DLA Troop Support News

Air Force Master Sgt. Antoinette Jones was named the Defense Logistics Agency Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and is now in competition for the Office of the Secretary of Defense award.

March 14, 2016

Troop Support airman competes for DOD Senior NCO of the Year

March 14, 2016 — An airman with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support who was selected as the DLA Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for fiscal 2015 represented the agency in the Department of Defense competition.

DLA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Andy Busch (far left, front) discusses equipment and budget reductions with Army officials during Army/DLA Day at the Pentagon March 8.

March 11, 2016

Army, DLA officials plan way ahead for equipment reductions, sustained readiness

The Pentagon, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency leaders outlined how the agency will continue assisting the Army as it removes more than 2 million pieces of equipment from its inventory, during an Army/DLA Day event at the Pentagon March 8.

Charles Miller, a Fleet Readiness Center Southeast material identifier, washes a bin of aluminum scraps collected through the manufacturing process. Washing the scraps removes oil residue and dust so the metal can be taken to Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services for resale. The recycling of metal scraps is one small part of the facility's drive towards decreasing its environmental footprint. Because of such efforts, FRCSE was awarded the CNO's Environmental Award for Sustainability. (U.S. Navy Photo by Clifford Davis/Released)

March 10, 2016

FRCSE Wins CNO Environmental Award

Jacksonville, Florida — Support from the local DLA Disposition Services site helped a Navy readiness center earn top marks for its environmental program.

DLA Senior Enlisted Leader, Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin addresses DLA employees during his visit to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Bahrain, Feb. 22.

March 3, 2016

Agency senior leader visits Bahrain

BAHRAIN — Defense Logistics Agency Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin made a quick stop in Bahrain from Feb. 21 to Feb. 22 during his multi-country visit within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

SGT Ashley Irmak, with the U.S. Army Medical Material Center, Europe in Pirmasens, Germany, provided Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, a brief on the Optical Activities Division. Hamilton went to USAMMCE as part of his first visit to DLA Troop Support Europe and Africa.

March 2, 2016

Commander projects dignity, respect during first regional command visit

PHILADELPHIA — Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton projected dignity and respect throughout the week he spent with the Troop Support Europe and Africa workforce during his first visit there as commander

DLA Energy Bulk Petroleum Deputy Director Gerald Tinner (center) and his team discuss a current fuel project. Tinner and his team played a role in writing contracts for the Haiti Earthquake relief efforts.

March 2, 2016

DLA acquisition professionals' support for earthquake relief featured in new video

Acquisition professionals' support for earthquake relief in Haiti is featured in a new video released on DLA's YouTube and Facebook sites.

DLA Troop Support leaders welcomed DHA Director Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono and other agency leaders to Philadelphia Feb. 19 to discuss the partnership between both organizations to provide support to America’s warfighters.

Feb. 26, 2016

Troop Support Medical, DHA leaders discuss ways to strengthen partnership

PHILADELPHIA — Senior leaders from both the DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain and the Defense Health Agency met Feb. 19 in Philadelphia to discuss the agencies’ relationship and future collaboration.

Three Defense Logistics Agency Senior Executive Service members provide personal testimonies about their acquisition career in this debut of nine videos profiling DLA acquisition professionals.

Feb. 24, 2016

Acquisition professionals video series debuts

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The first of nine videos profiling Defense Logistics Agency acquisition professionals debuted on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites Feb. 24.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, left, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald Green, second left, DLA Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin, second right, and Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Howard Long, Command Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and U.S. Strategic Command Center, pose during a visit to DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia, PA Feb. 17, 2016. Hamilton described Green’s visit as an important day for DLA Troop Support as he is the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps to ever visit the organization.

Feb. 22, 2016

Top enlisted Marine credits DLA for Corps’ success on frontlines

PHILADELPHIA — From meals-ready-to-eat to the boots they wear, the support Defense Logistics Agency provides makes Marines successful on the battlefield, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps said during a visit to DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia Feb. 17.

Dignity kits and other items provided through DLA are assembled and packaged for delivery to refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East.

Feb. 18, 2016

DLA personnel join counterparts to help save lives of civilians fleeing war, atrocities in Middle East

Defense Logistics Agency personnel recently helped save numerous civilian lives by delivering millions of critical non-food items to refugees and migrants in the Middle East before the arrival of winter, in collaboration with other federal agencies.

Brig. Gen. Andrew Rohling (center), U.S. Forces Afghanistan Deputy Deputy Commanding General-Support, receives a briefing from Anham personnel during a recent facility tour. Anham provides all the food that warfighters consume in Afghanistan.

Feb. 16, 2016

DLA provides range of services to support the warfighter

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan — When it comes to supporting the warfighter across the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan, no organization does it better than the Defense Logistics Agency.

DLA Troop Support's Subsistence supply chain is helping the U.S. Army Special Operations Command add the nutrition element of the THOR3 - Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning - program to the menu of a Fort Bragg, North Carolina dining facility.

Feb. 8, 2016

Subsistence helps Army Spec Ops nutrition program

PHILADELPHIA — When the U.S. Army Special Operations Command decided to add the nutrition element of a human performance program to the menu at a Fort Bragg dining facility, they asked the Subsistence supply chain to help.

In front of family members, friends and co-workers, the Stephen F. Byus Community Center was dedicated Jan. 21 during a ceremony on the installation. Suzanna Byus, Stephen's mother, and Navy Rear Adm. John King, DLA Land and Maritime commander, unveil the plaque that will be permanently displayed inside the center.

Feb. 2, 2016

Former DLA Disposition Services deployer memorialized

Columbus, Ohio — A building at DLA Land and Maritime in Columbus, Ohio, has been named in honor of the late Stephen F. Byus, who was killed in action in 2014. Byus deployed twice to Southwest Asia as a mobilized Navy Reserve sailor serving with DLA Disposition Services.

On the left is a photo of the old Army vet provided by DLA Disposition Services as it waits transformation. On the right is the same M-915 after its total makeover by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources into a 3,500 gallon tanker truck.

Feb. 2, 2016

What DLA Disposition Services Really Does

Lansing, Michigan — A cargo truck once used by the military finds new life as a firefighting vehicle for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources thanks to the mission of DLA Disposition Services.

An officer from the King County Sheriff's Office works to clear a fallen tree out of the way of the Snowcat during the rescue operation. The Sheriff's office recently acquired the cat from DLA Disposition Services. Photo provided by the King County Sheriff's Office

Feb. 2, 2016

DLA equipment helps rescue hikers

The weather was real. The hikers were really lost. While it wasn’t a reality show there is a star in this story, a cat from DLA.