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DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles’ culture improvement team conducted a War Games exercise to enhance communication throughout the supply chain, as a result of employees identifying streamlined communication as an area for improvement in previous culture climate survey results. The 2018 DLA culture climate survey is open until April 17. Employees are encouraged to provide insight on their experiences at DLA by completing the survey.

April 9, 2018

C&T aims to improve communication through ‘War Games’ exercise

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles’ culture improvement team conducted a War Games exercise to enhance communication throughout the supply chain. The exercise was a result of employees identifying streamlined communication as an area for improvement in previous culture climate survey results. The 2018 DLA culture climate survey is open until April 17.

Navy Cmdr. Matt Sklerov, from New York, participates in a Passover Seder aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, April 10, 2017. DLA Troop Support provides annual religious support to service members across the globe for the Easter and Passover holidays. This year, Troop Support provided more than 170,000 pounds of food, 11,000 Meals, Ready-to-Eat and 115 orders of palm, wine, Jewish ceremonial Seder kits and ashes.

April 2, 2018

Troop Support provides Easter, Passover support to service members across globe

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support provides annual religious support to service members across the globe for the Easter and Passover holidays. This year, Troop Support provided more than 170,000 pounds of food, 11,000 Meals, Ready-to-Eat and 115 orders of palm, wine, Jewish ceremonial Seder kits and ashes.

Personnel from a contracted DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles vendor in Erbil, Iraq package winter clothing kits for nearly 15,000 internally displaced persons returning to a liberated Raqqah, Syria December 19, 2017. C&T supported the U.S. Agency for International Development’s humanitarian support request for 2,500 winter clothing kits, including boots, socks, coats and blankets by mid-January.

Feb. 13, 2018

C&T provides winter clothes to Syrians returning home

PHILADELPHIA — Nearly 15,000 internally displaced persons returning to a liberated Raqqah, Syria, received winter clothes and blankets provided by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support.

DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Strategic Material Sourcing Division Chief Donna Pointkouski speaks to representatives from nearly 500 U.S. clothing and textiles manufacturers, the military services and government representatives during the third annual Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry November 15, 2017. The two-day meeting in Cherry Hill, New Jersey served as an opportunity for the DLA and the military to brief industry partners on their expectations for clothing and individual equipment requirements over the next year.

Nov. 22, 2017

DLA, military services brief clothing, equipment support plans to industry partners

CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY — The third annual Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry was held in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and attended by nearly 800 representatives from U.S. clothing and textiles manufacturers, the military services and the government.

A Vision Corps employee assembles cushion pads for an Army combat helmet at the company’s manufacturing facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 26. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles employees toured production lines, where blind or visually impaired individuals operated machinery or packaged item parts.

Aug. 2, 2017

Clothing & Textiles employees meet blind, visually impaired partners in warfighter support

PHILADELPHIA — Employees with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Clothing and Textiles supply chain toured production lines at Vision Corps in Lancaster, Pennsylvania July 26, where blind or visually impaired individuals operate machinery or package item parts for military customers.

Sailors greet one another during a commissioning ceremony Nov. 10, 2016 in San Diego. DLA Troop Support led a Joint Clothing and Textiles Governance Board meeting Nov. 17 with Department of Defense senior logistics leaders to discuss management of clothing and textiles, such as the Navy Working Uniform shown here, during an executive board in Alexandria, Virginia.

Dec. 5, 2016

Senior DOD leaders discuss clothing and textiles support

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Senior logistics leaders from the Department of Defense, including Defense Logistics Agency and military services, discussed clothing and textiles management during an executive board meeting Nov. 17.

DLA Troop Support Clothing & Textiles Director Air Force Col. Lawrence Hicks, right, briefs representatives from DLA, the U.S. military services and domestic clothing and textiles manufacturers during the 2016 Joint Advanced Planning Brief for Industry October 19, 2016. DLA Troop Support Clothing & Textiles hosted the two-day event to discuss future requirements and business opportunities for military clothing and individual equipment

Oct. 31, 2016

DLA, military brief clothing industry partners on warfighter support plans

CHERRY HILL, NJ — The Defense Logistics Agency is able to provide uniforms and equipment to warfighters with the support of the Clothing and Textiles supply chain’s industry partners, the C&T director told those partners Oct. 19.

Paul Zebrowski cited rebuilding the DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles industrial base as the most difficult challenge he faced in his 34 years with the agency.

Sept. 20, 2016

Former Clothing and Textiles, Acquisition leader inducted into DLA Hall of Fame

Who could the Defense Logistics Agency turn to help stand up a new office, modernize the way it does business or stabilize support for an entire supply chain after a scandal? In each case, Paul Zebrowski answered the call and will be recognized for his accomplishments with a place in the DLA Hall of Fame Sept. 20.

Actress Alex Ford, who portrayed Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks during a Women’s Equality Day event Aug. 24 at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, signs a presidential flag while visiting the Flag Room. Ford detailed Parks’ life of activism and experiences that shaped her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement, including her difficulties gaining the right to vote.

Aug. 30, 2016

Rosa Parks' heroics celebrated at Women's Equality Day event

PHILADELPHIA — An actress portraying Civil Rights heroine Rosa Parks described voting as an integral part of being an American citizen during a Women’s Equality Day event Aug. 24 at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support.

Ardra Farrally, a branch chief with DLA Troop Support's Clothing and Textiles supply chain, points out aspects of color shading to Defense Contract Management Agency employees during a tour of the testing labs here. The tour was on the final day of a C&T certification course for the DCMA employees. Photo by Jason Kaneshiro

Aug. 22, 2016

Training helps ensure troops receive quality clothing items

PHILADELPHIA — Approximately 20 quality assurance representatives from the Defense Contract Management Agency visited DLA Philadelphia Aug. 5 as part of a required two-week training, C&T Technical Support Branch supervisor Elizabeth Roland said.