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Two men pose during awards presentation.

Aug. 23, 2023

Central region team thrives despite adversity

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at how the Disposition Services team in remains successful in Central Region.

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Aug. 7, 2023

Hazardous Waste summit unites military disposal customers from across continents

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A multi-day topical deep dive between DOD’s hazardous waste disposal professionals in DLA and major commands in Europe and Africa may be the start of a valuable and recurring sync up.

Coworkers pose in a warehouse.

Aug. 4, 2023

Gimcheon material examiner nabs EOQ honors

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Employee of the Quarter Won Sok Chang likens his role in DLA to a process of perpetual discovery.

A man in a red shirt with his back to the camera stands looking at two operating and open laptop computers. They are setting on a large stack of brown boxes that look like they may contain laptops as well.

July 20, 2023

Ohio schools get surplus DOD laptops

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When students return to Minford Elementary School in Ohio this fall, they will have more than 300 new laptops thanks to Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ “Computers for Learning.”

A large warehouse with items neatly stacked in lines so people and equipment can move between the piles of property. the space is well lit, organized and clean.

July 7, 2023

Excess equipment bolsters operational readiness

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services is known for handling excess military property and is a trusted source of supply for the United States military when it comes to acquiring used equipment.

A man in a blue shirt looks at a large try of glass slides in a try.

June 23, 2023

DLA helps with digital scanning of century-old glass pathology slides

SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Joint Pathology Center possesses the nation’s oldest pathology tissue repository and one of the largest in the world with over 55 million glass slides and 30 million tissue blocks. For more than a century, its specialists have collected diseased tissue samples, preserving them for medical researchers of the future.

People converse in a small breakroom.

June 21, 2023

“Lifeless” breakroom redone with regional Italian flair

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Massimo’s Bistro, named for a longtime local national agency employee at the Aviano site, opened to critical acclaim in May.

Two women pose in front of a Buddah.

June 1, 2023

AANHPI Heritage Month coordinator helps grow cultural appreciation in Pearl Harbor

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Hawaiian-raised DLA environmental protection specialist is helping familiarize her colleagues with Asian and Pacific cultures.

A woman poses in front of an art installation.

May 23, 2023

Globetrotting EOQ winner serves warfighters where they are

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Italy-based Operations Supervisor Angela Sakryd enjoys the unique challenges that property disposal can bring.

A chopper flies above the San Diego skyline.

May 8, 2023

Shared DLA office space in San Diego a win-win

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A fire forced DLA Disposition Services personnel into DLA Document Services spaces during the pandemic. With ongoing organizational realignment bringing the two organizations together, perhaps the entire network can experience some of the positives that emerged from the Southern California experiment.