DLA Troop Support News

Jose Pereira, an IH supervisor and member of the IH Culture Improvement Team, addresses attendees during an IH Academy workshop June 1 in Philadelphia. IH Academy is a one-day workshop that provides employees with an in-depth overview of all the supply chain’s disciplines.

June 14, 2016

IH Academy connects the dots for new employees

PHILADELPHIA — It is always good to know how your job fits into an organization’s big picture, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Industrial Hardware branch chief said during a supply chain orientation June 1.

Satoru Matsuda, a forklift operator at DLA Disposition Services at Okinawa looks over one of the extra-large items that had to arrive late at night to meet local road restrictions.

June 9, 2016

Staff burns midnight oil to support “big” requirement

Okinawa, Japan — Just as the “dark of night” does not deter the U.S. Postal Service, Defense Logistics Agency personnel in Okinawa, Japan, recently showed that they will not let the lateness of the hour nor the size the property keep them from supporting the warfighter.

After the Navy took ownership of the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), the supply department works to feed sailors aboard the destroyer May 20 in Bath, Maine. The Zumwalt’s inaugural dinner included lobster tail, crab and filet mignon.

June 9, 2016

Subsistence delivers lobster tails for inaugural dinner aboard USS Zumwalt

PHILADELPHIA — The inaugural dinner aboard the Navy’s newest guided-missile destroyer included 160 pounds of lobster tails that were delivered just in time, thanks to the DLA Troop Support Subsistence team.

A staff member at the DLA Disposition Services site at Okinawa, Japan, prepares to load a wardrobe that will find new life as a training aid for the III Marine Expeditionary Force’s Expeditionary Operations Training Group instead of being scrapped.

June 7, 2016

Old furniture gets new life as training aids for live fire training

Okinawa, Japan — Creative thinking by Marine instructors on Okinawa, Japan, allowed old government furniture to avoid the landfill and serve on in a live fire training area.

Spec. Arnold Wicker of the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power) attaches cables to a power transfer box while installing generators at a Carteret, New Jersey power plant that lost power during Hurricane Sandy Nov. 6, 2012. DLA provided additional power generators to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to aid in the recovery effort.

June 3, 2016

Troop Support helps power FEMA with new generators contract

PHILADELPHIA — An entire region can lose electricity when a disaster strikes. A new DLA Troop Support contract for power generators aims to reduce the time affected communities are left in the dark.

DLA Troop Support Medical employees meet with customers at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan during a visit to Pacific Region customers in May. The visit was an opportunity to provide face-to-face customer service to military hospitals in the region.

June 2, 2016

Medical supply chain works face-to-face with Pacific customers

PHILADELPHIA — Being able to meet with customers in person allows a better flow of communication, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain division chief said about a visit last month to customers in the Pacific region.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton (left in black Army PT uniform) leads a group of participants at the second annual Federally Employed Women's 5K Walk/Run May 25. Hamilton encouraged employees to participate as part of DLA's resilience program.

May 27, 2016

Troop Support employees gets physical during FEW 5K

PHILADELPHIA — More than 75 DLA Troop Support employees participated in the second annual Federally Employed Women's 5K Walk/Run May 25.

Winifred Woll, keynote speaker during the Memorial Day observation May 26, receives a thank you bouquet from Jackie Baxter, Philadelphia Compound Veterans Committee chairperson. The PCVC organized the ceremony.

May 27, 2016

Employees remember Pearl Harbor nurses during Memorial Day ceremony

Philadelphia — Naval Support Activity Philadelphia employees heard stories about military nurses that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor as part of a Memorial Day observation May 26.

Dave Edmonson, DLA Troop Support customer service representative, Master Sgt. Darrell DeGroff, Washington Army National Guard, and John Tolomeo, DLA Troop Support Pacific Northwest Team chief, are pictured at the Army National Guard’s annual Menu Board Meeting at Joint Base Lewis-McChord March 17. A Subsistence customer operations team visited Washington to strengthen their partnership with the Washington Army National Guard.

May 26, 2016

Washington National Guard learns language of DLA food support

PHILADELPHIA — When the Washington Army National Guard decided it needed a better way to provide food to guardsmen, it reached out to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence team.

Elias and Bec Dungca and their two sons, Elijah and Isaiah, lost most of their belongings in a fire Oct. 24, 2014. Through faith, family and friends, they were able to recover and return to their normal lives.

May 24, 2016

Division chief overcomes fire with faith, support from co-workers

PHILADELPHIA — Elias Dungca looked at his apartment on fire and knew that he was going to lose everything in it. His faith, family and friends helped Dungca’s family resiliently overcome the fire that destroyed their home in October 2014.

Ligia Perkins is in the DLA Pathways to Career Excellence Program and works as an inventory management specialist - materiel planner in the Clothing and Textiles supply chain. Perkins said her favorite thing about working for DLA Troop Support is 'paying it forward' to the warfighter by planning and fulfilling their needs as a small token of appreciation.

May 20, 2016

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: Ligia Perkins

PHILADELPHIA — Ligia Perkins is in the DLA Pathways to Career Excellence Program and works as an inventory management specialist - materiel planner in the Clothing and Textiles supply chain. Perkins said her favorite thing about working for DLA Troop Support is 'paying it forward' to the warfighter by planning and fulfilling their needs as a small token of appreciation.

Subsistence employees enjoy a variety of food during an outdoor Spring Fling event May 11 at the Naval Support Activity Philadelphia. Employees brought their favorite pot luck meals and ate hamburgers and hot dogs.

May 17, 2016

Spring Fling celebrates teamwork in Subsistence

PHILADELPHIA — The Subsistence sensing team hosted their first event of the year with a Spring Fling, offering employees an opportunity to “play hard because we work hard,” said event coordinator, Kelly Parker.

Members of the DLA Troop Support Ricoh Multi-Functional Devices Support team received the gold medal in the Outstanding Administrative Support Accomplishment category during the FEB Excellence in Government Awards May 12 in Philadelphia. The team took over the maintenance of agency printers and saved the organization more than $150,000.

May 16, 2016

Troop Support employees honored for excellence at FEB awards

PHILADELPHIA — Several DLA Troop Support employees earned top honors for excellence in public service during an award ceremony in Philadelphia May 12.

Subsistence employees tour Patterson Dining Facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware April 27 to see the Air Force’s Food Transformation Initiative. They were invited by the Air Force to show how they operate their Food Transformation Initiative program.

May 13, 2016

Subsistence team sees Air Force food initiative at Dover AFB

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence employees visited Dover Air Force Base, Delaware April 27 to learn more about the Air Force's Food Transformation Initiative.

Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, thanks members of the American Apparel and Footwear Association May 10 for helping ensure warfighters have the right clothing and protective equipment. Hamilton address AAFA members during their spring meeting in Philadelphia.

May 12, 2016

Troop Support commander thanks clothing, textiles industry for keeping warfighters in uniform

PHILADELPHIA — The warfighter is always clothed and protected thanks to U.S. manufacturers of textiles, clothing and footwear, the DLA Troop Support commander told American Apparel and Footwear Association members May 10.