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Sara Manzano-Diaz talks about growing up advocating for her family and eventually becoming a lawyer during DLA Troop Support's annual Federal Women's History Month awards program March 23. Manzano-Diaz serves as the Mid-Atlantic Region administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration. Photo by Ed Maldonado

March 28, 2016

Women’s history program highlights dreaming big

PHILADELPHIA — Everyone has to believe in themselves and in their dreams, the keynote speaker said during DLA Troop Support’s annual Federal Women’s History Month awards program March 23

DLA Troop Support Contracting Officer Matt Ligato is a Level III certified in contracting and is featured in the fifth video series highlighting DLA acquisition professionals.

March 23, 2016

Troop Support contracting officer follows Amazon model

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A new acquisition professionals video focusing on a DLA Troop Support employee who finds acquisition solutions for his customers was released on the organization’s YouTube and Facebook sites March 23.

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.

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.

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.

The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) departs Naval Base Coronado enroute to Norfolk, Va., to begin a refueling complex overhaul period. DLA delivered more than a million pounds of food to three South American countries for the GW to resupply during its voyage from San Diego to Norfolk, Virginia.

Dec. 17, 2015

DLA delivers food for historic USS George Washington voyage

PHILADELPHIA — The Navy contacted DLA to order food delivery like ordering pepperoni pies from your favorite pizza place. But it certainly took longer than 30 minutes to deliver more than a million pounds of food to three countries along the route of the GW's historic voyage around South America.

The Defense Logistics Agency’s regional commanders expressed their gratitude for the efforts of the DLA Troop Support workforce during a visit Dec. 2. “Working in [U.S. Central Command], where there’s been active war for the last nearly 15 years, we live and die by these supply chains,” said Army Col. Derrin Williams, DLA Central commander. Williams was joined by Army Col. Elizabeth Keough, DLA Europe and Africa commander, and Army Col. Richard Ellis, DLA Pacific commander. They are DLA’s senior representatives in their respective regions. While spending the week at DLA Headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, the three commanders traveled to Philadelphia to meet with representatives of DLA Troop Support’s five supply chains and tour the flag room. “We mainly wanted to come say thanks,” Keough said. “We couldn’t function without the work that Troop Support does.” Williams’s gratitude for the Clothing and Textiles supply chain was personal. He was shot by a sniper while deployed to Iraq. But thanks to body armor provided through C&T, the impact was minimized, he said. “I appreciate the time that goes into testing the [Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert] plates,” Williams told Keith Ford, C&T deputy director. “I appreciate you making sure it’s right.” Keough specifically thanked Mary Martin, with the Medical supply chain’s Plans and Integration division, by presenting her a commander’s coin for her work in support of Operation United Assistance. OUA was the Defense Department mission in West Africa to help stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus Martin oversaw the transportation of personal protective equipment for personnel from DOD, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Public Health Service. Medical provided more than 1.4 million protective suits, in addition to surgical gloves and surgical masks in support of OUA, Martin said.

Dec. 8, 2015

DLA regional commanders: We couldn’t function without Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — DLA's regional commanders expressed their gratitude for the efforts of the DLA Troop Support workforce during a visit to Philadelphia Dec. 2.

Mary Phillips of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe of New Mexico and Omaha Tribe of Nebraska addresses the audience of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and Naval Support Activity Philadelphia employees Dec. 1 during the National American Indian Heritage Month event. Photo by Ed Maldonado

Dec. 7, 2015

Guest speaker says American Indian tribes focused on developing leaders

PHILADELPHIA — The guest speaker at the annual American Indian Alaskan Native Month observance Dec. 1 talked about the importance of developing future Native American leaders.

Suzan Cohen, a supervisory customer relationship specialist in Construction and Equipment, was one of nearly 20 DLA Troop Support supervisors in attendance at the annual Federal Executive Board Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity training event Nov. 23 in Philadelphia. Cohen also earned the 2015 DLA Award for Achievement in EEO by a supervisor or manager for her initiative and leadership in EEO practices within DLA Troop Support.

Dec. 7, 2015

DLA Troop Support leaders recognized for work in diversity

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support executive director of acquisition and a supervisor in the Construction and Equipment supply chain were recognized during an annual diversity training event in Philadelphia Nov. 23.