DLA Energy News

Military members from DLA Troop Support pose for a photo at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Feb. 11, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Feb. 14, 2019

Troop Support volunteers visit patients at local veteran medical center

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support volunteers spent time with veteran patients to recognize them for their service at a local veteran medical center.

Feb. 13, 2019

Inspecting, repairing Warfighter Fuel Storage Tanks

DLA Energy has been meeting with industry and government partners on the maintenance and repair of fuel storage tanks to compare and contrast commercial and DoD tank sustainment processes.

DLA Troop Support Indo-Pacific Summit attendees pose for a picture at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan 31, 2019.

Feb. 8, 2019

Troop Support Indo-Pacific hosts theater sustainment summit

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Indo-Pacific held the Theater Sustainment Plan Summit as an opportunity to build relationships, collaborate and plan for future operations, and featured a couple town halls at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.

Members of DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Distributor and Collective Customer Facing divisions pose for a photo with Medical leadership at DLA Troop Support Feb. 7, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Feb. 7, 2019

Medical helps prevent the flu amongst service members through ‘teamwork’

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain procured 3.4 million influenza vaccine doses for service members around the world during the 2018-2019 Influenza Season.

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division shop at the Culinary Outpost Kiosk, Feb. 4, 2019 at Ft. Stewart, Ga. The food kiosk, first of its kind for the DLA and the Army, symbolizes the innovation and modernization efforts of the Army’s food program. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elizabeth White/Released)

Feb. 7, 2019

DLA Troop Support partners with Army, industry to bring food kiosks to soldiers

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees in Philadelphia spent the last year conducting market intelligence research, strategizing with vendors and building new catalogs to bring Army Culinary Outpost Kiosks to life.

Feb. 6, 2019

Increasing energy resiliency in Japan

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency Energy awarded Misawa Air Base, Japan’s first energy savings performance contract Dec. 20, 2018.

Defense Logistics Agency People and Culture Plan

Feb. 5, 2019

DLA Troop Support seeks mentors and mentees to kick start leader development pilot

PHILADELPHIA — A new opportunity for mid-career civilian employees to gain one-on-one mentorship from senior-level employees across Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support is now available.

Five students from the University of Virginia’s Hacking for Defense course presented their recommendations from their final research project to Pentagon staff at the end of last year. The Hacking for Defense course provides university students an opportunity to work with DOD and the intelligence community to address the nation’s cybersecurity threats and security challenges.

Feb. 1, 2019

Subsistence enlists the help of UVA students to provide feedback to improve information security operations for DOD food industry partners

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain enlisted the help of five students from the University of Virginia’s Hacking for Defense course to communicate new Department of Defense information security requirements and resources to food industry partners.

A graphic of two men in suits standing on an oversize keyboard with a robot hand approaching, accompanied by the text Robotic Process Automation: Accomplishing computer-based activities with bots that mimic human action

Jan. 31, 2019

The BOTS are coming

Computer-programmed Robotic Process Automation, or BOTS, can be developed to perform routine tasks done by humans and eliminate repetitive, manual data-entry tasks. DLA Energy is in the forefront of employing this technology to improve the quality and increase productivity of routine automated processes.

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles director Air Force Col. Melvin Maxwell describes the end-to-end logistics process for C&T materiel to a group of officers from the Logistics Officer Association Pudgy Chapter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Jan. 24, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Jan. 31, 2019

Troop Support hosts JBMDL Logistics Officers Association chapter

PHILADELPHIA — Leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted members of the Logistics Officer Association’s Pudgy Chapter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to educate the members on its mission and warfighter impact during the visit Jan. 24 in Philadelphia. LOA members were provided an overview of DLA and DLA Troop Support, as well as detailed presentations from each of Troop Support’s five supply chains: Subsistence, Clothing and Textiles, Construction and Equipment, Medical and Industrial Hardware.