DLA Troop Support News

DLA Troop Support Indo-Pacific Summit attendees pose for a picture at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan 31, 2019.

Feb. 8, 2019

Troop Support Indo-Pacific hosts theater sustainment summit

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Indo-Pacific held the Theater Sustainment Plan Summit as an opportunity to build relationships, collaborate and plan for future operations, and featured a couple town halls at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 28 to Feb. 1.

Members of DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturer and Distributor and Collective Customer Facing divisions pose for a photo with Medical leadership at DLA Troop Support Feb. 7, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Feb. 7, 2019

Medical helps prevent the flu amongst service members through ‘teamwork’

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain procured 3.4 million influenza vaccine doses for service members around the world during the 2018-2019 Influenza Season.

Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Division shop at the Culinary Outpost Kiosk, Feb. 4, 2019 at Ft. Stewart, Ga. The food kiosk, first of its kind for the DLA and the Army, symbolizes the innovation and modernization efforts of the Army’s food program. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Elizabeth White/Released)

Feb. 7, 2019

DLA Troop Support partners with Army, industry to bring food kiosks to soldiers

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees in Philadelphia spent the last year conducting market intelligence research, strategizing with vendors and building new catalogs to bring Army Culinary Outpost Kiosks to life.

Defense Logistics Agency People and Culture Plan

Feb. 5, 2019

DLA Troop Support seeks mentors and mentees to kick start leader development pilot

PHILADELPHIA — A new opportunity for mid-career civilian employees to gain one-on-one mentorship from senior-level employees across Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support is now available.

Five students from the University of Virginia’s Hacking for Defense course presented their recommendations from their final research project to Pentagon staff at the end of last year. The Hacking for Defense course provides university students an opportunity to work with DOD and the intelligence community to address the nation’s cybersecurity threats and security challenges.

Feb. 1, 2019

Subsistence enlists the help of UVA students to provide feedback to improve information security operations for DOD food industry partners

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain enlisted the help of five students from the University of Virginia’s Hacking for Defense course to communicate new Department of Defense information security requirements and resources to food industry partners.

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles director Air Force Col. Melvin Maxwell describes the end-to-end logistics process for C&T materiel to a group of officers from the Logistics Officer Association Pudgy Chapter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Jan. 24, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Jan. 31, 2019

Troop Support hosts JBMDL Logistics Officers Association chapter

PHILADELPHIA — Leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted members of the Logistics Officer Association’s Pudgy Chapter from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to educate the members on its mission and warfighter impact during the visit Jan. 24 in Philadelphia. LOA members were provided an overview of DLA and DLA Troop Support, as well as detailed presentations from each of Troop Support’s five supply chains: Subsistence, Clothing and Textiles, Construction and Equipment, Medical and Industrial Hardware.

Army Col. Matthew Voyles, Medical supply chain director, left, talks with Dr. David Bobb, DHA pharmacy operations division chief, right, at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia Jan. 24, 2019.

Jan. 29, 2019

Medical discusses pharmaceutical support with Defense Health Agency team

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain hosted a pharmacy operations team from the Defense Health Agency Jan. 24 to learn about pharmaceutical programs, capabilities and collaborative initiatives.

Jeff Crow, material planner in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware supply chain, stands atop Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, watching the sunset from above the clouds during a trip in December 2018.

Jan. 29, 2019

Finding balance at the summit: Troop Support employee climbs Kilimanjaro

PHILADELPHIA — Not many people can claim that they have danced with an African tribe, climbed to the top of the highest peak in Africa and watched a sunset from above the clouds. But thanks to an adventurous spirit and a supportive workplace, Jeff Crow can make that claim. Crow, a material planner in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware supply chain and avid trekker from Colorado, decided he needed to take a trip to provide stability to his work-life balance - and a tropical vacation wasn’t going to do the trick. He needed a challenge. He was going to climb Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro - one of the “Seven Summits,” which are the highest peaks on each of Earth’s continents.

Jan. 25, 2019

Troop Support Campaign of Learning fosters future sustainment

PHILADELPHIA — Change management is something the senior leaders within the Defense Logistics Agency and its Major

Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, DHA’s Combat Support Agency assistant director, right, talks with Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support commander, center, and Army Col. Matthew Voyles, Medical supply chain director, left, during a visit Jan. 11, 2019 in Philadelphia.

Jan. 24, 2019

Troop Support senior leaders discuss medical support as treatment facilities transition to DHA

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted the Defense Health Agency’s Air Force Maj. Gen. Lee Payne, Combat Support Agency assistant director, to discuss current support operations and plans as DHA assumes management and administration of military treatment facilities.

Starr Seip, a nutritionist with DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain, teaches employee’s about carbohydrates during a diabetes education training, Jan. 15, 2018 in Philadelphia. Seip completed her doctoral dissertation on diabetes last December and a portion of it was published in the December 2018 Issue of the Journal of Food Science and Nutrition.

Jan. 24, 2019

Subsistence dietician gets first scholarly journal article published

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania National Guard soldier and current registered dietician in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain recently become a published author.

Jim Lucas recites the “I Have A Dream” speech during the DLA Troop Support and the NAVSUP Weapons Systems Support’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday observance program Jan. 23 in Philadelphia. Lucas has received acclaim across the nation for his dramatizations depicting the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jan. 23, 2019

A dramatization of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. highlights NSA-Philadelphia annual birthday observance

PHILADELPHIA — Employees from across Naval Support Activity Philadelphia filed into the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support auditorium to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the annual birthday observance program held Jan. 23 in Philadelphia.

DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware’s first Material Planner Training Team poses for a photo after touring DLA Distribution’s Eastern Distribution Center Nov. 27, 2018 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Jan. 17, 2019

Reorganizing for employee development, future success

PHILADELPHIA — For new employees, “learning the ropes” can be a challenge. So leaders in the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Industrial Hardware supply chain found a way to help set up certain new employees for success. Developed in 2018, the IH Material Planning training branch took a cue from IH’s Technical and Quality Division and helped standardize training and “build the bench” of more skilled, knowledgeable interns and employees in the Pathways to Career Excellence program, or PaCErs.

New Air Force recruits receive American-made athletic footwear

Jan. 15, 2019

A marathon of support: DLA provides new American-made athletic footwear

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly 900 Air Force recruits were the first to receive new American-made athletic footwear early January, procured by Defense Logistics Agency as a result of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, which mandated the Department of Defense to provide to enlistees the footwear upon their initial entry into the armed forces.

The sole of a military-issue boot is ripped apart by the Product Test Center-Analytical Instron tensile tester. Using the interchangeable jaws of the machine, footwear can be tested to ensure the soles have the proper bond strength and won’t separate under field conditions.

Jan. 14, 2019

Science in support of the warfighter

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Science in support of the warfighter — the Product Test Center-Analytical way.