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Three employees shared their stories of strength during life challenges in videos shown during DLA Troop Support's Resiliency Day event Sept. 15. The event highlighted the agency’s Resiliency program, which aims to help employees improve their ability to function in the face of adversity.

Sept. 15, 2016

Employees share stories of strength during Resiliency Day

PHILADELPHIA — Beating cancer, overcoming a fire, getting fit. Three employees shared their stories of strength in the face of adversity with coworkers during DLA Troop Support’s Resiliency Day.

Employees at NSA Philadelphia receive information from a Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services representative during DLA Troop Support's annual National Preparedness Month event Sept. 8. The event also featured representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Red Paw Emergency Relief Team.

Sept. 15, 2016

NPM event focuses on workplace preparedness

PHILADELPHIA — It is important to be prepared for an emergency because you never know when a disaster will strike, an emergency management officer said at DLA Troop Support’s annual National Preparedness Month event Sept. 8

Kent 'Rocky' Galbraith spent 38 years with DLA, beginning as a warehouse worker and ultimately leading the design, development and deployment of the billion-dollar Distribution Standard System, still critical to DLA operations.

Sept. 15, 2016

Galbraith, force behind critical distribution system, joins DLA Hall of Fame

One of the 2016 inductees into the DLA Hall of Fame, Kent “Rocky” Galbraith, spent 38 years with DLA, beginning as a warehouse worker at Defense Depot Ogden Utah in 1966.

AT SEA -- The USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) refuels and receives supplies during a replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 12, 2016. During replenishments at sea, Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopters ferry food and supplies from Navy supply ships to the ships of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed Marine Air-Ground Task Force, and combines air-ground-logistics into a single team capable of addressing a range of military operations in the Asia-Pacific region – from force protection and maritime security to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in cooperation with host countries and partner militaries.

Sept. 14, 2016

From Ship to Ship: Replenishment at Sea

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Pacific Command website — Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group participated in a replenishment at sea in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 12, 2016.

Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee, Clara Griffin, customer account specialist in the Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia supports the Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy and the C-17 Globemaster aircraft weapon systems. As a retired 1st sergeant, responsible for logistics support to soldiers in the U.S. Army, Griffin is proud to work for the very same organization that served as a major source of supply when she was enlisted.

Sept. 14, 2016

Employee Spotlight: Clara Griffin

Richmond, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation employee, Clara Griffin is a customer account specialist in the Customer Operations Directorate in Richmond, Virginia. Griffin supports the Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy and the C-17 Globemaster aircraft weapon systems. As a retired Army first sergeant, responsible for logistics support to soldiers, Griffin is proud to work for the very same organization that served as a major source of supply when she was enlisted in the U.S. Army.

In 1984, David Ennis was voted one of 10 Outstanding DLA Personnel; in 2016 he is one of seven inductees into the DLA Hall of Fame.

Sept. 14, 2016

Ennis, past deputy, DLA Distribution San Joaquin, three-term mayor, named for Hall of Fame

In 1984, David Ennis was voted one of 10 Outstanding DLA Personnel; in 2016 he is one of seven honorees to join the DLA Hall of Fame Sept. 20.

U.S. Army Cpl. Gregory McLellan and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Clinton Smith plot grid points during a joint training exercise at Arta, Djibouti. Through informal methods like training exercises, as well as formally established joint forums, the services work together to share new technology and ideas to develop, test and deliver ever-better capabilities for Marines and Soldiers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)

Sept. 13, 2016

Collaborative acquisition equips Soldiers and Marines to fight and win

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps System Command website — In a series of ongoing efforts, Marine Corps Systems Command and the Army’s Program Executive Office - Soldier are collaborating to develop, test and deliver ever-better capabilities for Marines and Soldiers.

Retired Navy Capt. Chris McKelvey, the commander of the Susquehanna installation during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack, Doug Schraeder, Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna police chief, and Henry Hoffman Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna fire chief, dedicate a wreath in honor of the heroes who have perished protecting and serving the country.

Sept. 13, 2016

Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna remembers 9/11 and POW/MIAs during ceremony

New Cumberland, PENNSYLVANIA — On September 9, Defense Distribution Center Susquehanna employees gathered two days before the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to remember and honor those who died on that day, and those men and women who selflessly responded with courage and compassion. The ceremony also remembered those American warriors who are listed as Prisoners of War or still Missing in Action.

DLA Land and Maritime Strategic Acquisitions Program Directorate's "Soup-a-Stars" team used a combination of canned and boxed food items to recreate the U.S. Capitol Building during The Build competition Aug. 24. The contest was the culminating event of the annual Feds Feed Families campaign.

Sept. 13, 2016

DSCC employees fight hunger with canned food construction competition

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two rooms inside Defense Supply Center Columbus were briefly transformed into a display area for scale models of famous buildings and other 3D artwork – all made from non-perishable food items. Employees at Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime and Defense Finance and Accounting Service spent the final days of August constructing themed

Three individual DLA offices recently combined their efforts for the recently concluded Feds Feed Families campaign. (From left) Chris Shardt, DLA Document Services; Michele Hippensteel, DLA Maritime Mechanicsburg; and Severino (Allan) Coronacion, DLA Disposition.

Sept. 13, 2016

Mechanicsburg DLA Divisions Team Up for Feds Feed Families

MECHANICSBURG, PA — Three individual DLA offices recently combined their efforts for the recently concluded Feds Feed Families campaign. DLA Document Services, DLA Disposition, and DLA Maritime Mechanicsburg made a unified donation of 500 pounds of food and cash for the annual campaign.The joint DLA donation accounted for one-sixth of Naval Support Activity

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