Steelers? Packers? Pizza! Defense Logistics Agency Provides Deployed Troops Super Bowl Fare

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last year's Super Bowl rated as the most-watched event in U.S. television history. There is no doubt that American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed to the ratings as football outpaces other major sports as the overall favorite. This weekend, Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support will help add to this year's experience by providing U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan all the wings, pizza and chili they can handle on Super Bowl Sunday. As deployed troops watch the Steelers vs. Packers game from remote locations throughout those countries, they can feast on fries, jalapeno poppers with cheddar and cream cheese, chicken wings, onion rings, and non-alcoholic beer.  No matter which team they are rooting for, a taste of home provided by DLA Troop Support will be a high score on game day.  

"We cannot do enough to say thank you to our deployed men and women in uniform sacrificing and serving to protect our way of life here in America. It is our pleasure and honor to serve them up some familiar fare so they can have a full Super Bowl experience before they continue on their mission," said Richard Ellis, acting commander of DLA Troop Support.

DLA Troop Support, headquartered in Philadelphia, has a dedicated team committed to guaranteeing that deployed Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines experience high quality nutritious meals daily.

As a Department of Defense combat support agency, DLA provides the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, other federal agencies, and joint and allied forces with a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services. The agency sources and provides nearly 100 percent of the consumable items America's military forces need to operate, from food, fuel and energy, to uniforms, medical supplies, and construction and barrier equipment. DLA also supplies more than 80 percent of the military's equipment spare parts.

Headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va., DLA has nearly 27,000 employees worldwide and supports 1,900 weapon systems. DLA's business revenues were nearly $41 billion in Fiscal Year 2010. For more information about DLA, go to www.dla.mil, www.facebook.com/dla.mil or http://twitter.com/dlamil.

SOURCE Defense Logistics Agency