DLA Troop Support News

Covered containers sit on pallets outside near a warehouse.

Oct. 23, 2023

Alaska team removes Coast Guard hazardous waste

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s Anchorage-based disposal office is helping regional Coast Guard sites clear out pandemic-related backlogs.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a DLA Subsistence supply chain Field Representative Summit where members posed for a photo October 17-19 in Philadelphia. Field representatives work directly with customers at military bases, schools and American Indian reservations to ensure they receive quality fresh fruit and vegetables.

Oct. 20, 2023

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosts subsistence field representative summit

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a DLA Subsistence supply chain Field Representative Summit October 17-19 in Philadelphia. Field representatives work directly with customers at military bases, schools and American Indian reservations to ensure they receive quality fresh fruit and vegetables.

United States Army Central Command Food Advisor Chief Warrant Officer 5 George Davis visited the Subsistence supply chain of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia on Oct. 19, 2023. The purpose of his visit was to reinforce a longstanding relationship between ARCENT and Troop Support.

Oct. 20, 2023

DLA Troop Support hosts US Army Central Command Food Advisor visit

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain hosted a visit from United States Army Central Command Food Advisor Chief Warrant Officer 5 George Davis in Philadelphia on Oct. 19, 2023. The purpose of his visit was to reinforce a longstanding relationship between ARCENT and Troop Support.

Multiple warehouse photos of used furniture and appliances.

Oct. 16, 2023

Hawaii team helps Pearl Harbor hotel

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Navy Lodge Hawaii recently turned to DLA Disposition Services for the removal of more than 2,000 furniture and appliance items deemed excess after room upgrades at Pearl Harbor.

Ten people pose together for a photo in front of a blank wall.

Oct. 13, 2023

West region keeps culture in focus

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — West Coast property disposal sites held their first workplace culture-oriented summit in September.

DLA Disposition Services Oct. 11, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: James Isola

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — James Isola is a current member of PaCE Group 44 beginning in 2022.

Oct. 10, 2023

DLA Medical ECAT turns 25

PHILADELPHIA — For the past 25 years, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain’s Electronic Catalog system has been providing customers with a user-friendly capability to order approximately 1.3 million medical items.

A woman in a tan shirt listens to a man with a beard and green shirt as he talks. he is using one hand to indicate a container of scrap metal.

Oct. 9, 2023

Commentary: DLA Disposition Services Rotation Program broadens knowledge and skills

An Ohio based Disposal Services Representative enrolled into the DLA Disposition Services Rotation Program with the aim of broadening her skill set and enhancing her ability to better serve DLA’s customers effectively. She walked away with a better understanding to facets of processes that were previously obscured to her.

Give Happy today at givecfc.org in red letters above a group of mixed civilian and military members.

Oct. 6, 2023

Combined Federal Campaign kicks off in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Annual CFC fundraiser engages federal employees to donate to charities around the world

man in Army uniform and football jersey talks to crowd of seated people

Oct. 4, 2023

Communication with a purpose, key theme of Troop Support town hall

PHILADELPHIA — Sports comradery and friendly opposition filled the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support town hall September 28, along with addressing ongoing organizational challenges and congratulating teammates.

Oct. 4, 2023

Exercise planners helping DLA create effective training scenarios

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Exercises are useful training tools and are used to practice virtually every aspect of operations from safety procedures to battlefield movements.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deployable Tactical Operating System (DTOS) communications units or Engineer Command and Control Vehicle from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District ECCV7 was pre-staged in Puerto Rico for rapid emergency response during Hurricane Season. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Construction and Equipment supply chain recently awarded a contract that will provide the USACE with six new ECCVs with upgraded communications systems and military air transport capabilities.

Oct. 4, 2023

Troop Support helps modernize USACE’s disaster response

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support's Construction and Equipment supply chain awarded an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract for six DTOS emergency command and control vehicles worth approximately $9.7 million in July. Deliveries are scheduled to begin February 2024.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Col. Landis Maddox, poses with retirees Robert Panichelle, DLA Troop Support competition advocate and chief of pricing, his wife Christina, Isabelle Duvak, contract specialist with a senior contracting officer warrant in DLA Troop Support construction & equipment supply chain, and her husband Douglas, on September 28, 2023, in Philadelphia. Panichelle and Duvak finished their careers with a combined total of 80 years to the warfighter. (DoD photo by Edward Maldonado)

Oct. 3, 2023

DLA Troop Support Celebrates Two Retirements

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a civilian retirement ceremony in honor of Robert Panichelle, DLA Troop Support competition advocate and chief of pricing, and Isabelle Duvak, contract specialist with a senior contracting officer warrant in DLA Troop Support construction & equipment supply chain, on September 28, 2023.

sand and grass overlooking beach with sunset and birds in the air

Sept. 27, 2023

Commentary: Bridging the Gap - A Call for Suicide Awareness and Prevention

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When I first encountered suicide in my family, it was a subject shrouded in silence – a taboo that left us grappling with our grief in isolation. But over the years, society’s perception of mental health and suicide has shifted, allowing room for conversations that were once hushed.

Sept. 27, 2023

Agency scrap handler donated for humanitarian assistance

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Okinawa-based machine will be provided to a yet-to-be-determined U.S. aid recipient after refurbishment.