DLA Troop Support News

Army Col. Abel Young speaks during his promotion ceremony at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia, Oct. 25, 2018. Young, a Chicago Heights, Ill., native, is the director of the Subsistence supply chain. (Photo by Ed Maldonado/DLA Troop Support)

Oct. 26, 2018

DLA Troop Support Subsistence supply chain director promoted to colonel

PHILADELPHIA — The Army’s newest colonel is Abel Young. The director of DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain was promoted in front of family and friends in Philadelphia Oct. 25.

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees Debra Tillman, Mary Newell and Bernice Eaddy-Brown (left to right) pose after an Oct. 25 retirement ceremony in Philadelphia honoring their 110 years of cumulative service to the agency.

Oct. 26, 2018

More than a century of service recognized at Troop Support retirement ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support honored three employees for their 110 years of combined federal service during a retirement ceremony Oct. 25. Debra Tillman, Mary Newell and Bernice Eaddy-Brown, each with more than 30 years of federal service, were recognized for their contributions to the agency.

USACE has received 7 FEMA Mission Assignments (7 active, 6 closed), totaling more than $10.5 million for disaster response to Hurricane Michael-damaged areas. One of those missions is to provide Temporary Emergency Power. The USACE Temporary Power PRT and the 249th Engineer Battalion are deployed and assessing sites for installation of emergency generators. Sergeant First Class Robert Fox, 249th Engineer Battalion, C Company out of Fort Belvoir, Virginia, inspects a generator upon delivery to the Incident Support Base in Albany, Ga. (U.S. Army photo by Chris Gardner)

Oct. 25, 2018

DLA Troop Support provides 5,000 meals and 63 generators following Hurricane Michael

PHILADELPHIA — Before Hurricane Michael hit the Florida panhandle Oct. 10, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reached out to Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support for assistance.

Maximo Ayala, the lead instructor and chief, Lean Six Sigma training and project management support branch at DLA Troop Support, conducts Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training Oct. 18 in Philadelphia. Students gain analytical skills during the 40-hour course, which they must pass and then complete a continuous process improvement project to earn their Green Belt certification.

Oct. 25, 2018

DLA Troop Support offers Green Belt training to employees

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support conducts Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training to educate employees on how to utilize methodologies to implement continuous process improvement within the organization.

DLA Aviation Industrial Support Activities commanders listen as Linda Farrell, DLA Troop Support’s Flag Room supervisor, welcomes the visitors with a brief history of DLA’s hand embroidery specialists in Philadelphia Oct. 18, 2018.

Oct. 25, 2018

Troop Support hosts DLA Aviation leaders

PHILADELPHIA — Leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support hosted DLA Aviation maintenance facility

Graphic - DLA Troop Support CFC campaign is now open through Jan. 11, 2019. Contact supply chain points of contact for info.

Oct. 19, 2018

Employees can now donate to 2018 Combined Federal Campaign

PHILADELPHIA — Employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are able to make charitable contributions

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly addresses the Joint Reserve Force at Troop Support's first JRF town hall event Oct. 12 in Philadelphia.

Oct. 16, 2018

DLA Troop Support’s Joint Reserve Force meets with commander at inaugural town hall event

PHILADELPHIA — Reservists assigned to the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support were recognized for their role in

An airman displays military clothing on a table in front of bins of other military clothing

Oct. 10, 2018

Troop Support Academy gives DLA employees first-hand glimpse of warfighter support

PHILADELPHIA — Some DLA employees have never worn the uniform. Their only point of reference to the many items that they procure is a national stock number or cage code. The recent Troop Support Academy gave them a first-hand look at the numerous items they provide to the warfighter each day.

Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy filled the Army and Air Force Exchange Service sales store to purchase the Operational Camouflage Pattern utility uniform October 1, 2018. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles worked with its Air Force counterparts and other key stakeholders since April to ensure more than 17,000 uniforms were delivered to five military clothing sales stores, including Aviano Air Base, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina and MacDill AFB, Florida for the initial fielding.

Oct. 4, 2018

Troop Support helps Airmen transition to new uniform from S.C. to Italy

AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy — Six hours ahead of the Eastern time zone, Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy were the first to purchase the Operational Camouflage Pattern utility uniform October 1.