DLA News Archive

Tag: LESO

People and dogs make there way to a military cargo truck with flood waters near by.

Feb. 18, 2020

Equipment from DLA Disposition Services to the rescue

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wash. — Surplus military vehicles from DLA Disposition Services helped in the rescue of a woman, two children and two dogs when they became stranded in a wilderness area in Washington recently.

White blimp is filled with helium against a blue sky and clouds

Nov. 13, 2019

DLA: A lot going on below the surface

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — Most people know the Defense Logistics Agency supports the nation’s warfighters with almost everything they need to execute their missions. What they may not know is that DLA performs about 90 unique roles and missions that go beyond what most would expect of the agency.

Police officer stands in front of Humvee.

Oct. 13, 2019

Search and rescue success

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A prepared police department and a former military Humvee from DLA Disposition Services saved the day for an elderly Oklahoma man.

Badge of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania's New Castle Police Department.

Sept. 27, 2019

Lives saved with excess equipment in Keystone State

NEW CASTLE, Penn. — First aid kits and tourniquets help police respond to multiple incidents in Pennsylvania.

Horry County Police officers secure load the tents they obtained from DLA Disposition Services for hurricane preparations before heading back to South Carolina.

Sept. 12, 2019

Agency helps community prepare for the storm

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina — As Hurricane Dorian approached, police officers from South Carolina received excess military tents and other items to prepare for the worst with help from the Defense Logistics Agency.

Deputies use their Humvee to travel Dobson Chapel Rd. during Hurricane Matthew.

June 25, 2019

Excess equipment helps deputies battle the elements

Duplin County, North Carolina — Not far from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune lies a county where the sheriff's deputies there also train to serve in "every clime" like their Marine neighbors with some help from the excess military vehicles and equipment they obtain with help from the Defense Logistics Agency.

Generators arriving at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office await use at a new training facility or whenever they might be needed for disaster response and rural investigations.

April 4, 2019

Small sites provide big support shipping excess property to new users

Blue Grass Amy Depot, Kentucky — Like the popular 2001 Army recruiting slogan, Disposal Support Representative William Thompson must see himself as “an army of one” as he serves multiple locations from his one-person DLA Disposition Services site at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky.

A child looks out from the Humvee the Tinton Falls (New Jersey) Police Department received through DoD's 1033 program. The department uses it to start conversations on autism. Photo by the Tinton Falls Police Department

March 24, 2016

DLA Disposition Services helps police raise autism awareness

Tinton Falls, New Jersey — A New Jersey police department is using a Humvee acquired through DoD's LESO program, which DLA Distribution Services administers, to raise awareness of autism among first responders and others.

An officer from the King County Sheriff's Office works to clear a fallen tree out of the way of the Snowcat during the rescue operation. The Sheriff's office recently acquired the cat from DLA Disposition Services. Photo provided by the King County Sheriff's Office

Feb. 2, 2016

DLA equipment helps rescue hikers

The weather was real. The hikers were really lost. While it wasn’t a reality show there is a star in this story, a cat from DLA.

A former Army 5-ton tractor truck acquired by the Torrance County, New Mexico Sheriff’s Department through the DLA Law Enforcement Support Office waits for its next mission Dec. 26. Repurposed with a snowplow, the rig was used to reach isolated rural residents of the county in the wake of heavy snow from Winter Storm Goliath.

Jan. 4, 2016

Stranded travelers, snowbound residents benefit from ex-military gear

Albuquerque, New Mexico — DLA recently helped local communities deal with emergency snowfall by providing excess military equipment donated by DoD through the Law Enforcement Support Office program.