DLA Indo-Pacific News

Sherre Mitten-Bell (left in gray), DLA Distribution Susquehanna public affairs officer, shows DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware employees, the “pick and pack” area at the warehouse facility in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania during a visit Sept. 16. DLA IH employees visited the warehouse to get a better understanding of the process of getting material to the warfighter once the contract is awarded.

Sept. 25, 2015

IH employees get the bigger picture during DLA Distribution visit

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania — Seeing the process of how repair parts go from contract award to the hands of the warfighter was the goal of a visit Sept. 15 to a DLA Distribution warehouse.

Navy Capt. Christopher Mosher, DLA Troop Support Subsistence director, presents John Bulovas, a former World War II POW, with a token of appreciation for sharing his experience during the Philadelphia Compound Veterans Committee’s annual POW/MIA Remembrance ceremony Sept. 15 in Philadelphia. Bulovas was captured in 1943 by German forces and was liberated in 1945.

Sept. 24, 2015

Former POW shares story of capture, liberation during remembrance ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Employees at NSA Philadelphia experienced living history as the story of a former World War II prisoner of war was told during a POW/MIA remembrance ceremony Sept. 15.

DLA Installation Services employee Leonard Shannon prepares donated food items for Philabundance days before they're delivered to one of the organization’s drop-off centers in Philadelphia Sept. 15, 2015. Employees donated nearly 200 pounds beyond its 3,000-pound goal for this year’s Feds Feed Families food drive.

Sept. 18, 2015

Employees surpass annual food drive goal fourth year in a row

PHILADELPHIA — Exceeding its Feds Feed Families collection goal is becoming an annual tradition for Defense

Led by Defense Logistics Agency Pacific Korea, DLA Distribution and other DLA organizations in the pacific theater provided simulated sustainment and logistics services to United States and Republic of Korea forces within the Korean Theater of Operations in support of Ulchi Freedom Guardian from Aug. 17 to 29, 2015.

Sept. 14, 2015

Defense Logistics Agency supports Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015

CAMP CARROLL, Korea — Led by Defense Logistics Agency Pacific Korea, DLA Distribution and other DLA organizations in the pacific theater provided simulated sustainment and logistics services to United States and Republic of Korea forces within the Korean Theater of Operations in support of Ulchi Freedom Guardian from Aug. 17 to 29, 2015. UFG is a computer-based command post exercise that triggers ROK-US Forces to respond to destabilizing events and work through challenges in mission command in defense of the ROK.

Group members supporting the Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015 exercise pose outside of the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Pacific at Korea headquarters at the conclusion of their fuel and training coordination at Camp Walker, Daegu, South Korea, Aug. 28.

Sept. 2, 2015

DLA Energy supports Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise

CAMP WALKER, South Korea — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy supported Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2015 before and during the cooperative South Korean exercise through training and fuel coordination.

Mr. James McClaugherty, DLA Land and Maritime deputy commander, visited the Pearl Harbor Naval shipyard and DLA-Pacific Aug. 10 on his first stop of an international trip through the Pacific region.

Aug. 25, 2015

DLA Land and Maritime Deputy Commander visits Pearl Harbor enroute to Western Pacific

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Mr. James McClaugherty, DLA Land and Maritime deputy commander, visited the Pearl Harbor Naval

DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor’s Inventory Support Team has been named Team of the Quarter for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015.

Aug. 24, 2015

Pearl Harbor’s Inventory Support Team named Team of the Quarter

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor’s Inventory Support Team has been named Team of the Quarter for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015.

DLA senior enlisted leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin, left, shakes hands with the longest-working employee at DeRossi & Son in Vineland, N.J., with 55 years on the job, during a visit to the Clothing and Textiles vendor’s facility Aug. 19. Tobin also visited Crown Clothing in Vineland and the Federal Correctional Institution at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

Aug. 21, 2015

DLA senior enlisted leader visits C&T uniform producers

VINELAND, New Jersey — DLA’s senior enlisted leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin lauded a long-time uniform manufacturer during his visit to three DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles vendors Aug. 19.

Aug. 21, 2015

DLA Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, Surge Team awarded Team of the Quarter

YOKOSUKA, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan’s, Surge Team has been awarded the Team of the Quarter award for third quarter, fiscal year 2015, for their outstanding strides managing the air, sea, and truck cargo deliveries throughout mainland Japan during a surge of inbound containers.

Aug. 21, 2015

DLA Distribution Yokosuka prepares to manage Japan’s Transportation Protective Service program

YOKOSUKA, Japan — As part of an effort to increase support to the warfighter, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Yokosuka, Japan, is preparing to manage Japan’s Transportation Protective Service program. This effort gives DLA responsibility for freight within mainland Japan that requires TPS, including classified, sensitive, and hazardous material.

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