DLA Troop Support News

The Continuous Process Improvement office's Centralized Library for Knowledge Management will position useful and pertinent information in an organized, manageable, and easily searchable format that will improve and streamline workflows.(Image by sorbetto/Getty Images)

Feb. 11, 2020

Centralized library expands information availability

PHILADELPHIA — Knowledge and information sharing is a key aspect to any successful business. Whether it’s used to

14 members of the DLA Disposition Services Cat Team.

Feb. 11, 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — With just under two months remaining, the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Culture Action Team gathered in Battle Creek, Michigan, in late January to learn the ins and outs of the upcoming DLA culture/climate survey that launches March 17.

An Industrial Hardware employee holds a sign to applaud the IH supply chain during a trivia-based event Feb. 5, 2020, at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia.

Feb. 7, 2020

Medical, IH teams face off in CIT event

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical and Industrial Hardware supply chain Culture Improvement Teams sponsored a trivia-based event promoting cross-functional integration between employees.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence, center, and Industrial Hardware Director Air Force Col. Adrian Crowley, right, listen as SPS Technologies Sales Manager Joseph DiGiacomo explains the manufacturing process that goes into items at the Jenkintown, Pennsylvania facility Feb. 5, 2020.

Feb. 7, 2020

Troop Support Commander visits local Hardware vendor to gain insight, strengthen partnership

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence joined Industrial Hardware supply chain leaders on a visit to hardware vendor SPS Technologies to strengthen partnerships and gain better insight into IH’s industrial base.

Red Cross personnel help an Employee at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center donate during the Feb. 5 blood drive.

Feb. 7, 2020

Blood drive gets 2020 donations off to a good start

Battle Creek, Michigan — A winter snow storm held off until Feb. 6, to help the turnout for the first blood drive for 2020 at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center on Feb. 5.

Army Col. Bob Wichman, the DLA Chaplain, center, poses with the DLA Troop Support Flag Room team during a visit Feb. 5, 2020 at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia.

Feb. 6, 2020

Flag Room team recognized for hard work, dedication

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Chaplain Army Col. Bob Wichman recognized 15 DLA Troop Support Flag Room employees for the hard work, dedication and talent they bring to making military unit flags and hand embroidering the president and vice-presidential flags.

Robert Singley, right, and Taylor Fontana, members of DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware “Best Practice” Team, discuss scheduling and topics following their inaugural meeting Jan. 30, 2020, in Philadelphia.

Feb. 5, 2020

Hardware employees share knowledge to improve communication, processes

PHILADELPHIA — Employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware supply chain established a “best practice team” consisting of handpicked members who are standardizing cross-functional communication and better streamlining operations across IH workflows.

Eight graders at Alleluia Community School in Augusta, Georgia, try out their math skills using a new application on the Kindle Fire devices their school recently received through the Defense Logistics Agency.

Feb. 5, 2020

New devices heat up classes in Georgia school

Augusta, Georgia — Students at Alleluia Community School in Augusta, Georgia, were able to start the New Year with some new helpers to aid their learning thanks to the Defense Department’s Computers for Learning program managed by the Defense Logistics Agency.

Feb. 3, 2020

Video: Logistics On Location Fort Bragg DLA Disposition Services

Fort Bragg, North Carolina — Refrigerators…Humvees…office supplies…clothing…almost anything the U.S. military or our other government customers need can be found at DLA Disposition Services sites around the United States and globally. RTD stands for Reutilization Transfer and Donation and in this video the team at DLA Disposition Services Fort Bragg shows how they take excess property and make it available to their customers in support of the mission.

Two civilian retirees at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are pictured.

Jan. 31, 2020

New civilian retirees celebrated by DLA Troop Support

Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support said goodbye to two civilian employees during a retirement ceremony January 30 in Philadelphia. Florence Hall, from the Construction and Equipment supply chain, retired after 50 years of federal service. Nick Sistrun from Command Support retired after working for 35 years with the federal government.

Jan. 31, 2020

DLA Troop Support program develops mentors and mentees

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s newest one-on-one mentorship program has reached its midpoint this month, just in time to observe National Mentoring Month.

DLA Disposition Services Chief of Staff Pete Foreman addresses attendees at the 10th annual South-East Region Leadership Summit.

Jan. 30, 2020

South-East leaders share ideas

Jacksonville, Florida — Senior leaders from DLA Disposition Services travelled from Battle Creek, Michigan, to Jacksonville, Florida, last month to join employees from the South-East region for their tenth annual Leadership Training Seminar.

The Synchronization Operations Center poses with Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence, DLA Troop Support Commander, after reading the Large Team of the Year award Jan. 21, 2020 at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia. The SOC fuses mission readiness and business operations to better operationalize and integrate the agency’s support to warfighters and federal partners.

Jan. 24, 2020

Troop Support employees recognized during quarterly awards ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Close to 100 employees were acknowledged for a variety of contributions during the Defense Logistics

Official photo in front of American flag and blue background

Jan. 24, 2020

Employee Spotlight: Maggie Mieras

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Maggie Mieras was recently hired as the new funds and facilities branch chief within the business support directorate at Battle Creek, Michigan.

Navy Retail Services Specialist 2nd Class Tomas Vasquez prepares a syringe with the influenza vaccine before administering annual Flu Shots at Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi.

Jan. 23, 2020

Sorry flu, not this year

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain teamed with Department of Defense partners to provide 3.4 million doses of the influenza vaccine to service members, dependents and retirees.