DLA Troop Support News

June 2, 2025

Troop Support celebrates civilian retirees, highlights dedication, workforce legacies

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support celebrated the federal service of five civilian retirees during a ceremony in their honor May 28.

U.S. Army Commanding General of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command and former Commander of the Defense Logistics Agency Maj. Gen. Eric P. Shirley speaks to Troop Support Academy attendees about logistics in theater and the importance of DLA Troop Support's mission to the warfighter May 20.

May 29, 2025

DLA Troop Support Academy orients new hires to global mission

PHILADELPHIA — New hires from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support participated in the annual Troop Support Academy, a two-day orientation program designed to provide incoming employees with a broad understanding of the agency's mission and operations May 20-21.

A man in an Army uniform stands looking at the camera.

May 28, 2025

Chaplain Visits Battle Creek to Connect, Counsel, Support DLA Mission

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Command Chaplain U.S. Army Col. Thomas Brooks visited the workforce located at the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.

May 22, 2025

PACE pushes careers forward

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Veteran Sabrina Young credits Pathways to Career Excellence with helping her develop the tools to succeed.

A turf floor purchased through Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Holistic Health and Fitness program

May 15, 2025

Holistic Health and Fitness: Streamlining access to equipment

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s construction and equipment supply chain is contributing to military readiness through the Holistic Health and Fitness program, or H2F, by streamlining access to commercial fitness supplies that support physical and mental preparedness across the services.

Joey Martinez is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at San Antonio, Texas.

May 15, 2025

PACER Spotlight: Joey Martinez

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Joey Martinez is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at San Antonio, Texas.

civilian and military men and women sit around conference table

May 14, 2025

DLA Director visits Troop Support for mid-year review

PHILADELPHIA — Transformation, adaptability and endurance were the key focus of the Defense Logistics Agency director and senior enlisted member’s visit to DLA Troop Support for the organization’s mid-year Annual Operating Plan Review, May 13.

Students set a long tables in a classroom and work on laptops computers.

May 9, 2025

Texas school district uses DLA Disposition Services to support students

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently donated 98 excess military laptops to Neches Independent School District in Texas, where they are helping expand students’ access to digital learning.

Man in uniform reaches for bottles in a pharmacy.

May 8, 2025

DLA Troop Support’s Medical awards $30.3B pharmaceutical prime vendor contract, small business

Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Medical supply chain awarded a next generation pharmaceutical prime vendor contract on March 7th. The contract awards a total of $30.3 billion over the next 10 years, including a small business component of $1.3 billion.

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) Airman Roberto Gonzales, from Miami, assigned to air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, fights a simulated fire during a general quarters drill on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while moored pierside at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, April 29, 2025. DLA Troop Support's Construction and Equipment supply chain procures essential gear and equipment to Airmen like Gonzales and other military members at cost avoidance through their Special Operations Equipment program. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Garret Nelson)

May 8, 2025

DLA Troop Support Enhances Procurement Efficiency Through Cost Avoidance Initiatives

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Construction and Equipment supply chain implements cost avoidance strategies throughout their contract vehicles in an effort to improve efficiency and reduce administrative costs for military and federal customers.

U.S. Army Sgt John Houser, assigned to 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, adjusts his night optical/observation devices mounted on his Next Generation Integrated Helmet Protection System April 10, 2025, at Camp Casey, Republic of Korea. For nearly a decade, the DLA Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles team worked to get service members lighter and more protective combat helmets. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin Yarborough)

May 5, 2025

DLA overcomes decade-long obstacles to provide lighter, more protective helmets to service members

PHILADELPHIA — For nearly a decade, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles team worked to get service members lighter and more protective combat helmets.

Military field ambulances parked in a warehouse.

May 5, 2025

Pacific team helps Navy close out Guam EMF

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Agency reverse logisticians help U.S. Seventh Fleet components clear out large equipment and more than 70 containers of excess expeditionary medical equipment and material.

May 2, 2025

Agency increases efficiencies through addition by subtraction

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Addition by subtraction calls for identifying tasks or requirements that can be eliminated, removed, or modified to save time or costs to the agency.

April 28, 2025

Disposition Services HQ welcomes DLA senior leaders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Michigan’s Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center hosted members of the agency's senior leadership team April 22 for briefings and a mid-year review of the 2025 DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan.

a torch is held by two hands wearing protective clothing. the torch is being used to cut metal

April 25, 2025

DLA trains civilians to demilitarize military equipment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When most people picture military might, they think of tanks, helicopters and heavy weaponry in action. What they don’t often consider is what happens to that gear when it’s no longer needed.