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Jan. 15, 2021
DLA Troop Support’s construction, equipment team ‘heroes’ of agency’s PPE support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Supplier operations director describes DLA Troop Support's construction and equipment team’s work providing almost half of the agency's pandemic support as miraculous and inspirational.
Jan. 14, 2021
New rotation program gives DLA Troop Support workforce a chance to grow
PHILADELPHIA — The new Cross Functional Rotation Program allows Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees the opportunity to take on a six-month stint in a different supply chain or office where they gain a new professional experience while remaining a part of the DLA Troop Support team.
Resilience, hard work keystones of clothing, textiles team’s support for COVID-19
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Clothing, textiles team has worked overtime since March to procure textiles-based items ranging from nitrile gloves to face masks for DOD, HHS and FEMA.
Jan. 8, 2021
Medical supply chain team achieves seemingly impossible pandemic support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA Troop Support’s Dan Keefe has worked with FEMA, HHS and DOD officials since March to outline requirements and support for everything from antigen test kits for schools and nursing homes to replenishment of the Strategic National Stockpile in response to COVID-19.
Dec. 23, 2020
DLA acquisition supports Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccine distribution
PHILADELPHIA — In order to facilitate DLA’s role in the Operation Warp Speed COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan, the first 30,200 doses of the Moderna vaccine destined for OCONUS and deployed Navy Fleet requirements were ordered on Dec. 11 by the organization’s pharmaceutical support arm in anticipation of an Emergency Use Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration.
Dec. 17, 2020
E&A team continues support in Norway in 2020
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Despite pandemic restrictions and challenges, DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa collected $8.5 million in retrograde equipment from Marine Corps NATO stores.
Dec. 16, 2020
DLA Troop Support celebrates retirement of eight civilian employees
Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support workforce celebrated the careers of eight retiring civilian employees during a virtual ceremony Dec. 14.
Dec. 9, 2020
Partnerships, innovation enable medical material availability
PHILADELPHIA — Vendors rolling out new items they want to sell to the Defense Department need stock numbers assigned to those supplies so customers and government systems have a common reference. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical Supplier Support Team normally handles this for items like surgical and hospital equipment.
Dec. 4, 2020
Hardware team shares skills, culture to support COVID-19 demand areas
PHILADELPHIA — How can I help? A simple question, but one that speaks to character. It’s exactly the question that the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware team proudly asked to support their partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, they managed to maintain a two-year trend of improved warfighter support in the process and brought their enthusiastic attitudes to the other high-performing supply chains, Air Force Col. Adrian Crowley, Director of IH, said.
Nov. 24, 2020
Planning, coordination, flexibility key ingredients to DLA providing warfighters Thanksgiving dinner
PHILADELPHIA — For more than 50 years, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support has been providing traditional Thanksgiving food to field kitchens, dining facilities and galleys in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and other locations where service members are deployed. While the logistics of getting the ingredients to the table were more complicated this year, warfighters will still have a traditional Thanksgiving meal this week.