the areas of study in the program is supply chain management.

Aug. 28, 2019

DLA Troop Support gives first-hand lesson on supply chains to Air Force Air Mobility students

PHILADELPHIA — Students and academic leaders from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Operations School visited the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia Aug. 26 for an overview of the agency’s services and to learn about its mission. The students, who are part of the school’s Advanced Study of Air Mobility program, met with representatives from each of the agency’s five supply chains.

Sandra Allen, Christopher Sapsis and Peter Cruz, pictured left to right, pose for a photo after instructing a one hour session on project management tools at a hands-on training session Aug. 20, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Aug. 22, 2019

Troop Support improves analysis, decision making through project management

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support recently emphasized a focus on project management to enable better data-driven decision making and analysis. The Continuous Process Improvement office is leading the charge in support of PM training with classroom sessions to improve the workforce's PM skills and provide tools intended to help employees and leaders.

An employee from DLA Distribution Norfolk loads a refrigerated container filled with cargo provided by DLA Troop Support subsistence prime vendor in support of Pacer Goose Sustainment in Norfolk, Va., July 6, 2012. Pacer Goose, the annual summer resupply mission to Thule Air Force Base in Pituffik, Greenland, provides a main supply line for the area located halfway between the North Pole and the Arctic Circle. (Courtesy Photo by Isai Vazquez)

Aug. 20, 2019

Subsistence, DLA Distribution support Pacer Goose mission

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain, in partnership with DLA Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, provides support to the Air Force's annual re-supply mission, Pacer Goose Sustainment 2019, at Thule Air Base, Greenland.

Meals, Ready-to-Eat ordered through the DLA Troop Support Subsistence Total Order and Receipt Electronic System are inspected at a warehouse Dec. 6, 2018, at Fort Lewis, Washington. The Subsistence cataloging team partnered with DLA Information Operations team to improve the customer item request and cataloging process in the STORES system. (U.S. Army photo by Emily Yeh)

Aug. 12, 2019

Subsistence STORES update improves customer service, cataloging process

PHILADELPHIA — After several years of working to improve the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence’s customer item request and cataloging process, a solution has been identified with potential for future capability development.

DLA Troop Support, NJIT/NJII conduct drone research test flights in Cape May

Aug. 2, 2019

DLA Troop Support, NJIT/NJII conduct drone research test flights in Cape May

Philadelphia — A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence team, in partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey Innovation Institutes Unmanned Aviation Systems Test Site and a contracted vendor, successfully conducted two unmanned aircraft systems research flights, July 24-25 at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal in Cape May, New Jersey.

Defense Logistics Agency employees celebrate their retirement after more than 30 years.

July 31, 2019

DLA Troop Support recognizes civilian retirees

Philadelphia — Susan Baker, Jeffrey Kochanowicz and Garth McBride marked their retirement from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support during a ceremony July 29. DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence presided over the ceremony and thanked the retirees for their 104 combined years of service to the federal government and warfighters.

Innovation graphic courtesy of username Drona7 at Wikimedia commons licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike 4.0.

July 26, 2019

Hardware employee innovates quality reporting process to improve efficiency

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Industrial Hardware employee Andrew Nemeth and his team used improved communications to innovate and streamline product deficiency reporting to increase efficiency and improve process actions for the government and its IH customers.

A Puerto Rico National Guard soldier prepares to transport food and water to the municipality of Jayuya, Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit, September 27, 2017. DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain partnered with FEMA to provide more nutritious meals in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Jose Ahiram Diaz-Ramos)

July 18, 2019

Subsistence, FEMA partner to provide nutritious meals before hurricane season

PHILADELPHIA — In preparation for hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency requested the assistance of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain to aid them in providing more nutritious pre-packaged meals to be distributed during natural disasters.

A view of the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship USNS Comfort as it departs Naval Station Norfolk, June 14.

July 10, 2019

Subsistence employee ensures fresh produce for Comfort deployment

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence overcame the challenge of a lack of prime vendor support in the U.S. Southern Command region to support delivery of fresh produce to the USNS Comfort during a deployment from June thru November as it provides medical assistance in support of regional partners in the SOUTHCOM area.