DLA Troop Support News

A man in a blue shirt looks at a large try of glass slides in a try.

June 23, 2023

DLA helps with digital scanning of century-old glass pathology slides

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Joint Pathology Center possesses the nation’s oldest pathology tissue repository and one of the largest in the world with over 55 million glass slides and 30 million tissue blocks. For more than a century, its specialists have collected diseased tissue samples, preserving them for medical researchers of the future.

Super Hornet called the Rhino because of protrusion on front of

June 22, 2023

Disposition Services efforts in Jacksonville encompass even the largest of items

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site in Jacksonville, Florida, recently assisted in the demilitarization efforts of 72 individual aircraft center barrels.

June 21, 2023

“Lifeless” breakroom redone with regional Italian flair

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Massimo’s Bistro, named for a longtime local national agency employee at the Aviano site, opened to critical acclaim in May.

Scanning and Conversion Graphic to show benefits which are easier search/retrieval of documents and data, protection of critical information, disaster recovery, better records management, reduced storage costs and more efficient information sharing.

June 19, 2023

Editorial: DLA helps DOD meet digital records requirements by June 2024

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services - Document Services is helping the Defense Department digitize paper records to meet National Archives and Records Administration requirements by June 2024.

Official portrait of a male with an American flag in the background.

June 18, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Ryan Kirby

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Ryan Kirby is an Environmental Operations Monitor for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Disposal Services Directorate Europe and Africa region in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2015 to 2017.

Outgoing DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Eric Shirley, right, DLA Commander Navy Vice Adm. Michelle Skubic passes the unit colors to incoming DLA Troop Support Commander Army Col. Landis Maddox, signifying the change of command during a ceremony July 15 in Philadelphia.

June 16, 2023

Commander reflects fondly on time at DLA, wishes Troop Support continued success

PHILADELPHIA — Army Brig. Gen. Eric P. Shirley completed his tenure as the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander during a change of command ceremony on June 15 in Philadelphia.

Man, woman, and three young boys stand in front of airplane

June 16, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Jason Roberts

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Meet Jason Roberts, woodworker, Navy veteran and proud father.

Locals tour mobile field clinics donated to aid in hurricane recovery in Honduras through the US Southern Command's humanitarian aide program. DLA Troop Support procured six mobile field clinics that were delivered in April.

June 12, 2023

DLA provides mobile field clinics to Honduras

PHILADELPHIA — To help restore medical infrastructure damaged by hurricanes, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical supply chain provided six mobile field clinics to Honduras through a US Southern Command humanitarian donation in April.

June 12, 2023

Lejeune supplies training aides one vehicle at a time

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Disposition Services Lejeune site recently provided multiple military service units with valuable training tools in the form of demilitarized vehicles.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Shirley hosts his last town hall event for Troop Support employees in Philadelphia on May 6. Army BG Eric P. Shirley assumed command of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on June 17, 2021. Under his leadership, DLA Troop Support annually provides more than $19 billion worth of food, clothing and textiles, construction and equipment, pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and equipment, as well as industrial repair parts for America’s warfighters and other valued customers worldwide.

June 9, 2023

Brig. Gen. Shirley hosts last DLA Troop Support town hall

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Shirley hosted a town hall event for Troop Support employees in Philadelphia on June 6.

Mother, two children and father sit in stadium seats

June 5, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Terra Nguyen

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Terra is the Equipment Management Solutions Director and has been with the agency for almost two decades.

A man in a hardhat constructs a temporary shelter from metal poles.

June 2, 2023

ACOR to bring deployment skill training to Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — This summer’ expeditionary readiness will help get civilian property disposal personnel and new agency reserve military members “back to basics” on reverse logistics know-how.

Brig. Gen. Eric Shirley with Carlos Deno, Steven Bollendorf, and Gary Pierce who are newly retired from Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support on May 31, 2023 in Philadelphia.

June 2, 2023

DLA Troop Support celebrates May retirees

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a civilian retirement ceremony in honor of Carlos J. Deno Jr., Steven J. Bollendorf, and Gary T. Pierce on May 31, 2023. 

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain hosted a town hall on 30 May in Philadelphia. The Subsistence supply chain provides food support for the military all over the world. From individually packaged meals in a soldier's ruck sack, to a ship's galley and to full-service dining facilities on military installations, Subsistence gets that food there. Subsistence also supports other non-Department of Defense activities, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the State Department, Veterans’ Homes and more.

May 30, 2023

DLA Troop Support Subsistence hosts town hall

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain hosted a town hall on 30 May in Philadelphia. The Subsistence supply chain provides food support for the military all over the world. From individually packaged meals in a soldier's ruck sack, to a ship's galley and to full-service dining facilities on military installations, Subsistence gets that food there. Subsistence also supports other non-Department of Defense activities, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the State Department, Veterans’ Homes and more.

May 25, 2023

Disposition Services Eglin continues providing support to services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look into how the Defense Logistics Agency’s Disposition Services site in Eglin, Florida, supports a variety of customers in the region.