Disposition Services News

Vehicles to be used as targets lined up in the desert.

Jan. 30, 2024

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Vehicles, equipment and materials sourced from DLA’s surplus equipment stocks provide a crucial element in the realistic training and preparation of America’s combat pilots at the sprawling Nevada Test and Training Range.

Jan. 25, 2024

Major facility upgrade underway at Barstow property disposal hub

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The $24 million project will allow DLA Disposition Services personnel to support region warfighters from a single streamlined structure.

Two men look over equipment in an engineering shed.

Jan. 23, 2024

Environmentalist saves agency customer’s life

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Mike Lapine recently received the Superior Civilian Service Award for providing lifesaving response when a property turn-in customer’s heart stopped while dropping off excess material at a DLA facility in Germany in November.

Blue Banner with the letters DSO in white under a shield with hammer and wrench crossed on it.

Jan. 20, 2024

DLA Document Services reflects on 30 years of online printing

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Technology has dramatically changed since the launch of Defense Logistics Agency Document Services’ first client-server ordering application, “Doc Access,” in late 1993. But that one-time cutting-edge concept eventually led to today’s cloud web-based Document Services Online.

Two side-by-side photos of an olive orchard and tractor, and then a burnt wasteland.

Jan. 18, 2024

Euro team rallies to support colleague’s orchard loss

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When a DLA employee-owned generational Sicilian farm was destroyed by wildfire, the DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa region staff came together to help replace lost olive trees.

A tracked vehicle with a snowplow sits on a flatbed trailer.

Jan. 16, 2024

Montana nabs surplus snowcat for backcountry rescues

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Used military equipment “a game changer” for states’ ability to protect residents and manage public lands.

A Navy officer and a doctor speak in front of medical equipment in an office setting.

Jan. 11, 2024

Solomon Islands property donation to improve surgical care for citizens

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A recent U.S. Navy hospital ship visit to Guadalcanal included the DLA-assisted donation of cutting-edge medical equipment expected to improve health outcomes in the South Pacific.

Jan. 10, 2024

Disposition Services completes CONUS transition to WMS

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The final Disposition Services CONUS site goes live with the Warehouse Management System.

A woman in a Navy uniform with three silver stars on her shoulders hands a small coin to another woman in a red and green sweater. both are looking into the camera and smiling

Jan. 4, 2024

White House printshop lead retires

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Mischelle O’Neal bade farewell to her role as lead production operations specialist for the Defense Logistics Agency’s Disposition Services - Document Services office at the White House, marking the conclusion of an illustrious career in December.

B&W image of two dark harry feral swine standing in a small clearing in a wood. image was taken at night. one pig appears to have its head down eating while the other has it's head up looking to the left side of the photo.

Jan. 2, 2024

DLA Disposition Services supports USDA with solar power

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, recently received solar power electric systems turned in as excess, but what was no longer required by the military became a much-needed power source for the U.S. Department of Agriculture unit in nearby Harrisburg.

Two photos, one is a silhouette of a man on a surfboard, the other is the same man sitting at a table posing with a retirement cake.

Dec. 29, 2023

Endless surf ahead for retiring Pacific operations lead

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A stalwart property disposal expert gives his final ‘aloha’ to the agency Dec. 30 after a career that began in 1988.

Dec. 28, 2023

DLA Disposition Services Southeast Region Receives Insightful Visits from Leadership

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services South East Region recently welcomed leadership on a visit, offering valuable insights and commendations for the team's unwavering dedication and resilience during ongoing operational transitions and challenges.

Kathy and Arthur stand facing each other talking inside a warehouse.

Dec. 27, 2023

Kathy Atkins-Nunez: Pioneering excellence in leadership

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Longtime employee Kathy Atkins-Nunez recently concluded a remarkable 39-year journey with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, while helping to establish an organizational benchmark for leadership.

Dec. 20, 2023

Al Pacenza retiring from DLA Document Services after 57 years

NEW CUMBERLAND, Penn. — A legend retirees from the West Point DLA Document Services site.

One man with a blue baseball cap sits at a laptop working while a woman and two men, one in a Navy uniform watch the seated man work.

Dec. 19, 2023

A year of change and accomplishments for Disposition Services Mid-America

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Mid-America region experienced many changes and transitions in 2023. From new warehouse procedures to saying farewell to the top of the leadership team, it was a year of change and accomplishments.

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