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Tag: DLA Troop Support

After the Navy took ownership of the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the supply department works to feed sailors aboard the destroyer May 20 in Bath, Maine. The Zumwalt’s inaugural dinner included lobster tail, crab and filet mignon.

June 9, 2016

Subsistence delivers lobster tails for inaugural dinner aboard USS Zumwalt

PHILADELPHIA — The inaugural dinner aboard the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer included 160 pounds of lobster tails that were delivered just in time, thanks to the DLA Troop Support Subsistence team.

Spec. Arnold Wicker of the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) attaches cables to a power transfer box while installing generators at a Carteret, New Jersey power plant that lost power during Hurricane Sandy Nov. 6, 2012. DLA provided additional power generators to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to aid in the recovery effort.

June 3, 2016

Troop Support helps power FEMA with new generators contract

PHILADELPHIA — An entire region can lose electricity when a disaster strikes. A new DLA Troop Support contract for power generators aims to reduce the time affected communities are left in the dark.

DLA Troop Support Medical employees meet with customers at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan during a visit to Pacific Region customers in May. The visit was an opportunity to provide face-to-face customer service to military hospitals in the region.

June 2, 2016

Medical supply chain works face-to-face with Pacific customers

PHILADELPHIA — Being able to meet with customers in person allows a better flow of communication, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain division chief said about a visit last month to customers in the Pacific region.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton (left in black Army PT uniform) leads a group of participants at the second annual Federally Employed Women's 5K Walk/Run May 25. Hamilton encouraged employees to participate as part of DLA's resilience program.

May 27, 2016

Troop Support employees gets physical during FEW 5K

PHILADELPHIA — More than 75 DLA Troop Support employees participated in the second annual Federally Employed Women's 5K Walk/Run May 25.

Winifred Woll, keynote speaker during the Memorial Day observation May 26, receives a thank you bouquet from Jackie Baxter, Philadelphia Compound Veterans Committee chairperson. The PCVC organized the ceremony.

May 27, 2016

Employees remember Pearl Harbor nurses during Memorial Day ceremony

Philadelphia — Naval Support Activity Philadelphia employees heard stories about military nurses that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor as part of a Memorial Day observation May 26.

Dave Edmonson, DLA Troop Support customer service representative, Master Sgt. Darrell DeGroff, Washington Army National Guard, and John Tolomeo, DLA Troop Support Pacific Northwest Team chief, are pictured at the Army National Guard’s annual Menu Board Meeting at Joint Base Lewis-McChord March 17. A Subsistence customer operations team visited Washington to strengthen their partnership with the Washington Army National Guard.

May 26, 2016

Washington National Guard learns language of DLA food support

PHILADELPHIA — When the Washington Army National Guard decided it needed a better way to provide food to guardsmen, it reached out to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence team.

Elias and Bec Dungca and their two sons, Elijah and Isaiah, lost most of their belongings in a fire Oct. 24, 2014. Through faith, family and friends, they were able to recover and return to their normal lives.

May 24, 2016

Division chief overcomes fire with faith, support from co-workers

PHILADELPHIA — Elias Dungca looked at his apartment on fire and knew that he was going to lose everything in it. His faith, family and friends helped Dungca’s family resiliently overcome the fire that destroyed their home in October 2014.

Subsistence employees enjoy a variety of food during an outdoor Spring Fling event May 11 at the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia. Employees brought their favorite pot luck meals and ate hamburgers and hot dogs.

May 17, 2016

Spring Fling celebrates teamwork in Subsistence

PHILADELPHIA — The Subsistence sensing team hosted their first event of the year with a Spring Fling, offering employees an opportunity to “play hard because we work hard,” said event coordinator, Kelly Parker.

Members of the DLA Troop Support Ricoh Multi-Functional Devices Support team received the gold medal in the Outstanding Administrative Support Accomplishment category during the FEB Excellence in Government Awards May 12 in Philadelphia. The team took over the maintenance of agency printers and saved the organization more than $150,000.

May 16, 2016

Troop Support employees honored for excellence at FEB awards

PHILADELPHIA — Several DLA Troop Support employees earned top honors for excellence in public service during an award ceremony in Philadelphia May 12.

Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 3rd Class Erik Kastner, assigned to EOD Mobile Unit 6, helps a student from the Civic Leadership Institute of Hampton Roads don an EOD Mark 9 bomb suit during a tour April 21 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Virginia. DLA Troop Support provides equipment to EOD customers through its Construction and Equipment supply chain.

May 6, 2016

Troop Support supports EOD mission as national observance nears

PHILADELPHIA — National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day is observed annually on the first Saturday of May to honor the professionals that put their lives on the line to defuse, disarm or contain bombs and other explosive devices. DLA Troop Support provides much of the equipment that military EOD units demand.