DLA Europe And Africa News

Category: Troop Support

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is using a 65-ton crane provided by DLA Troop Support Pacific for hydraulic hoist maintenance on lift gates at the Albeni Falls Dam in Idaho. The dam converts river water into hydroelectricity, reduces floods and provides recreational activities.

July 28, 2015

Crane delivery helps lift support to USACE in Northwest

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Pacific recently provided the muscle for the heavy lifting required to help maintain the Albeni Falls Dam in Idaho.

Navy Lt. j.g. Michael Aragon, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11, removes blasting caps from a detonation cord while dressed in a bomb suit during a training exercise in Bahrain in November 2012. DLA Troop Support provides equipment to Navy EOD customers through its Special Operations tailored logistics support program

June 23, 2015

C&E employee receives award during Navy EOD customer visit

PHILADELPHIA — Three DLA Troop Support employees recently saw how their work impacts the explosive ordnance disposal customers they support.

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch talks to industry and military service partners about Better Buying Power 3.0 during a Medical Captains of Industry meeting at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia May 12.

May 14, 2015

DLA director talks Better Buying Power with medical industry partners

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Department’s Better Buying Power 3.0 initiative applies to every DLA supply chain and the vendors they work with, the Defense Logistics Agency’s director told medical industry and military service partners May 12 in Philadelphia.

The May/June issue of Loglines magazine, “Two Continents, One Mission,” is now available in print and online.

May 7, 2015

‘Two Continents, One Mission:’ May/June Loglines available

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The May/June issue of Loglines magazine, “Two Continents, One Mission,” is now available in print and online. The issue takes an in-depth look at how Defense Logistics Agency Europe & Africa supports Defense Department operations on both continents

A firefighter from the Albuquerque Fire Department’s Wildland Task Force is shown here. DLA Troop Support took over management of 296 wildland fire items from the General Services Administration in May 2014.

Feb. 26, 2015

DLA Troop Support delivers during its first wildland fire season

PHILADAELPHIA — On the eve of the 2014 wildland fire season, warehouse shelves at the Northern California Interagency Support Cache were packed with goggles, hand tools and hoses. More than $7 million worth of materials were stocked as a buffer as DLA took over management of those items one month before the season started.

DLA Troop Support Pacific supported Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan with a new rubber track, repairs on their bleachers and updated bathroom fixtures. Kubasaki is a Department of Defense Education Activity school for department civilians located on a Marine camp.

Oct. 9, 2014

Troop Support Pacific supports DOD school in Okinawa

When the Kubasaki High School track team runs this spring, it will be on a new rubber track procured through Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Pacific.

Pictured is a conceptual image of the Aegis Ashore installation in Romania. Navy construction builders used materials provided through DLA Troop Support’s Construction and Equipment supply chain to build a camp for support personnel there.

Oct. 2, 2014

Contracting officer ensures requirements for missile defense camp are right

The initial customer requirements for materials to build a camp in Romania were vague and incomplete, said a contracting officer with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Europe and Africa.

Oct. 11, 2013

New ‘flag ladies’ bring unique skills, undergo DLA-specific training

PHILADELPHIA — Only seven days into her embroidery position, one of DLA's newest “flag ladies” set a personal goal to stitch just one star on a presidential flag, she said.