DLA Troop Support News

Vietnam War veterans are cheered on by volunteers as they parade down a red-carpet into a Vietnam War Commemoration program March 29, 2016 at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Philadelphia, PA. More than 400 Vietnam War era veterans attended the event sponsored by the Association of the United States Army and Vietnam War Commemoration partners Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

March 31, 2016

Troop Support employees help welcome home Vietnam vets

PHILADELPHIA — The welcome home was worth the 50-year wait, one veteran said following a Vietnam War Commemoration program March 29. DLA Troop Support employees helped cheer for more than 400 Vietnam vets as they paraded down a red carpet to the ceremony.

Michael Rector (left), DLA Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office lead planner, and William Sanders, U.S. Central Command director of contracting support, learned about the vetting process for DLA Troop Support contracts in the CENTCOM area of responsibility March 16.

March 24, 2016

CENTCOM logisticians learn value of overseas industry vetting program

PHILADELPHIA — Two logisticians who support U.S. Central Command were briefed March 16 on the vetting process for DLA Troop Support’s overseas contracts.

U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Steve Prost, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, addresses soldiers and civilians during an Easter service at Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 31, 2013. DLA Troop Support provided a taste of home for deployed service members to enjoy during their Easter meals and palms for observing Palm Sunday.

March 24, 2016

Troop Support helps service members celebrate Palm Sunday, Easter

PHILADELPHIA — Military service members around the world observed Palm Sunday and will celebrate Easter with some help from DLA Troop Support.

Alessandro Marcozzi, a manager at DeRossi & Son in Vineland, New Jersey, explains the clothing manufacturing process to Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees Robin-Kirkland Gonzalez, customer account specialist, Ken Drexinger, demand planner, and Jessica De La Hoz, contracting officer, all with the Clothing and Textiles supply chain during a visit to plant March 2.

March 23, 2016

C&T employees visit supplier, improve understanding of industry

March 23, 2016 — Twelve Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees from the Clothing and Textiles supply chain toured a manufacturing plant that has been making uniforms for the U.S. military since World War II.

Army Pvt. Byron Brown, assigned to 520th Maintenance Company, 194th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, eats at a dining facility at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. Despite South Korea’s ban on poultry items from the U.S., warfighters who eat at DFACs across the peninsula continue to eat fresh chicken, thanks to DLA Troop Support Pacific.

March 22, 2016

Troop Support Pacific ensures South Korea DFACs have fresh chicken despite poultry ban

PHILADELPHIA — Despite South Korea’s ban on poultry items from the U.S., service members who eat at dining facilities across the peninsula continue to eat fresh chicken, thanks to DLA Troop Support Pacific.

DLA Troop Support and the Construction and Equipment supply chain hosted industry partners March 4 in Philadelphia to discuss the Maintenance, Repair and Operations program.

March 16, 2016

Troop Support hosts C&E industry partners to boost MRO program

PHILADELPHIA — The Maintenance, Repair and Operations program is a case of the Construction & Equipment supply chain applying best commercial practices to support the warfighter, the agency director said March 4 in Philadelphia.

Air Force Master Sgt. Antoinette Jones was named the Defense Logistics Agency Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and is now in competition for the Office of the Secretary of Defense award.

March 14, 2016

Troop Support airman competes for DOD Senior NCO of the Year

March 14, 2016 — An airman with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support who was selected as the DLA Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for fiscal 2015 represented the agency in the Department of Defense competition.

SGT Ashley Irmak, with the U.S. Army Medical Material Center, Europe in Pirmasens, Germany, provided Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, a brief on the Optical Activities Division. Hamilton went to USAMMCE as part of his first visit to DLA Troop Support Europe and Africa.

March 2, 2016

Commander projects dignity, respect during first regional command visit

PHILADELPHIA — Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton projected dignity and respect throughout the week he spent with the Troop Support Europe and Africa workforce during his first visit there as commander

DLA Energy Bulk Petroleum Deputy Director Gerald Tinner (center) and his team discuss a current fuel project. Tinner and his team played a role in writing contracts for the Haiti Earthquake relief efforts.

March 2, 2016

DLA acquisition professionals' support for earthquake relief featured in new video

Acquisition professionals' support for earthquake relief in Haiti is featured in a new video released on DLA's YouTube and Facebook sites.