DLA Energy News

Category: Troop Support

Four individuals cut a ceremonial ribbon for the opening of a new tank truck fueling station.

Feb. 22, 2018

Alaska Tank Truck Facility strengthens readiness

ANCHORAGE, Ala. — A state of the art tank truck facility will improve capacity and readiness at the contractor owned and contractor operated Anchorage, Alaska fuel defense support point at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support commander, meets with employees in the Pathways to Career Excellence program Feb. 13. The PaCE program is a two-year training program designed for entry-level personnel in professional, administrative and technological career fields.

Feb. 21, 2018

Entry-level employees chat with DLA Troop Support commander

PHILADELPHIA — Entry-level employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support assembled to exchange ideas and concerns with their commander Army Gen. Mark Simerly Feb. 13. The meeting’s purpose was to encourage two-way dialogue between the commander and the employees, who are six months into the 24-month Pathways to Career Excellence program.

DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry addresses supply chain senior leaders at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia on Feb. 12, 2018.

Feb. 21, 2018

DLA Aviation commander visits Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Aviation Commander Air Force Brig. Gen. Linda Hurry visited Troop Support on Feb. 12 where she received an overview of Troop Support supply chain operations and engaged in specific dialogue with Industrial Hardware leadership.

Hardware like the wedge CLECOS being installed is procured through the contracting work done by the CCAD IPV team at Troop Support.

Feb. 20, 2018

DLA team recognized for Corpus Christi Army Depot support

PHILADELPHIA — A DLA team that supports the Corpus Christi Army Depot was recognized for their part in helping keep military helicopters ready for flight. The CCAD Industrial Product-Support Vendor team manages an estimated $135 million contract that ensures 9,140 different parts are readily available to fill approximately 13,000 parts bins.

Feb. 16, 2018

Spreading the Word

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Selling the benefits of doing business with Defense Logistics Agency Energy, Marc McConahy reached out to federal and non-Department of Defense customers at the General Services Administration’s FedFleet 2018 conference Feb. 1.

Hue Nguyen, left, DLA Troop Support flag room supervisor, explains the presidential flag manufacturing process to pharmacists of the Air Force Pharmacy Residency Program at DLA Troop Support, Feb. 7, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Feb. 16, 2018

Air Force pharmacy residents visit DLA Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — A group of Air Force pharmacy residents visited DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia Feb. 7 as part of their National Capitol Region rotation.

Feb. 15, 2018

Delivering fuel to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE, Wash. — Around the globe, Defense Logistics Agency Energy is delivering fuel to support global mobility to the warfighter.

Army Master Sgt. Jose Moraga introduces himself to a patient waiting for care at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Feb. 12, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Feb. 15, 2018

Troop Support service members visit local veteran patients

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support volunteers spent time with veteran patients to recognize them for their service at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center.

Feb. 15, 2018

DLA Energy employees in tandem at work, home

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Little did they know matchmaking was in the cards for two Defense Logistics Agency Energy employees who went from co-workers to friends to spouses.

Personnel from a contracted DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles vendor in Erbil, Iraq package winter clothing kits for nearly 15,000 internally displaced persons returning to a liberated Raqqah, Syria December 19, 2017. C&T supported the U.S. Agency for International Development’s humanitarian support request for 2,500 winter clothing kits, including boots, socks, coats and blankets by mid-January.

Feb. 13, 2018

C&T provides winter clothes to Syrians returning home

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly 15,000 internally displaced persons returning to a liberated Raqqah, Syria, received winter clothes and blankets provided by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support.