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Navy Capt. Christopher Mosher, DLA Troop Support Subsistence director, presents John Bulovas, a former World War II POW, with a token of appreciation for sharing his experience during the Philadelphia Compound Veterans Committee’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance ceremony Sept. 15 in Philadelphia. Bulovas was captured in 1943 by German forces and was liberated in 1945.

Sept. 24, 2015

Former POW shares story of capture, liberation during remembrance ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Employees at NSA Philadelphia experienced living history as the story of a former World War II prisoner of war was told during a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony Sept. 15.

The first Task Force Americas poses for a picture during Hurricane Sandy relief operations in November 2012. The primary objective of the task force is to ensure the effective and efficient execution of the DLA Energy Federal Emergency Management Agency contingency contract.

Sept. 23, 2015

DLA Energy Americas prepares for natural disasters

Houston — DLA Energy Americas employees frequently deal with hurricanes and tropical storms in their area of operation. With the Atlantic hurricane season beginning in June every year, it is their policy to fill DFSPs along the East Coast and Gulf Coast to the maximum extent possible.

DLA Installation Services employee Leonard Shannon prepares donated food items for Philabundance days before they're delivered to one of the organization’s drop-off centers in Philadelphia Sept. 15, 2015. Employees donated nearly 200 pounds beyond its 3,000-pound goal for this year’s Feds Feed Families food drive.

Sept. 18, 2015

Employees surpass annual food drive goal fourth year in a row

PHILADELPHIA — Exceeding its Feds Feed Families collection goal is becoming an annual tradition for Defense

Retired Army Col. Fredric Johnson, who served as a U.S. Army Quartermaster officer and petroleum specialist for more than three decades, passed away Aug. 8.

Sept. 15, 2015

Army Col. Fredric E. Johnson: the consummate Army petroleum professional

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Retired Army Col. Fredric Johnson, who served as a U.S. Army Quartermaster officer and petroleum specialist for more than three decades, passed away Aug. 8. His final assignment before retirement in 1972 was as acting commander of the Defense Fuel Supply Center, Cameron Station, Virginia, the predecessor of Defense Logistics Agency Energy.

Air Force Master Sgts. Keith Grady and David Janes are two of only four Air Force Logistics Education Advancement Program noncommissioned officers in their Air Force career field. The LEAP is a career broadening education program designed to provide selected NCOs with on-the-job experience and training in special fuels logistics areas.

Sept. 14, 2015

DLA Energy Airmen among top one percent selected for elite program

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Air Force Master Sgts. Keith Grady and David Janes are Logistics Education Advancement Program NCOs assigned to Defense Logistics Agency Energy Operations Center and work on fuel-related logistics issues at the Air Force and Department of Defense level.

DLA Energy Utility Services’ newly appointed parents cradle their infants, representing the seven of 11 births in the last year.

Sept. 10, 2015

Energy’s Lorton division creates baby boom

LORTON, Virginia — Whether they know or not, 11 very dependent little people are the makings of Defense Logistics Agency Energy Utility Services’ future workforce. Since September 2014, there have been 11 babies, and counting; the first baby was born in September and the last two were born in August.

Group members supporting the Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015 exercise pose outside of the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pacific at Korea headquarters at the conclusion of their fuel and training coordination at Camp Walker, Daegu, South Korea, Aug. 28.

Sept. 2, 2015

DLA Energy supports Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise

CAMP WALKER, South Korea — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy supported Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015 before and during the cooperative South Korean exercise through training and fuel coordination.

DLA senior enlisted leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin, left, shakes hands with the longest-working employee at DeRossi & Son in Vineland, N.J., with 55 years on the job, during a visit to the Clothing and Textiles vendor’s facility Aug. 19. Tobin also visited Crown Clothing in Vineland and the Federal Correctional Institution at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

Aug. 21, 2015

DLA senior enlisted leader visits C&T uniform producers

VINELAND, New Jersey — DLA’s senior enlisted leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin lauded a long-time uniform manufacturer during his visit to three DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles vendors Aug. 19.

The Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s pilot program to provide academic researchers with helium for use in their federally funded research resulted in savings of up to 27 percent for several universities.

Aug. 20, 2015

DLA Energy continues helium support for universities

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy’s pilot program to provide academic researchers with helium for use in their federally funded research resulted in savings of up to 27 percent for several universities.

Air Force Master Sgt. Woodrow Ruff (left) and Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Miller (right) were selected July 27 as DLA Senior and Junior NCO of the Third Quarter, respectively. DLA Troop Support Chief of Staff Robert Ratner hailed Ruff and Miller as two of the organization’s “best and brightest.”

Aug. 13, 2015

Two of Troop Support’s ‘best and brightest’ earn NCO of the quarter

PHILADELPHIA — Two DLA Troop Support service members are being recognized for their dedication and commitment to the agency’s mission by being named NCOs of the quarter.