DLA Energy News - Category Troop Support

DLA Troop Support’s senior buyer receives presidential award

June 27, 2018

DLA Troop Support’s senior acquisition executive receives presidential award

William J. Kenny received the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon June 20.

June 27, 2018

SAN PEDRO, California — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Americas at San Pedro bade farewell to Air Force Lt. Col. Justin Settles during a change of command ceremony aboard the Battleship USS Iowa Museum, San Pedro, California, June 20.

Army Maj. Gen. David G. Bassett congratulates Army Lt. Col. Paul V. McCullough III during his retirement ceremony June 21. McCullough retired with 20 years of military service.

June 26, 2018

Army officer honored during retirement ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Army Lt. Col. Paul V. McCullough III, special projects officer with the Construction & Equipment supply chain, spent 20 years with the military.

June 21, 2018

Fueling Saber Strike

Acquisition Cross Service Agreements provided reciprocal fuel support between partner nations, contracts were issued for the direct delivery of bulk fuel to the region, and DLA Energy Europe and Africa personnel were forward-deployed to ensure the warfighters had the support needed throughout the multinational training exercise, Saber Strike 2018, held in the Baltic States and Poland, June 3-15.

A fuel truck sits with its driver outside a readiness drill.

June 20, 2018

Prepped, ready for 2018 Hurricane Season

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A major earthquake and a follow-on tsunami provided the setting for the bi-annual Federal Emergency Management Agency and Defense Logistics Agency Energy readiness drill at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, June 11-13.

Members of the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce pose with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support senior leaders during the chamber's visit to the Philadelphia location June 18.

June 20, 2018

Troop Support commander engages local business leaders to share DLA mission, impact

PHILADELPHIA — Members of the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce learned more about the mission and impact of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia at a meeting June 18.

June 19, 2018

Elementary school tutoring program comes to bittersweet close

PHILADAELPHIA — Tutors and students marked the end of this year’s Project G.I.V.E. iteration June 12. Approximately 25 DLA Troop Support employees served as volunteer tutors in reading and math to students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School this year.

June 18, 2018

DLA CIO presents “Enterprise Enablers” IT strategy to Troop Support workforce

PHILADELPHIA — DLA's chief information officer talked to the DLA Troop Support workforce in Philadelphia June 12 about keeping the agency’s complex information systems secure while also taking advantage of the latest technology.

A field where underground fuel was formerly stored. The grass is green and trees appear in the distance.

June 18, 2018

DFSP Yorktown ceases fuel operations

YORKTOWN, Virginia — The final large barge lift of jet fuel marks the end of an era for the historic Defense Fuel Support Point Yorktown, Virginia, June 6. The transfer of 150,000 barrels of jet fuel to the Military Sealift Command fuel barge, Petrochem Producer, and the drawdown of fuel to tank bottom levels marks the start of the final accountability process for the 117 year-old, government-owned, contractor-operated fuel terminal.

June 15, 2018

Energy Source, Spring 2018

The Spring 2018 issue of Energy Source magazine highlights Aerospace Energy's support of the space launch industry, energy resiliency at Vandenberg Air Force Base, whole of government partnerships, International Fuel Agreements, DLA Energy job shadow program and more.