DLA News Archive

Tag: West DS

A Boeing 747 and a Humvee are parked in a hangar in the desert.

July 18, 2023

Desert aerospace education boosted by DLA used property stocks

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The world’s biggest privately funded air and space museum has long relied on DLA’s military surplus and excess property pipeline to help execute its education mission.

Men prepare a pallet of batteries to be put onto a flatbed truck.

Jan. 29, 2023

Pendleton partnership has battery disposal down pat

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Camp Pendleton relies on DLA’s hazardous waste removal expertise to avoid disposal costs and rid the sprawling base of hundreds of thousands of pounds in lead acid batteries each year.

A man poses in front of a pond and mountains.

Nov. 18, 2022

Area manager Milazzo recognized

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s lead for property disposal across Alaska is a DLA Disposition Services employee of the quarter.

Nov. 3, 2022

Alaska property disposal specialist honored

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Employee of the Quarter Capus Bryant’s takeover of the Anchorage property reuse mission has helped push the site’s production metrics to new levels.

Photos of people talking in a warehouse, a cake, a man at a desk, people in another warehouse, tractors in a row, a classroom, a man on a fork truck, people in another warehouse.

Nov. 2, 2022

Big turn-ins, big effort for West region in 2022

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From boots to bollards to locomotives, the directorate had plenty to handle in its most recent fiscal year.

Three man stand near an open back of a box truck

March 16, 2022

PaCERs receive training at Tucson Site

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Group 42 along with one member of Group 40 were welcomed to Tucson, Arizona, in the first week of March during a visit to the DLA Centralized Demilitarization Division site.

Feb. 28, 2022

Employee Reflection: Kelly Camacho

San Diego, California — Get to know the DLA Disposition Services West Region environmental protection specialist supporting warfighters from sunny San Diego.

Feb. 27, 2022

Employee Reflection: Maria Haller

Get to know the management and program analyst from the DLA Disposition Services West region headquarters in San Diego.

A woman poses in front of three garbage cans.

Feb. 26, 2022

Employee Reflection: Alicia Robinson

Get to know DLA Disposition Services Lewis Property Disposal Specialist Alicia Robinson.

A woman poses in front of a wooden fence.

Feb. 25, 2022

Employee Reflection: Nancy Todd

Get to know DLA Disposition Services San Joaquin Work Lead Nancy Todd.