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March 4, 2022
Employee Reflection: Marguerite Richardson
Get to know the DLA Disposition Services property disposal specialist serving in Rota, Spain.
March 3, 2022
Leadership Reflection: Edward Goldsack
Get to know the DLA Disposition Services area manager for the United Kingdom, Turkey and Portugal.
March 2, 2022
Employee Reflection: Connor Ryan
Get to know the DLA Disposition Services resource analyst stationed in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Feb. 28, 2022
Troop Support helps Coast Guard celebrate new Uniform Distribution Center at ribbon cutting ceremony
PHILADELPHIA — A ribbon cutting ceremony recognizing the partnership between the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Coast Guard took place at the Uniform Distribution Center, Training Center Cape May, N.J., Feb. 23, 2022.
Feb. 14, 2022
Troop Support commander visits Air Force customers, recruit support vendors in Texas
PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Eric P. Shirley visited Air Force customers and clothing and textiles vendors in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, Feb. 3-4 to better understand challenges and strengthen partnerships with stakeholders in the region.
Feb. 10, 2022
Medical supply chain sweeps DLA Troop Support annual awards
PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical team is walking a little taller after sweeping the organization’s three major annual award categories in recognition of their support to the nation in 2021. The awards recognized Thomas Heleniak, Medical Tailored Vendor Logistics Specialist, as Employee of the Year; the Operation Allies Welcome/Refuge group as Team of the Year; and Nora Steigerwalt, director of Customer Operations, as the Supervisor of the Year.
Feb. 1, 2022
Troop Support partners to provide warmth to Indian Armed Forces
PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support recently provided India’s military with 15,000 extreme cold weather sleep systems through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.
Jan. 27, 2022
DLA Troop Support celebrates retirement of three civilian employees
PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support celebrated the retirement of two civilian employees during a ceremony Jan. 26 in Philadelphia.
Jan. 21, 2022
DLA Troop Support member, team recognized for excellence
PHILADELPHIA — An acquisition specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical’s National Contracts team and the organization’s J3/5 Operations and Plans Weapon System Readiness Support Branch, were recognized for their accomplishments in fiscal year 2021 fourth quarter. Ryan Ferry was selected as DLA’s Employee of the Quarter and the J3/5 team was recognized for their contributions towards DLA Strategic Goals. The recognition period for the awards was July 1 through Sept. 31, 2021, and award selections were announced Dec. 2021.
Jan. 20, 2022
Continuous Process Improvement project improves efficiencies, effectiveness of new employees and teams
PHILADELPHIA — What are the organizational impacts of new employee onboarding delays, and how can the processes improve? That is exactly the question the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Continuous Process Improvement team asked in 2018, and ultimately answered December 2021. Six projects and a little more than two years later, the impacts are an estimated $2.7 million in cost offsets over a three-year period, and several weeks of productivity per new employee, CPI Branch Chief Maximo Ayala-Ortiz said.