DLA Troop Support News

Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton hosted his first brown bag luncheon with civilians in the Philadelphia Room Feb. 23, 2016. Attendees included members from different supply chains and staff offices.

March 1, 2016

Commander hosts informal lunch with Troop Support employees

PHILADELPHIA — The commander of DLA Troop Support hosted a brown bag lunch, an informal session where employees were invited to share their knowledge and provide feedback about working at DLA Troop Support

DLA Troop Support leaders welcomed DHA Director Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono and other agency leaders to Philadelphia Feb. 19 to discuss the partnership between both organizations to provide support to America’s warfighters.

Feb. 26, 2016

Troop Support Medical, DHA leaders discuss ways to strengthen partnership

PHILADELPHIA — Senior leaders from both the DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain and the Defense Health Agency met Feb. 19 in Philadelphia to discuss the agencies’ relationship and future collaboration.

Dr. Arthur E. Thomas encourages Naval Support Activity Philadelphia employees to be resilient during the African American History Month observance event Feb. 18.

Feb. 25, 2016

Resiliency key message during African American History Month observance

PHILADELPHIA — Failure can be turned inside out if people simply stick it out. That message of resilience was delivered to NSA Philadelphia employees during an African American History Month observation Feb. 18.

Three Defense Logistics Agency Senior Executive Service members provide personal testimonies about their acquisition career in this debut of nine videos profiling DLA acquisition professionals.

Feb. 24, 2016

Acquisition professionals video series debuts

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — The first of nine videos profiling Defense Logistics Agency acquisition professionals debuted on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites Feb. 24.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, left, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald Green, second left, DLA Senior Enlisted Leader Army Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Tobin, second right, and Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Howard Long, Command Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and U.S. Strategic Command Center, pose during a visit to DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia, PA Feb. 17, 2016. Hamilton described Green’s visit as an important day for DLA Troop Support as he is the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps to ever visit the organization.

Feb. 22, 2016

Top enlisted Marine credits DLA for Corps’ success on frontlines

PHILADELPHIA — From meals-ready-to-eat to the boots they wear, the support Defense Logistics Agency provides makes Marines successful on the battlefield, the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps said during a visit to DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia Feb. 17.

Dignity kits and other items provided through DLA are assembled and packaged for delivery to refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East.

Feb. 18, 2016

DLA personnel join counterparts to help save lives of civilians fleeing war, atrocities in Middle East

Defense Logistics Agency personnel recently helped save numerous civilian lives by delivering millions of critical non-food items to refugees and migrants in the Middle East before the arrival of winter, in collaboration with other federal agencies.

Brig. Gen. Andrew Rohling (center), U.S. Forces Afghanistan Deputy Deputy Commanding General-Support, receives a briefing from Anham personnel during a recent facility tour. Anham provides all the food that warfighters consume in Afghanistan.

Feb. 16, 2016

DLA provides range of services to support the warfighter

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan — When it comes to supporting the warfighter across the Combined Joint Operations Area-Afghanistan, no organization does it better than the Defense Logistics Agency.

DLA Troop Support's Subsistence supply chain is helping the U.S. Army Special Operations Command add the nutrition element of the THOR3 - Tactical Human Optimization, Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning - program to the menu of a Fort Bragg, North Carolina dining facility.

Feb. 8, 2016

Subsistence helps Army Spec Ops nutrition program

PHILADELPHIA — When the U.S. Army Special Operations Command decided to add the nutrition element of a human performance program to the menu at a Fort Bragg dining facility, they asked the Subsistence supply chain to help.

DLA Troop Support and NAVSUP Weapons Systems Support employees sing “We Shall Overcome” during a ceremony in honor of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Jan. 21 in Philadelphia. Key Arts Production performed a multimedia presentation titled “King’s Dream” which outlined King’s life from childhood, his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and assassination in 1968.

Jan. 27, 2016

‘King’s Dream’ for justice, equality remembered at annual ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Serving others is a way to live the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the DLA Troop Support commander said during a ceremony honoring King Jan. 21.

New Army recruits receive updated operational camouflage pattern Army combat uniforms and accessories at Fort Benning, Georgia, Dec. 20. Approximately 1,300 recruits at Fort Benning have already been issued the fiscal year 2016 clothing bag, which includes OCP ACUs and accessories.

Jan. 21, 2016

Recruits receive new Army uniforms as rollout continues

PHILADELPHIA — Army recruits will now join soldiers already wearing the Operational Camouflage Pattern as the rollout of the new Army Combat Uniform continues.