DLA News Archive

Tag: Mitigate Risks DS

Nov. 6, 2023

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From tech-focused research and development projects to the fielding of DLA’s Warehouse Management System, the Battle Creek-based Business Support team helped bolster mission effectiveness across the spectrum in 2023.

Command director speaks in front of large screens.

Oct. 27, 2020

Leadership sync perseveres through pandemic

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Annual leaders meet up continues online in an upended 2020.

Emergency responders extinguish fires caused by a CV-22 Osprey aircraft crash on Eglin Range at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 13, 2012.

March 3, 2020

Eglin staff puts fallen Osprey to rest

Hurlburt Field, Florida — Defense Logistics Agency employees at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, processed the wreckage from a 2012 aircraft mishap through a different disposal route than many other airframes.

Navy Petty Officer Second Class Jhunar Medenilla, a new PACE member, performs an ammo abatement inspection on a vehicle during his recent deployment to DLA Disposition Services site at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Dec. 30, 2019

Keeping disposal safe with inspections

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan — Some things you absolutely have to get right because mistakes can be too costly. Making sure vehicles turned-in for disposal do not contain any hidden surprises is one of those things.

Various-sized bars of titanium sit on a pallet awaiting shipment.

Dec. 27, 2019

Molesworth site recovers $60k in titanium

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A contractor’s raw element excess will be added to National Defense Stockpile.

Tim Zweng instructs the instructors on proper material handling equipment preventative maintenance check procedures during the four-day MHE Safety Summit in Battle Creek, Michigan, Oct. 22-25.

Oct. 28, 2019

We are all safety officers

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Summit brings safety officials together to share ideas for reducing material handling equipment mishaps in the workplace.

Group of people stand on stairs in front of a building

Oct. 25, 2019

Leaders focus on culture, safety during summit

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services leaders from around the world gathered at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, focusing on the way ahead for the agency.