DLA News Archive

Tag: religious support

April 10, 2023

Troop Support provides ‘morale boost’ to servicemembers with religious support items

PHILADELPHIA — Manually tracking orders for religious items like wine and palm reflects the significance of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain’s annual support to servicemembers across the globe for Easter, Passover, Ash Wednesday, and Palm Sunday.

Sailors from Newton, Iowa, read from prayer books during the Rosh Hashanah service in the chapel of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

July 30, 2019

Religious supply chain newsletter to highlight logistics trends, holiday ordering schedules

A new quarterly newsletter from the Defense Logistics Agency command chaplain gives customers insight into the religious supply chain and order times for religious holidays.

July 30, 2018

New command chaplain to focus on spiritual resiliency, religious-supply support to DoD

Army Col. Bob Wichman has been a chaplain for 25 years, meeting the spiritual needs of soldiers in battalions, brigades, hospitals and even a military prison. His diverse background has prepared him for his new role overseeing religious-supply support to all Department of Defense chaplains.

Navy Capt. John Shimotsu, U.S. Pacific Command Catholic chaplain, celebrates Mass at the Courtyard of Heroes during a remembrance ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

May 1, 2018

Feeding the Spirit

DLA helps military chaplains meet service members’ spiritual needs with a religious supply program that includes over 500 items.

Navy Cmdr. Matt Sklerov, from New York, participates in a Passover Seder aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, April 10, 2017. DLA Troop Support provides annual religious support to service members across the globe for the Easter and Passover holidays. This year, Troop Support provided more than 170,000 pounds of food, 11,000 Meals, Ready-to-Eat and 115 orders of palm, wine, Jewish ceremonial Seder kits and ashes.

April 2, 2018

Troop Support provides Easter, Passover support to service members across globe

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support provides annual religious support to service members across the globe for the Easter and Passover holidays. This year, Troop Support provided more than 170,000 pounds of food, 11,000 Meals, Ready-to-Eat and 115 orders of palm, wine, Jewish ceremonial Seder kits and ashes.

Sailors and family members participate in the Passover Seder meal aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson April 15, 2015. Jewish military members around the world can have a traditional Seder meal and observe Kosher during Passover, thanks to DLA Troop Support.

April 21, 2016

DLA Troop Support helps Jewish service members celebrate Passover

PHILADELPHIA — Jewish military members around the world can have a traditional Seder and keep kosher during Passover, thanks to the Defense Logistics Agency.