DLA Troop Support News

A forklift is used to place wood pallets into a shredder.

Nov. 15, 2024

2024 Highlights: Resource Management

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Behind every successful organization is a team that ensures everything runs smoothly, often out of the spotlight. For Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, its Resource Management directorate plays a crucial role in this effort.

Nov. 14, 2024

C&T director introduces new coin at first town hall

PHILADELPHIA — A coin designed especially for Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles supply chain was introduced to the workforce during a town hall November 6.

One woman and two men standing in front of flags

Nov. 12, 2024

Battle Creek DLA employees receive awards

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Four Defense Logistics Agency employees recently earned Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center Service Awards at the 68th Armed Forces Appreciation Luncheon.

Nov. 8, 2024

MOH recipient addresses agency personnel in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Michigan native James McCloughan was credited with saving the lives of ten soldiers in 1969 while under fire in Vietnam.

Nov. 5, 2024

Leadership Spotlight: Dean Newsome

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From humble beginnings mowing yards and shoveling snow in Pittsburgh to his recent appointment as director of DLA Disposition Services -Document Services, Dean Newsome continually seeks opportunities to improve himself and others.

A large crane lifts the top portion of a locomotive off it's wheels.

Oct. 29, 2024

Train loads of excess from DLA Disposition Services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The nonprofit organization Railroading Heritage of Midwest America recently acquired a diesel switcher locomotive donation through Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services from the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.

Group photo on the steps of a historical building.

Oct. 25, 2024

Battle Creek summit strengthens personnel bonds

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency property disposal leaders wrapped a week of networking and game planning in Michigan Oct. 25.

A man in a suit speaks to a room of people.

Oct. 22, 2024

Property reutilization prioritized for 2025

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In support of a new long-term agency strategy, DLA’s reverse logistics arm wants to triple the amount of used and excess DOD property reclaimed by warfighters.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jed Rodrigues, from Los Angeles, prepares a patient for a Computerized Tomography (CT) scan aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. The Defense Logistics Agency Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to procure acquire medical capital equipment .Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raphael McCorey.

Oct. 17, 2024

Troop Support Medical, VA capital equipment joint contract program exceeds expectations

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to acquire medical capital equipment for partners.

A U.S. Airman assigned to 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron sorts through medicine for a patient’s prescription at the base pharmacy at Travis Air Force Base, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The pharmacy fills approximately 520,000 prescriptions per year to service members, their families and veterans. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to negotiate better value on prescription drugs. This work includes procurement of pharmaceuticals for veterans, DOD beneficiaries and patients of other federal healthcare systems. Photo by Kenneth Abbate.

Oct. 17, 2024

DLA Troop Support Medical pharmaceutical value engineering partnership with VA realizes $1 billion in cost avoidance for FY24

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain and the Department of Veterans Affairs work together to negotiate better value on prescription drugs. This work includes procurement of pharmaceuticals for veterans, DOD beneficiaries and patients of other federal healthcare systems.

Hurricane Helene is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi.

Oct. 14, 2024

Surplus property donations add to DOD hurricane response contributions

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Donations of no-cost used equipment like diesel generators and trailers from used military stock helps regional and local officials accelerate disaster response efforts.

Oct. 10, 2024

DLA Distribution partners with DLA Troop Support to transport 21 million MREs in support of FEMA

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — As the nation continues response efforts to the damage caused across the southeastern United States by Hurricane Helene, Defense Logistics Agency Distribution continues to play a key role in whole of government support.

Portrait of man with USA Flag in background

Oct. 7, 2024

PACE Spotlight: Jordan Whitaker

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Jordan Whitaker is a current member of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For his second year in the PACE Program, Whitaker will be placed at the DLA Disposition Services Fort Mead, Maryland, site.

Soldier hands water to a man in a black car

Oct. 2, 2024

Hurricane Helene: DLA provides relief to Fort Eisenhower

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — DLA jumped into action to help thousands of service members and civilians left without electricity and water at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, following Hurricane Helene.

Retirees pose with their commander during a retirement ceremony September 26.

Oct. 2, 2024

Troop Support honors over a century of service at retirement ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a civilian retirement ceremony to honor three employees, who combined, have over a century of federal service, September 26.