DLA News Archive

Tag: warfighter support

Nov. 7, 2018

DLA partnering with university students to tackle supply-chain information security

A team of five students from the University of Virginia is using a semester-long class to study and propose a solution for improving supply-chain security for DLA.

President Donald J. Trump places the Medal of Honor around retired Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley's neck at the White House in Washington D.C., Oct. 17, 2018. DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles’ customer, supplier and technical quality teams worked together to ensure Canley received a custom Marine Corps dress coat in time for the ceremony.

Nov. 6, 2018

C&T provides custom Marine coat for Medal of Honor ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles’ customer, supplier and technical quality teams worked together to ensure retired Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley received a custom Marine dress coat in time for the mid-October ceremony where he received the Medal of Honor.

Sept. 27, 2018

DLA provides maternity uniforms that help airmen ‘fit in’ while ‘sticking out’

PHILADELPHIA — While the changes in clothing sizes can be a challenge for service members during pregnancy, one Air Force officer said her maternity uniform didn’t compromise her professional appearance or comfort.

Sept. 10, 2018

DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa employees recognized for excellence

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Employees at DLA Troop Support Europe & Africa were recognized for their efforts to support the warfighter and other valued customers during a ceremony Aug. 28 in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Three US Army soldiers perform fuel quality testing.

June 1, 2018

Fuel laboratory training readies soldiers for exercise

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency Energy Europe & Africa team provided fuel quality refresher training to three Army petroleum laboratory specialists in preparation for the multinational exercise Saber Strike 2018.

170615-D-YU183-072 - Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Annalisa Brown of Disposal Support Unit 2 erects a portable shelter at Fort Custer in Michigan during the 2017 Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training. This year, about 70 expeditionary civilians and military reserve logisticians will build sites and service real-life customers at installations about three hours apart in mid-June. [Released]

May 25, 2018

OCORT resumes June 9

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services’ annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training will continue to heighten the bar of excellence for agency field exercises when it convenes in mid-June at sites across Michigan.

The Defense Acquisition University Senior Service College Fellowship Program participants pose with Hue Nguyen, center, DLA Troop Support flag room supervisor, at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia April 3, 2018.

April 6, 2018

DAU fellows, Troop Support talk about acquisition processes during annual visit

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support hosted the Defense Acquisition University Senior Service College Fellowship Program participants so that they could learn about the agency’s warfighter support mission.

U-2 pilot Maj. Ryan enters into a cockpit before flying a sortie in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 2, 2017. During the sortie, the aircraft completed 30,000 hours of flight. This marked the second U-2 in the USAF fleet to reach the milestone and the first overall while flying expeditionary missions under Air Force Central Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

March 29, 2018

DLA Aviation awards U-2 support contract for Pacer Dragon Program

Richmond, Va — Preparing to pilot the Air Force’s U-2 Dragon Lady is much like suiting up to go into space.The Dragon Lady is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude aircraft that provides high-altitude/ near space reconnaissance and all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or night, and delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence. In January, Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded a Pacer Dragon Program support contract for $85 million that ensures uninterrupted engine support to those who fly the U-2

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, left, administers the Army oath of office for newly promoted Chief Warrant Officer Five Timothy Hagans, during a ceremony in Hagans’ honor Feb. 23, 2018 in Philadelphia. Hagans served as a military food advisor within DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain for the last four years.

Feb. 28, 2018

‘Rare’ promotion to CW5 achieved by DLA Troop Support military food advisor

PHILADELPHIA — DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly officiated the promotion of Chief Warrant Officer Five Timothy Hagans from chief warrant officer four during a ceremony in Philadelphia.

Feb. 15, 2018

Delivering fuel to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE, Wash. — Around the globe, Defense Logistics Agency Energy is delivering fuel to support global mobility to the warfighter.