DLA Energy News

Category: Troop Support

Megan Crimmins (front) and Nicole Chewning work to keep their boat from capsizing as they race to the finish during the Naval Support Activity Bahrain 240th Navy Birthday Cardboard Regatta Oct. 8.

Oct. 15, 2015

DLA Energy Middle East participates in Navy Birthday Cardboard Regatta

BAHRAIN — Building morale as well as watertight cardboard boats was Defense Logistics Agency Energy Middle East’s goal for the Naval Support Activity Bahrain 240th Navy Birthday Cardboard Regatta Oct. 8.

Navy Capt. Ricardo Wilson, DLA Troop Support director of Process Procurement Support (left), and Navy Lt. Andrew Heisler (right), of the Subsistence supply chain, cut a ceremonial birthday cake during a celebration Oct. 13 in Philadelphia honoring the service’s 240th birthday.

Oct. 14, 2015

Troop Support honors 240 years of America’s Navy

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support celebrated 240 years of the Navy Oct. 13. The Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775.

A DLA Troop Support Flag Room embroider lets DLA Foreign Policy Advisor Dolores Brown sign a presidential flag in-the-making, while DLA Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin looks on during a visit to the organization in Philadelphia Oct. 8, 2015. Both Tobin and Brown were impressed with the work DLA Troop Support employees do in support of the warfighter.

Oct. 14, 2015

DLA senior leaders impressed with Troop Support's confidence, efficiency

PHILADELPHIA — DLA's senior enlisted leader and foreign policy advisor learned about Troop Support's mission and capabilities during a visit to Philadelphia Oct. 8.

Soldiers from the South Carolina Army National Guard move supplies from a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Kingstree, South Carolina during a statewide flood response, Oct. 6. DLA Troop Support's Subsistence supply chain will provide Fort Jackson with water and food at least through the weekend.

Oct. 9, 2015

Subsistence provides food, water to Fort Jackson after historic South Carolina flooding

PHILADELPHIA — Following historic floods there during the last week, meals and water have arrived at Fort Jackson, South Carolina thanks in part to DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain.

DLA is America's combat logistics support agency.

Oct. 8, 2015

Energy Convergence program concludes, legacy system decommissioned

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s Energy Convergence transition to the Enterprise Business System has concluded, reducing the number of systems needed to process transactions and decreasing costs for the organization by millions of dollars.

Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and DLA Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, are the newest customers to the Direct Supply Natural Gas Program, represented by this natural gas pressure meter at another location.

Oct. 1, 2015

DLA Energy adds new customers to Direct Supply Natural Gas Program

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency Energy Installation Energy’s newest customers, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and DLA Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, have Direct Supply Natural Gas Program contracts beginning Oct. 1.

A group of Subsistence employees tour a field kitchen Sept. 24 that was set up by a Pennsylvania National Guard unit staged at NSA Philadelphia in support of the Papal visit and World Meeting of Families.

Oct. 1, 2015

Subsistence employees see field feeding outside their office

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees toured a field kitchen that Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers set up while staged at the NSA Philadelphia compound in support of the Papal visit.

Sherre Mitten-Bell (left in gray), DLA Distribution Susquehanna public affairs officer, shows DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware employees, the “pick and pack” area at the warehouse facility in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania during a visit Sept. 16. DLA IH employees visited the warehouse to get a better understanding of the process of getting material to the warfighter once the contract is awarded.

Sept. 25, 2015

IH employees get the bigger picture during DLA Distribution visit

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Seeing the process of how repair parts go from contract award to the hands of the warfighter was the goal of a visit Sept. 15 to a DLA Distribution warehouse.

As part of National Preparedness Month, DLA Energy participated in a Federal Emergency Management Agency drill this month in Salt Lake City, Utah, demonstrating their ability to support delivery of ground fuel products via retail tank wagon to a local vendor tank truck.

Sept. 25, 2015

National Preparedness Month: DLA Energy participates in FEMA readiness drills

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — September is National Preparedness Month, designed to raise awareness of being prepared for disasters. DLA Energy is doing just that as personnel participated in two FEMA drills this month, demonstrating their ability to support delivery of fuels.

(Center) Navy Rear Adm. Valerie Huegel, U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center director, poses for a photograph with Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Naval Support Activity Bahrain Sept. 17. During her trip, Huegel toured multiple DLA Energy Middle East buildings and spoke to DLA Energy Middle East employees.

Sept. 24, 2015

CENTCOM senior leader visits DLA Energy Middle East

BAHRAIN — The U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center director visited Defense Logistics Agency Energy Middle East facilities at Naval Support Activity Bahrain Sept. 17.