DLA Pacific News

Category: Troop Support

Jose Pereira of DLA Troop Support is featured in 'Geek Squad of Acquisition.'

April 27, 2016

DLA Troop Support employee featured in new video

A new acquisition professionals video focusing on a DLA Troop Support employee was released on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites April 27.

Sailors and family members participate in the Passover Seder meal aboard aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson April 15, 2015. Jewish military members around the world can have a traditional Seder meal and observe Kosher during Passover, thanks to DLA Troop Support.

April 21, 2016

DLA Troop Support helps Jewish service members celebrate Passover

PHILADELPHIA — Jewish military members around the world can have a traditional Seder and keep kosher during Passover, thanks to the Defense Logistics Agency.

DLA works with industry to obtain fabrics that meet various requirements for uniforms and other items.

April 21, 2016

DLA director notes value of partnerships for clothing, textiles

Washington, D.C. — The director of the Defense Logistics Agency delivered a keynote presentation to about 150 government and industry partners, including leaders from DLA Troop Support, at the National Council of Textile Organizations 13th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., April 12.

Army Staff Sgt. Thalamus Lewis poses for a photo with a portion of the Advanced Combat Helmet that saved his life on Oct. 4, 2012, when a bullet slammed into his helmet and knocked him out. The helmet is one example of the many types of protective equipment DLA Troop Support buys for soldiers.

April 21, 2016

Soldier who survived gunshot is presented lifesaving helmet

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA Troop Support supplies America's warfighters protective gear such as the Army Combat Helmet, one of which helped a soldier escape serious injury while searching for explosives in Afghanistan.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton presents Evan Eisenberg with a Commander’s Coin and congratulations letter March 31, 2016 for earning the DLA Acquisition Professional Supporting Small Business award. Eisenberg was selected for the award for planning and awarding two contracts for the Navy Working Uniform to small businesses in fiscal 2015.

April 12, 2016

C&T contracting officer earns DLA recognition for small business awards

PHILADELPHIA — Awarding contracts to small businesses, resulting in best value support to customers, earned a DLA Troop Support contracting officer agency-wide recognition.

Navy and Subsistence prime vendor personnel load the USS Stennis with food March 16 before the aircraft carrier departs Naval Base Busan, Republic of Korea, for Operation Foal Eagle. The annual training exercise promotes the partnership between the United States and South Korea.

April 6, 2016

DLA Troop Support Pacific conducts ‘symphony’ of food support for Key Resolve/Foal Eagle

PHILADELPHIA — To see the many moving pieces of equipment loading food onto a Navy aircraft carrier before a training exercise with the Republic of Korea was "like watching a symphony play," a logistician with DLA Troop Support Pacific said.

Navy Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Michelle C. Skubic has been selected to serve as the next commander at DLA Land and Maritime.

April 4, 2016

Skubic named next commander of Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John M. Richardson announced

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, watches a robotics demonstration during a tour of the Rehabilitation and Neuromuscular Robotics Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, March 31, 2016. The Texas visit was part of a multistate trip that also included a stop today in Cambridge, Mass., and is part of the DoD effort to partner with the private sector and academia to ensure the United States continues to lead in the new frontiers of technology. DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Clydell Kinchen

April 1, 2016

Carter: DoD-MIT Partnership to Produce Fabrics That See, Hear, Sense

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that DoD is partnering with an 89-member consortium to establish a new manufacturing innovation institute focused on revolutionary fibers and textiles.

Vietnam War veterans are cheered on by volunteers as they parade down a red-carpet into a Vietnam War Commemoration program March 29, 2016 at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, PA. More than 400 Vietnam War era veterans attended the event sponsored by the Association of the United States Army and Vietnam War Commemoration partners Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

March 31, 2016

Troop Support employees help welcome home Vietnam vets

PHILADELPHIA — The welcome home was worth the 50-year wait, one veteran said following a Vietnam War Commemoration program March 29. DLA Troop Support employees helped cheer for more than 400 Vietnam vets as they paraded down a red carpet to the ceremony.

Busch visits Marines from 3rd Marine Regiment on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 21, 2016. They discussed the challenges of being forward deployed and how forward-deployed equipment from the DLA Distribution Depot in Hawaii contributes to readiness.

March 25, 2016

DLA director visits Pacific region

Honolulu, Hawaii — The director of DLA recently traveled to DLA’s Pacific region to engage with logistics partners, senior military officials and DLA organizations — and get a firsthand, detailed update on DLA’s activities in the region.