DLA Troop Support News

10 tracked vehicles with a forward cab and an attached passenger compartment sit on a snow covered parking lot with the sun coming up in the background. snow covered mountains can be seen in the distance.

Battle Creek, Mich. Dec. 10, 2024

2024 Highlights: West

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — “We had a pretty good year,” said Christopher Buchanan, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services West Region Director. He said region personnel provided outstanding support to customers, assisting them in achieving their missions. Internally, he said the group also achieved significant results.

Men drive a firefighting truck around an off-road vehicle testing area.

Dec. 6, 2024

Michigan wildfire workshop promotes military surplus equipment repurposing

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An annual gathering of wildfire response experts in Roscommon highlights federally-supported Firefighter Property Program benefits and the conversion of DLA-sourced former military vehicles and equipment to modern firefighting apparatus.

Dec. 4, 2024

2024 Highlights: Contracting

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at some of the 2024 highlights from the DLA Disposition Services Contracting Division.

Nov. 29, 2024

DLA director hosts town hall, discusses future initiatives at former command

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support welcomed former commander, now DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, and DLA Senior Enlisted Leader Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Alvin Dyer for a town hall and review of the 2025 Annual Operating Plan Nov. 25.

Nov. 29, 2024

DLA Document Services turns 75

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s print shop specialists continue a legacy three quarters of a century in the making.

Man addresses audience in conference room

Nov. 27, 2024

DLA Disposition Services concludes successful Industry Day

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contracting division hosted its lates Industry Day in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Nov. 25, 2024

C&T hosts 10th annual industry event, instills collaboration, communication

CHERRY HILL, N.J. — More than 1,000 representatives from the Defense Logistics Agency, military services and domestic clothing and textiles industrial base participated in the 10th annual Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry, hosted by DLA Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles supply chain, November 20-21.

Nov. 25, 2024

Agency director hosts town hall and addresses agency’s future

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Director, Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, traveled to visit DLA Disposition Services headquarters for a town hall and discussion regarding the Annual Operating Plan.

Nov. 22, 2024

Leadership spotlight: A Q&A with Col. Woodje Caldwell

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know DLA Disposition Services Deputy Director Army Col. Woodje Caldwell.

Nov. 21, 2024

Troop Support Medical facilitates humanitarian donation to Galápagos Islands

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support ’s Medical supply chain oversaw U.S. Southern Command’s donation of two medical trauma containerized modular clinic to Ecuador's Galápagos Archipelago, specifically for the islands of Isabela and Floreana, this summer.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Landis Maddox and Hall of Fame inductees bow their heads during an invocation at the 2024 Troop Support Hall of Fame induction ceremony November 19

Nov. 21, 2024

Five former employees inducted to DLA Troop Support Hall of Fame

PHILADELPHIA — Five former employees were inducted to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Hall of Fame during a ceremony in their honor November 19.

Workers unload a delivery of fresh fruits, vegetables and eggs to an ITO location. Many ITO’s are in remote locations where the nearest grocery stores are miles away.
(Photo Credit Mike Szklarski. DLA Troop Support – Subsistence)

Nov. 21, 2024

Largest Subsistence federal partnership contract benefits Indian Tribal Organizations

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Subsistence supply chain awarded the largest contract to support a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the conclusion of fiscal year 2023.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support honored former servicemembers with a Veteran’s Day observance November 7.

Nov. 19, 2024

Troop Support Veteran’s Day observance focuses on “Honoring all who served”

Philadelphia — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support honored former servicemembers with a Veteran’s Day observance November 7.

Nov. 19, 2024

2024 Highlights: Southeast

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Taking a look at 2024 highlights for the DLA Disposition Services Southeast region.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Amanda Reuter, senior enlisted advisor, 21st Special Troops Battalion, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, hands a plate of food to a Soldier while serving Thanksgiving meals to Soldiers and families at the Clocktower Cafe on Kleber Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany, on Nov. 22, 2023.

Nov. 19, 2024

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support serves up a taste of home for service members around the world in time for Thanksgiving

PHILADELPHIA — Shipping nearly 700,000 pounds of food across the globe in time for troops to enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving meal is a complex operation, but the team at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support prepares months in advance for their version of the big game.