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Army Brig. Gen. Charles Hamilton, DLA Troop Support commander, discusses textile items with Industries for the Blind during the annual National Disability Employment Month Expo and Ability One Day event Oct. 26.

Nov. 3, 2016

Troop Support emphasizes inclusion during annual disability expo

PHILADELPHIA — About 500 DLA Troop Support employees took the opportunity to learn more about how people with disabilities support the warfighter during the annual National Disability Employment Awareness Month Expo and AbilityOne Day event Oct. 26.

Army Lt. Col. Debra Hernandez, the first nutritionist in the Subsistence supply chain, works in her DLA Troop Support office in Philadelphia. Hernandez, a registered dietitian, uses her more than 25 years of experience to analyze products’ ingredients and ensure they are meeting customer’s nutritional needs.

Oct. 28, 2016

Food advisor adds nutritional value to Subsistence

PHILADELPHIA — Subsistence’s first nutritionist has helped DLA Troop Support offer healthier food items to military customers since arriving two years ago. Army Lt. Col. Debra Hernandez is a registered dietitian with more than 25 years of experience.

Shawn J. Jones, a public affairs specialist with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, is pictured at the Combined Air and Space Operations Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, during a deployment to Southwest Asia as an Air Force staff sergeant in 2008. He served on U.S. Air Force Central Command's news team, reporting from Iraq, Kuwait, Djibouti, Kenya and Qatar.

Oct. 27, 2016

Commentary: My first week with DLA

PHILADELPHIA — Shawn J. Jones is in his second week in DLA Troop Support's Corporate Communications office. While he's just beginning his DLA career, he's been with DLA for almost two decades.

Army Lt. Col. Paul McCullough, a special projects officer in DLA Troop Support Construction and Equipment, shares his family’s various bouts with life-threatening illnesses and with the assistance they received through CFC charities. DLA Troop Support employees donated more than $136,000 to CFC in 2015.

Oct. 25, 2016

Employees ‘show some love’ during CFC kickoff event

PHILADELPHIA — A survivor of domestic violence shared how a local charity helped her during DLA Troop Support’s Combined Federal Campaign kickoff event Oct. 13. CFC is the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace charity campaign and DLA Troop Support employees donated more than $136,000 through CFC last year.

Jesse Mejia emphasized that resiliency means, “…when you have to figure it out, you figure it out,” during the Hispanic Heritage Month program Oct. 6 in the Bldg. 6 auditorium. Following a successful corporate career, Mejia founded a firm that encourages others to apply to business school and earn their masters of business administration.

Oct. 14, 2016

Through college loans, multiple moves, Hispanic Heritage speaker shares how he ‘figured it out’

PHILADELPHIA — A child of Salvadoran immigrants said his success and resiliency is the product of his upbringing during the Hispanic Heritage Month program Oct. 6 in the Bldg. 6 auditorium.

José Ramos is a pharmacist with DLA Troop Support's Medical supply chain and earned a National Image Meritorious Service Award for promoting diversity in the workplace.

Oct. 14, 2016

Pharmacist earns National Image award, promotes diversity at Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — When the DLA Troop Support workforce was under represented by minorities 15 years ago, José Ramos was one of the first employees approached to help. His work to help increase the diversity of the workforce at Troop Support helped him earn a 2016 National Image Meritorious Service Award.

A South Carolina National Guard’s CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned lands at the Whale Branch Early College High School and delivers water and food supplies to the community of Seabrook in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew Oct. 9. DLA Troop Support provided meals for 6,000 Marine recruits who were evacuated before the storm from Paris Island, South Carolina to Albany, Georgia. Hurricane Matthew peaked as a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean and hit the S.C. coast on Oct. 7.

Oct. 13, 2016

Troop Support provides food, helipad materials for Hurricane Matthew relief

PHILADELPHIA — As the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort deployed to support Hurricane Matthew relief efforts, it did so with a timely re-supply of food by DLA. “DLA Troop Support is uniquely positioned to respond to crises like Hurricane Matthew at a moment’s notice with world class logistics,” said Victor Harmon, DLA Troop Support Customer Operations.

DLA Troop Support Deputy Commander Richard Ellis, Lt. Dartanyon King, Subsistence contract specialist, and Navy Capt. Daniel Hodgson, Construction and Equipment director, cut a cake in honor of the Navy’s 241st birthday during a ceremony Oct. 11.

Oct. 13, 2016

Troop Support celebrates Navy’s 241st birthday

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support celebrated the Navy’s 241st birthday and the service’s tradition, pride and core values after a senior leader staff meeting Oct. 11.

DLA Troop Support C&T Director Air Force Col. Lawrence Hicks, right, and Procurement Process Support Director Navy Capt. Gerald Raia, second right, watch Bestwork Industries for the Blind worker James Woodson, left, sew a Navy fleece jacket with Bestwork production supervisor Carlos Benjumea, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey Sept. 28. Raia, Hicks and C&T Supplier Operations Director Steve Merch, who also attended the visit, were impressed with the synergy of employees on the production line.

Oct. 12, 2016

Troop Support leaders impressed by blind employees at local manufacturer

PHILADELPHIA — Creating something for America's warfighters gives blind employees at a local military clothing manufacturer a sense of self-worth, said a DLA Troop Support senior leader who recently visited Bestwork Industries for the Blind in New Jersey.

DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., commander Army Col. Brad Eungard, head of table, receives an overview on DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain from Navy Cmdr. Christopher Zegley, Subsistence Customer Operations Readiness Division, far right, during a working lunch.

Oct. 11, 2016

Susquehanna commander visits Troop Support headquarters

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — To discuss how to improve vendor compliance within each of the supply chains DLA Troop Support manages, DLA Distribution Susquehanna, Pa., commander Army Col. Brad Eungard visited the Primary-Level Field Activity’s headquarters in Philadelphia, Pa., in late September.