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Aug. 29, 2018

National Preparedness Month: Prepare now before disaster strikes

National Preparedness Month provides an opportunity to remind us that we all must prepare ourselves and our families now and throughout the year. DLA Troop Support will host several preparedness events throughout September..

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles acquisition specialist Aaron Jones, left, and contracting officer Jennifer Scarpello complete the Philadelphia Marathon November 19, 2017. Jones and Scarpello work on C&T’s individual equipment team and used the DLA Wellness Program to help train for the marathon and other long distance races.

Aug. 16, 2018

C&T employees go extra miles with the DLA Wellness Program

PHILADELPHIA — The last topic of DLA Troop Support’s VPP campaign is Well-Being. Employees from the Clothing & Textiles supply chain are taking advantage of the DLA Wellness Program to not just improve their well-being, but compete in extreme long distance races.

Army Sgt. Joseph Barbado, right, a New Jersey National Guard Soldier, unloads heater meals from a five-ton truck at a distribution point in Hoboken, Nov. 5.

Aug. 13, 2018

DLA Troop Support employees strengthen partnership with FEMA reps in New York

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support employees visited the FEMA Region II office to strengthen the partnership between the agencies.

Aug. 13, 2018

Troop Support leaders cast vision for 2019

PHILADELPHIA — Senior leaders from DLA Troop Support presented self-assessments of their organizations and collaborated to shape the way-ahead during a meeting Aug. 9 in Philadelphia.

Aug. 7, 2018

Medical’s new director speaks about joining DLA Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — Army Col. Matthew Voyles discusses his role and expectations as the new director of DLA Troop Support’s Medical supply chain.

Anthony Britt, DLA Troop Support Employee of the Year

Aug. 2, 2018

Former Army food advisor earns DLA Troop Support Employee of the Year

PHILADELPHIA — The 2017 DLA Troop Support Employee of the Year was a DLA customer when he served in uniform as an Army food advisor. Anthony Britt now advocates on behalf of DLA’s customers while sporting his civilian attire.

Janine Samoni, strategic material sourcing group division chief with the Subsistence supply chain, speaks to a group of industry representatives during a DLA Ingredients Industry Day July 19. The event focused on making the process of restricting or banning ingredients from the Joint Service Buyer’s Guide more transparent to industry and manufacturers.

Aug. 1, 2018

Subsistence engages industry partners about ingredient restriction process

PHILADELPHIA — The event was held to increase industry’s understanding of the process involved in defining the services’ nutritional requirements and the rules and regulations DLA follows when buying on the warfighters’ behalf.

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles’ Type III Navy Working Uniform Planning Team won DLA’s Team of the Year Award for their support of the Navy’s latest utility uniform transition. The cross-functional team met weekly to meet the Navy’s requirements, including an accelerated timeline and 400 distinct items encompassing varying sizes of five uniform items.

Aug. 1, 2018

C&T works ‘hand in glove’ to earn DLA Troop Support Team of the Year award

PHILADELPHIA — When the Navy announced it was changing sailors’ utility uniforms in 2016, a planning team from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain geared up a plan for sustainment.