DLA Troop Support News

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton (center) poses with the inaugural class of the organization’s Leadership Academy Feb. 23 in Philadelphia. The three-day workshop was created to give new supervisors the tools needed to be effective leaders.

March 1, 2017

Pilot leadership course provides tools for effective supervision

Philadelphia — More than 30 supervisors learned leadership lessons and tools for effective supervision during DLA Troop Support’s first Leadership Academy Feb. 21-23 in Philadelphia.

Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander, speaks to ROTC cadets at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., Feb. 23. He advised the cadets that to be successful, officers must ensure their units are highly fit, highly trained and highly disciplined.

March 1, 2017

Troop Support commander discusses leadership with Rutgers cadets

New Brunswick, New Jersey — The commander of DLA Troop Support emphasized the importance of military fundamentals to ROTC cadets at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Feb. 23.

Airman 1st Class Josiah Massari, 92nd Communication Squadron base equipment custodian, places a pallet of equipment in the 92nd CSS warehouse Feb. 17, 2017, at Fairchild Air Force Base. Accountability of items in Information Technology Asset Management is done by scanning numbers on the items and making sure they line up with the numbers in the Automatic Information Manager program. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Sean Campbell)

Feb. 24, 2017

Asset management: keeping mission accountable

Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington — Managers for Air Force information technology assets rely on DLA Disposition Services for support when hardware meets the end of its life cycle.

Mike Cannon, DLA Disposition Services director, tells his workforce about the three phases involved with Network Optimization before travelling to Pentagon to brief senior service leaders. DLA photo by Jace Armstrong

Feb. 23, 2017

A new year brings a new look

Battle Creek, Michigan — As 2017 unfolds, officials at DLA Disposition Services continue to reach out to customers about the Network Optimization initiative to ensure field sites in the continental United States support customer requirements in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible.

DLA Troop Support flag room embroider Nereida Rivera, left, stitches a vice presidential flag alongside a Betsy Ross interpreter during a museum exhibit opening at the Betsy Ross House Feb. 17 in Philadelphia. Rivera is one of 16 DLA embroiders featured in “Historic Threads: 250 Years of Flag Making in Philadelphia,” which highlights the city’s centuries-long tradition of flag making.

Feb. 23, 2017

‘Flag ladies’ continue Betsy Ross legacy as museum-worthy Philadelphia flag-makers

PHILADELPHIA — Embroiderers at DLA Troop Support continue the flag-making legacy of Betsy Ross and the many needle workers who preceded them. The "flag ladies" are featured in the Betsy Ross House’s newest exhibit “Historic Threads: 250 Years of Flag Making in Philadelphia.”

Army Staff Sgt. Jenna Vaughn, 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s Iraq Train and Equip Funding noncommissioned officer, inspects bulldozers received for ITEF July 12, 2016 in Southwest Asia. Armored bulldozers such as these were provided through DLA Troop Support’s Heavy Equipment Procurement Program and will allow Iraqi combat engineers to more effectively clear convoy routes of roadside bombs and other threats in the ongoing fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Feb. 22, 2017

C&E sends heavy equipment to support Iraq, counter ISIL

PHILADELPHIA — Armored bulldozers and track loaders provided by Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are playing a role in protecting Iraq from the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton talks with a veteran undergoing physical therapy at the Michael J. Crescenz Veteran Medical Center in Philadelphia Feb. 17. A group of soldiers, sailors and airmen assigned to DLA Troop Support met with veterans in the care of the Crescenz Medical Center team as part of the 40th annual National Salute to Veterans Patient Week.

Feb. 21, 2017

DLA Troop Support service members salute veteran patients

PHILADELPHIA — Soldiers, sailors and airmen assigned to DLA Troop Support met with military veteran patients at the Michael J. Crescenz Veteran Medical Center in Philadelphia Feb. 17 as part of the U.S. Veterans Affairs National Salute to Veteran Patients Week.

Christopher Camacho, Area Manager, DLA Disposition Services (left); and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, director, Defense Logistics Agency; look at damaged doors taken from High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, aka Humvees, as Busch tours a DLA warehouse with Joseph Hayward, Supply Management Specialist, DLA Distribution and Brent Cox, Director, DLA Distribution aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Jan. 26.

Feb. 14, 2017

Defense Logistics Agency three star visits MCLB Barstow

BARSTOW, California — United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, who heads the organization supplying every branch of America’s military, visited Defense Logistics Agency facilities aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Jan. 26.

Students at Discovery Middle School in Madison, Alabama hold up their Alabama-grown satsumas during lunch. DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain provides satsumas to Alabama schools through Department of Defense Fresh program.

Feb. 9, 2017

Subsistence grows produce support to Alabama schools with satsumas

PHILADELPHIA — Schoolchildren in Alabama are enjoying a citrus treat this winter thanks in part to DLA Troop Support. Satsumas are a seedless fruit with loose skin grown in Alabama. And the Subsistence supply chain provides them to schools through the DOD Fresh Program.

Capt. Joe Beale, a systems automation officer assigned to the 57th Expeditionary Signal Battalion and deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, cheers as the Seattle Seahawks score a touchdown during Super Bowl XLVIII, Feb. 2, 2014. DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain helped ensure service members enjoy traditional fare for this year’s big game.

Feb. 2, 2017

DLA serves Super Bowl fare to service members overseas

PHILADELPHIA — As millions of Americans munch on game-day fare while watching the Super Bowl this Sunday, so will service members serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, thanks to DLA Troop Support.

Roy Dillard, deputy director of Clothing and Textiles, talks to Air Force Gen. Darren McDew, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, about how the supply chain supports the warfighter with uniforms, protective equipment and much more. McDew was in Philadelphia Jan. 19 to learn about DLA Troop Support’s supply chains.

Jan. 31, 2017

USTRANSCOM commander seeks increased alignment with DLA

PHILADELPHIA — While in Philadelphia Jan. 19, Air Force Gen. Darren McDew encouraged DLA Troop Support employees to consider how they would have executed their duties if the warfighter wasn’t so engaged the past 15 years.

Ella Wynn is the sexual assault response coordinator at DLA Troop Support and works to help ensure employees have a safe work environment that is free of sexual assault.

Jan. 30, 2017

Meet the sexual assault response coordinator at Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — Ella Wynn is the sexual assault response coordinator at DLA Troop Support and works to help ensure employees have a safe work environment that is free of sexual assault.

Jan. 27, 2017

ERDC named to Million Dollar Board

Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center website — The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has recently been named by the Department of the Army’s Defense Logistics Agency for Disposition Services to the Army’s Million Dollar Board.

Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support Commander, presents photographer Ed Maldonado with a commander's coin and certificate of appreciation during a quarterly awards ceremony Jan. 12.

Jan. 25, 2017

Photographer receives surprise recognition during awards ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Several Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees received recognition for their service and accomplishments during a quarterly awards ceremony Jan. 19.

The Drum Major leads the U.S. Army Band, "Pershing's Own," during the Department of Defense 58th Presidential Inauguration Dress Rehearsal in Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 2017. More than 5,000 military members from across all branches of the armed forces of the United States, including Reserve and National Guard components, provided ceremonial support and Defense Support of Civil Authorities during the inaugural period.

Jan. 18, 2017

DLA supports presidential inauguration’s military participants

PHILADELPHIA — Many of the more than 5,000 service members participating in the 58th Presidential Inauguration ceremonies Jan. 20 will wear clothing items provided by DLA Troop Support.