DLA Troop Support News

Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support commander, poses with 11 employees during a retirement ceremony at DLA Troop Support Dec. 17, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 20, 2018

DLA Troop Support recognizes four centuries of service during retirement ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support honored 11 civilian employees for their federal service during a retirement ceremony Dec. 17.

eaders from DLA's Joint Reserve Force, DLA Disposition Service's Joint Reserve Team and expeditionary support personnel in Battle Creek gather for a group shot during the annual Disposal Support Team planning huddle Dec. 14-16.

Dec. 20, 2018

Uniformed disposal teams prep for 2019

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Leaders from the six Disposal Support Units leave their annual huddle with a plan for warfighter support in the coming year.

Margaret Jones, an agency rep from the DLA Disposition Services site at Nellis, stands next to the pickup truck’s tailgate as Air force service members unload excess computes for possible use in the Computers For Learning program and recycling.

Dec. 19, 2018

Storerooms emptied by mass e-waste turn-in event

Nellis AFB, Nevada — Airmen at Nellis Air Force Base faced a glut of outdated computer equipment that needed to be removed in a responsible way to protect the environment.

DLA Director and DLA Navy Senior Enlisted Leader present a group award to a team of eight people.

Dec. 18, 2018

Recognition ceremony lauds individual, team achievements

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees from across the enterprise packed the McNamara Headquarters Complex Auditorium to honor team and individual contributions at the 51st Annual Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony Dec. 13.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly presents the DLA Troop Support Declaration of Innovation to Rob Fagan during a Town Hall in Philadelphia, Nov.11, 2018. Fagan, a junior contract specialist on the heraldic team in DLA Troop Support’s Clothing and Textile supply chain, was instrumental in standardizing and developing a new material to be used in flags for the military. (Photo by Alexandria Brimage-Gray/DLA Troop Support)

Dec. 18, 2018

Commander launches innovation award ‘to meet dynamic, emerging warfighter requirements of the future’

PHILADELPHIA — On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence. On Dec. 11, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support commander and supply chain directors also gathered in Philadelphia to sign the inaugural Declaration of Innovation.

DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams (left) and DLA Troop Support Commander Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly (right) listen as Troop Support senior leaders discuss key topics during a Dynamic Operating Plan review meeting at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia Dec. 7, 2018.

Dec. 17, 2018

DLA Director talks Troop Support operations with leaders, hosts town hall for employees

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support senior leaders engaged in dialogue with DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell K. Williams about the actions they are taking to support DLA’s Strategic Plan, after which Williams held a town hall, during his visit to Philadelphia Dec. 7. Williams reviewed Troop Support’s Dynamic Operating Plan to understand how the organization’s fiscal 2019 plans connect to agency strategy. Williams also praised Troop Support’s accomplishments and later shared the praise with the workforce. “It’s clear that you are doing some very positive things at Troop Support,” Williams said. “My compliments to you.”

A John Deere forklift loader awaits sale at the DLA Disposition Services at Djibouti excess property yard onboard Camp Lemonnier. DLA recently completed its very first usable excess property sale on the continent of Africa.

Dec. 14, 2018

Agency usable excess property sales begin in Africa

Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti — 35 items netted almost $50,000 in continent’s first online excess property auction.

Dec. 13, 2018

DLA Troop Support commander holds year-end town hall

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly held his final town hall of the year, Dec. 11, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Troop Support director speaks at C&T industry event

Dec. 12, 2018

DLA, services, clothing and textiles vendors ‘synchronize’ warfighter support

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey — Synchronizing the Defense Logistics Agency’s warfighter support with industry and military service partners ensures readiness and lethality for future operations, DLA Troop Support’s commander said during a planning brief Nov. 28 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Ryan McLeod, a DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware branch chief and volunteer, watches students color drawings during the Children’s Holiday Party at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School Dec. 6, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 11, 2018

The season of giving: Troop Support employees donate gifts, supplies to local school during annual holiday party

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support employees donated presents and school supplies to kindergarten and first grade students at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School during its annual Children’s Holiday Party Dec. 6.

Don Phillips, DLA Installation Support at Battle Creek site director, pulls a cart full of donated items into the Salvation Army facility.

Dec. 7, 2018

Agency employees share holiday spirit with their neighbors

Battle Creek, Michigan — Once again Defense Logistics Agency employees in Battle Creek, Michigan, connected with the community to help those in need enjoy the holiday season through the employees’ contributions to the Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family program.

Representatives from DLA Troop Support and U.S. Forest Service discuss planning for operation support during a meeting at DLA Troop Support Nov. 6, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 7, 2018

DLA Troop Support presents new planning for wildfire support

PHILADELPHIA — With several wild fires blazing this year, DLA Troop Support and other federal agencies changed its planning approach to supporting the USDA’s Wildland Fire Protection Program.

Paul Williams, a Medical tailored vendor logistics specialist, facilitates a panel of Veterans Affairs benefits experts at DLA Troop Support Nov. 27, 2018 in Philadelphia.

Dec. 6, 2018

Employees talk benefits, programs with VA panel

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support’s Medical culture improvement team invited VA benefits representatives to talk with veteran and military employees.

Navy Cmdr. Shani LeBlanc, DLA Troop Support Pacific commander, pose with Soldiers from the Public Health Activity Hawaii, Schofield Barracks after presenting them awards for their contributions to RIMPACT 2018, Nov. 21, 2018 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, Hawaii. RIMPACT is the world's largest international maritime exercise that takes place in the Hawaiian Islands every two years.

Dec. 4, 2018

Troop Support Pacific commander awards soldiers for maritime exercise contributions

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Pacific commander awarded nine soldiers from the Public Health Activity Hawaii, Schofield Barracks, the Joint Service Achievement Medal and five soldiers’ certificates of achievement for their contributions to the biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise, Nov. 21, 2018 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman, Hawaii.

Men from the DLA Troop Support Subsistence supply chain pose for a photo to commemorate the final days of No Shave November, Nov. 28, 2018 in Philadelphia. No Shave November is an annual campaign to bring awareness to cancer and encourage participants to donate the money typically used for shaving supplies to a local charity.

Dec. 4, 2018

Subsistence supply chain employees grow beards to raise cancer awareness

PHILADELPHIA — As the leaves changed colors on nature’s trees, beards with shades of red, brown, white, gray, black and even a few multi-colored, appeared on the faces of nearly 20 men from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Subsistence supply chain during “No Shave November.”