DLA Troop Support News

May 17, 2022

Troop Support Deputy Commander retires after 38 years of federal service

PHILADELPHIA — Richard Ellis, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support deputy commander, was recognized for his 38 years of federal service during a retirement ceremony May 6.

May 15, 2022

PaCE Spotlight: Tim Dauten

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Tim Dauten is the Operations Receipt and Network Division chief working at DLA Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. Dauten was a member of the PaCE Program when it was still known as the Intern Program, participating in Class 2A in 2011.

May 11, 2022

Site spotlight: Warner Robins

Get to know more about the Warner Robins Disposition Services site.

May 11, 2022

Employee Reflection: Cheryl L. Cardoza

Get to know this property disposal specialist serving warfighters in Florida.

May 9, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Terry Harrington

Get to know Terry Harrington, the area manager at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

May 6, 2022

Technological Reflection

Take a look back on the history of business technology used by DLA Disposition Services.

May 6, 2022

Troop Support wins big at federal awards ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support won five awards (one gold, one silver and three bronze) during the 2022 Philadelphia Federal Executive Board Excellence in Government Awards ceremony at the William J. Green Federal Building, Philadelphia, May 4.

May 3, 2022

DLA Troop Support celebrates civilian retirement after 35 years of service

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a retirement ceremony April 27, for a Clothing and Textile supply chain employee with 35 years of federal service.

May 2, 2022

Lessons in logistics, leadership, life: reflections of DLA Troop Support’s aide de camp

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support aide de camp to the commander, Army Captain Martin Hunt, was honored during a promotion ceremony May 2 in Philadelphia. The promotion of an ADC lieutenant to captain also signals a change in assignment. While preparing for his upcoming departure from the ADC role, Hunt shared his reflections and experiences at DLA Troop Support, as captured here by the DLA Troop Support Public Affairs team.

May 1, 2022

PaCE Spotlight: Jeremiah Burns

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Jeremiah Burns is a current member of PaCE Group 40 beginning in 2020. For his second year, he is at the DLA Disposition Services site in Richmond, Virginia. He is set to complete the program as a Property Disposal Specialist, and is on target to become an Environmental COR after graduation.

April 29, 2022

SAPR helps to support Disposition Services through healing

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office works to implement prevention and response programs throughout the Department of Defense.

April 28, 2022

Employee Reflection: Poma Darasamay

Get to know the property disposal specialist serving warfighters in Hawaii.

April 27, 2022

Leadership reflection: Hector Hernandez

Get to know the agency's property disposal area manager for Hawaii.

April 27, 2022

Properly preparing Disposition Services for responding to an emergency

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Throughout DLA, emergency managers work to ensure proper procedures are in place to mitigate the negative effects of events such as natural disasters and other emergency situations.

April 26, 2022

Medical team partners with federal agencies to provide COVID-19 support to island nations

PHILADELPHIA — In continued support of the U.S. and international partners’ fight against COVID-19, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support provided over $800,000 in testing and treatment equipment to the Solomon Islands and American Samoa in April. DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain’s partnerships with the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and Department of Health and Human Services aided in the acquisition and ongoing delivery of more than 39,000 at-home tests and ten oxygen concentrators to help control the spread and effects of COVID-19.