DLA News Archive

Aug. 13, 2026

DLA vice director engages with Disposition Services team

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director Brad Bunn visited the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, August 11, where he received a DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan update.

Aug. 7, 2026

Tragic Search Prompts Swanton Police to Acquire Off-Road Bikes DLA Disposition Services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A difficult search for a missing elderly man last year led Ohio’s Swanton Police Department to strengthen its emergency response capabilities with excess military motorcycles acquired through the Defense Logistics Agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office.

Aug. 4, 2026

PACE Spotlight: Rebekah Brown

Rebekah R. Brown is part of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 50 and previously worked for DLA Distribution.

July 29, 2026

$63 million reutilization supports Air Force tech investment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s property disposition team facilitated the transfer of sodium perchlorate from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to a key defense industrial base supplier in 2025.

July 23, 2026

Operating under pressure: Hazardous waste removal amid security threats and monsoon weather in the Philippines

JOINT BASE PEARL-HICKAM, Hawaii — Demand for reverse logistics services is increasing at joint training sites across the Philippines.

July 21, 2026

PACE Spotlight: Brittany Bradford

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brittany Bradford has served with the Defense Logistics Agency for five years and is part of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 50.

July 15, 2026

DLA helping Army manage Apache inventory

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — As the service adapts its AH-64 mission to detect, track, and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, DLA Disposition Services will help divest older excess airframes while providing realistic targets for pilots in training.

July 8, 2026 July 8, 2026

Fueling the mission with jerry cans

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services often serves as the end-of-line process for handling excess materials, but they can also provide a vital mission lifeline—enhancing warfighter readiness by redistributing useable military equipment back to the services through the Reutilization, Transfer, and Donation program.

July 2, 2026

DLA saves Army millions with Italy in-country MRAP demilitarization

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency personnel in Italy are helping the 405th Army Field Support Battalion clear out dozens of mine resistant ambush-protected vehicles that had been stored at Leghorn Army Depot near Livorno for well over a decade.

June 26, 2026

Guam’s emergency readiness strengthened with excess fire response equipment

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The remote U.S. territory took custody of a former Navy fire engine in early June thanks to the federal Firefighter Property Program and DLA’s excess property transfer authority.