DLA News Archive

Tag: Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support

May 16, 2019

Subsistence seeks candidates for liaison position in Kuwait

PHILADELPHIA — The need for food logistics experts in Arifjan, Kuwait now provides Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support civilian employees and military officers an opportunity to volunteer for future deployments.

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain began providing support to U.S. Navy culinary specialists assigned to submarines in its first ever freeze-dried food pilot program.

May 8, 2019

Subsistence supports Navy in first efforts to provide freeze-dried foods to submarine fleet

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain began providing support to U.S. Navy culinary specialists assigned to submarines in its first ever freeze-dried food pilot program.

Geoffrey Dominessy, a contracting officer, in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Construction and Equipment supply chain, stands next to his dog sled during a trip hosted by Outward Bound for Veterans in February 2019 in Northern Minnesota.

April 26, 2019

C & E employee learns resiliency and dogsledding in subzero weather conditions

PHILADELPHIA — It’s not common for someone to volunteer to spend a week in subzero temperatures without a cabin, heat or cot just to learn dogsledding. Geoffrey Dominessy, a contracting officer with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment supply chain, did just that in February in Northern Minnesota.

Bill Blake is a TVLS, in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain. Blake serves as the trainer to new TVLS PaCERs on the OCONUS team. (Photo by Alexandria Brimage-Gray)

April 4, 2019

Specialized training program helps new employees thrive in the Subsistence supply chain

PHILADELPHIA — As a former intern in the now, Defense Logistics Agency Pathways to Career Excellence program, these are feelings that Bill Blake knows very well. So he decided that he would do something to help ease the transition for those participants who came after him.

DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment supply chain employees pose for a photo during the spring clean-up event in Building 3 March 20, 2019 in Philadelphia. The employees participated in the housekeeping component of the VPP program, an OSHA led initiative, that encourages cooperative efforts between management, employees and unions to reduce mishaps, pest and improve workplace safety. (Photo by Alexandria Brimage-Gray).

March 20, 2019

C&E employees conduct spring cleaning to demonstrate VPP program commitment

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment supply chain employees conduct spring clean-up event in Building 3 March 20, 2019 in Philadelphia. The leaders implemented a supply chain wide housekeeping event to demonstrate the directorate’s commitment to the VPP program, an OSHA led initiative that promotes good housekeeping in the office environment as a major part of its mishap, pest management and fire prevention efforts.

Army Quartermaster General Brig. Gen. Douglas McBride, Jr., center, met with supply chain senior leaders at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia on March 4, 2019. McBride received a mission overview brief about Troop Support and its five supply chains during his visit. Photo by Alexandria Brimage-Gray

March 13, 2019

Troop Support leaders host Army Quartermaster General to discuss future battlefield requirements

PHILADELPHIA — Leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted the Army Quartermaster General and employees from the Joint Culinary School of Excellence March 4 in Philadelphia to discuss future battlefield requirements.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain Deputy Director Rich Faso presents the Subsistence Shooting Star Award to Shannon Collins during a town hall in Philadelphia, Dec.12, 2018. Collins, a contract specialist in the Supplier Operations directorate, received the award for her efforts to make use of unmanned air systems, or drones, to deliver food and water to areas not accessible by normal modes of transportation.

Feb. 20, 2019

Shooting Star award recognizes the individual accomplishments of Subsistence employees

PHILADELPHIA — The Shooting Star Award allows employees to nominate fellow team members for going above and beyond the call of duty to support the warfighter and be recognized during Subsistence’s quarterly town hall meeting.

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division shop at the Culinary Outpost Kiosk, Feb. 4, 2019 at Ft. Stewart, Ga. The food kiosk, first of its kind for the DLA and the Army, symbolizes the innovation and modernization efforts of the Army’s food program. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elizabeth White/Released)

Feb. 7, 2019

DLA Troop Support partners with Army, industry to bring food kiosks to soldiers

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees in Philadelphia spent the last year conducting market intelligence research, strategizing with vendors and building new catalogs to bring Army Culinary Outpost Kiosks to life.

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Feb. 5, 2019

DLA Troop Support seeks mentors and mentees to kick start leader development pilot

PHILADELPHIA — A new opportunity for mid-career civilian employees to gain one-on-one mentorship from senior-level employees across Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support is now available.

Five students from the University of Virginia’s Hacking for Defense course presented their recommendations from their final research project to Pentagon staff at the end of last year. The Hacking for Defense course provides university students an opportunity to work with DOD and the intelligence community to address the nation’s cybersecurity threats and security challenges.

Feb. 1, 2019

Subsistence enlists the help of UVA students to provide feedback to improve information security operations for DOD food industry partners

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain enlisted the help of five students from the University of Virginia’s Hacking for Defense course to communicate new Department of Defense information security requirements and resources to food industry partners.