DLA News Archive

Tag: DLA Troop Support

Ronald Everett, a tailored vender logistics specialist with Subsistence, retired after 30 years of federal service. Everett joined DLA in 2007 and served in the Army from 1976 to 1996.

Sept. 29, 2017

Subsistence retiree honored for 30 years of service

PHILADELPHIA — An employee with the Subsistence supply chain was honored for his 30 years of service during a retirement ceremony Sept. 28.

DLA Distribution Norfolk, Virginia, loaded and shipped nearly 150,000 lbs. of food to warfighters stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after the island was struck by Hurricane Irma.

Sept. 21, 2017

Norfolk distribution center supports troops at Guantanamo Bay with fresh foods delivery

NORFOLK, Va. — Adding to DLA Distribution’s ongoing support to Hurricane Irma recovery efforts, last week its Norfolk, Virginia, distribution center shipped various food items to warfighters at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Natural and man-made disasters do not discriminate. And seeking refuge from a base emergency is a real possibility for DLA Troop Support employees.

Sept. 20, 2017

National Preparedness Month: Sheltering on base

PHILADELPHIA — Natural and man-made disasters do not discriminate. And seeking refuge from a base emergency is a real possibility for Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees.

Sept. 18, 2017

Troop Support celebrates 70 years of airpower and innovation

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support celebrated the Air Force’s 70th birthday Sept. 12 as Maj. Donald Steel and Master Sgt. Naka Turner, representing the oldest and youngest airmen, respectively, serving at Troop Support, cut a traditional birthday cake during the senior leaders weekly staff meeting.

Carrie Ann Brown, a forensic anthropologist with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, talks to the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia workforce during a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony September 14. Brown, who holds a doctorate in anthropology, spoke about the work the DPAA does in recovering and identifying the remains of warfighters. The Philadelphia Compound Veterans Committee organized the event.

Sept. 15, 2017

Anthropologist recounts ways to identify killed, missing warfighters during POW/MIA Recognition Day observance

PHILADELPHIA — A forensic anthropologist who works to provide the fullest possible accounting of warfighters captured, killed or missing in action spoke about her work to Naval Support Activity Philadelphia employees Sept. 14 during the POW/MIA Recognition Day observance.

Sept. 14, 2017

DLA Troop Support continues hurricane relief support

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support continues to manage the delivery of more than 30 million meals and 82 generators to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s hurricane relief efforts.

Sept. 6, 2017

Troop Support commander addresses workforce in Germany

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The commander of DLA Troop Support was in familiar territory when he addressed the workforce in Kaiserslautern, Germany Aug. 28. Col. Mark Simerly graduated from high school in Frankfurt and had two assignments in Germany.

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.

Richard Ellis, DLA Troop Support deputy commander (left), and Army Col. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support commander, lead the discussion to plot DLA Troop Support's path to improve the organization and collect input for a new DLA strategic plan.

Aug. 30, 2017

DLA Troop Support leaders propose surge flexibility, cross-training during strategic planning session

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support senior leaders plotted a path to continue to deliver superior warfighter support during a planning session August 24.

Army Col. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support commander, addresses participants in the Pathways to Career Excellence program Aug. 17

Aug. 22, 2017

Troop Support commander greets new class of PaCERs

PHILADELPHIA — Army Col. Mark Simerly asked the 137 new participants in the agency’s two-year training program to embrace DLA’s warfighter support mission. “The main reason we are here every day is to support the warfighter,” he said.