DLA Troop Support News

Sept. 26, 2023

Suicide Awareness Prevention Month: Don’t Wait. Reach Out.

PHILADELPHIA — An Iraq War veteran, logistician and Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support leader underscores the importance of teamwork built on trust in developing sensitivity to others’ mental health challenges.

Troop Support’s Got Talent competitors and judges pose after the award presentation in Philadelphia on Sept. 21. The competition was held to encourage employee participation in the 2023 Defense Logistics Agency Culture Climate Survey. (Dod photo by Ed Maldonado)

Sept. 25, 2023

Troop Support showcases workforce talent 

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support skills were on full display as six employees competed in a talent show on Sept. 21. The organization’s Culture Program and Culture Improvement Teams hosted the event to encourage employee participation in the 2023 DLA Culture Climate Survey.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jorge Bravo, right, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shares an MRE with Australian Army Pvt. Joshua Bull, a combat rescue specialist with 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, during an MRE tasting for Talisman Sabre 23 at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 28, 2023. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop support subsistence supply chain provides food support for the military all over the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)

Sept. 25, 2023

Meals, ready to eat, prepare warfighters for natural disasters

PHILDELPHIA — Meals, ready to eat, provide a critical feature during disasters and unforeseen events for warfighters and other Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support customers around the globe.

A delegation from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Defense including Director of Weapon and Equipment Division Republic of Korea Armed Forces Col Yongheup Kim; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Logistics Policy Manager; visited Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on Sept. 21, 2023, in Philadelphia. The purpose of the visit was to provide a DLA Troop Support overview and tour of facilities to share industry practices.

Sept. 22, 2023

Republic of Korea Ministry of Defense visits Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — A delegation from the Republic of Korea Ministry of Defense including Director of Weapon and Equipment Division Republic of Korea Armed Forces Col Yongheup Kim; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Logistics Policy Manager; visited Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on Sept. 21, 2023, in Philadelphia.

Sept. 22, 2023

Sagami team helps Army quickly clear dangerous building

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When safety officials declared a standby equipment warehouse unsafe this past summer at Sagami General Depot in Japan, DLA’s property disposal pros went above and beyond to help the Army quickly condemn it.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support ‘s Subsistence supply chain is taking orders from October 1st to December 15th, 2023, to provide kosher for Passover meals to warfighters across the globe in time for 2024’s Passover, April 22-30.

Sept. 20, 2023

Orders for kosher for Passover 2024 meals, ready-to-eat, begin

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support‘s Subsistence supply chain is taking orders from October 1st to December 15th, 2023, to provide kosher for Passover meals to warfighters across the globe in time for 2024’s Passover, April 22-30.

Sept. 20, 2023

Competition on the courts leads to collaboration off

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Members of the Defense Logistics Agency in Battle Creek, Michigan participate in local competition.

Group shot of attendees on stairs with columns in backgroud

Sept. 18, 2023

DLA’s Digital-Business Transformation: Revolutionizing processes for the future

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — DLA is introducing a 'digital core' of information technologies to fortify its operational capabilities. This digital core will increase scalability, heighten collaboration, enhance security, and automate manual processes. It includes a single sign-on portal, simplifying access for DLA employees, alongside external portals for customers and suppliers engaged with the agency providing real-time access to engineering data and lead times, streamline ordering platforms with end-to-end order tracking, and improve supplier interactions.

A woman looks at a large poster of a past president while the man behind her operates another print machine.

Sept. 15, 2023

Two person DLA shop supports the President

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In the heart of the Nation’s capital, tucked away in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services-Document Services Executive Print Shop, affectionately known as "DLA EPS," stands as a small yet vital cog in the machinery of the Executive Office of the President.

men and women standing around table with backpacks and school supplies

Sept. 14, 2023

Troop Support school supply drive sets students up for success

PHILADELPHIA — To ensure Philadelphia-area students start the school year with new pencils, calculators, backpacks and other items, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted the second annual Fill-A-Backpack drive. School supply items donated by employees from DLA Troop Support, DLA Information Operations, and DLA Contracting Services Office donated the school supply items that were delivered to the local charity Cradles to Crayons for distribution to area schools.

A man sitting at a table talks into a microphone while other seated event attendees listen.

Sept. 13, 2023

Agency risk team aligns efforts at Michigan summit

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Risk experts from across DLA met in Battle Creek in August to strengthen the agency’s A-123/Enterprise Risk Management program.

man in uniform wears safety goggles in laboratory

Sept. 12, 2023

The life of a uniform: from contracting to customer

PHILADELPHIA — From coordinating with contractors to testing boots on an open flame, the Defense Logistics Agency ensures uniforms meet military customers’ needs and are durable.

A family of four, mother, two sons, and a father stand with arms around each other. the son next to the mother is the tallest in the photo with the dad a close second. the younger son is the shortest. all are smiling at the camera. the photo looks to be taken outside at a football field with trees in the background.

Sept. 11, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Deborah Smith

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Leadership Spotlight highlighting the Chief of the Law Enforcement Support Office Branch Deborah Smith.

Sept. 8, 2023

Resource Analyst Summit shines light on DSD South East's financial expertise

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Resource Analyst Summit illuminated the importance of financial expertise in the organization allowing attendees to engage in a comprehensive series of sessions, workshops, and team-building activities aimed at enhancing financial acumen and aligning objectives for the future.

Sept. 6, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Meranda Grafmyer

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Meranda Grafmyer is finishing up her first year in the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 44 that began in 2022. For her second year of the program, she will be placed at the DLA Disposition Services Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, field site.