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DLA Disposition Services News

May 23, 2023

Globetrotting EOQ winner serves warfighters where they are

Italy-based Operations Supervisor Angela Sakryd enjoys the unique challenges that property disposal can bring.

May 19, 2023

Disposition Services adds autonomous floor cleaner to inventory

DLA Disposition Services is collaborating with DLA R&D, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to test an autonomous floor scrubber in a warehouse setting.

May 18, 2023

Ohio RTCH reuse saves over $1 million

The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team in Columbus, Ohio, knew they could put a Rough Terrain Container Handler to good use, but with a price tag of over $1 million for a new one, it was just out of reach.

May 17, 2023

Standout Alaska-based disposal specialist aims to inspire others

When some longtime customers recently visited DLA’s property disposal site in Anchorage, they started looking around for ‘the big guy’ and asking where he was. They didn’t realize they were talking directly to him.

May 15, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Courtney Carroll

Courtney Carroll is a property disposal specialist within the Disposal Policy Branch at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. She participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2012 to 2014 as a part of PaCE Group B for fiscal year 2012.

May 10, 2023

Collaborating to bring WMS online

The Defense Logistics Agency’s transition to the Warehouse Management System is fully underway at DLA Disposition Services field sites worldwide as multiple parts of the agency work together to ensure its success.

May 8, 2023

Shared DLA office space in San Diego a win-win

A fire forced DLA Disposition Services personnel into DLA Document Services spaces during the pandemic. With ongoing organizational realignment bringing the two organizations together, perhaps the entire network can experience some of the positives that emerged from the Southern California experiment.

May 5, 2023

Guam school gets free flat panel monitors through DLA

The 227 used devices were provided via DLA’s Computers For Learning tech donation effort.

May 4, 2023

Disposition Services joining forces with Document Services

The Defense Logistics Agency is undergoing an organizational change as it realigns Document Services to fall under the purview of Disposition Services.

May 3, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Richard TeBeau

Meet DLA Document Services Director Richard TeBeau.

May 1, 2023

Commentary: Week-long mentorship with DLA Disposition Services regional director

Recently, DLA Disposition Services PaCE Program, Group 44 traveled from the headquarters’ location of Battle Creek, Michigan, to Richmond, Virginia, as their first temporary duty assignment.

April 28, 2023

DLA Distribution hosts DLA Disposition Services Director

Topics of discussion included several continual process improvement projects that affect both DLA agencies.

April 28, 2023

Disposition Services Teal Tea event is back

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and DLA Disposition Services Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office raises awareness, provides resources and reaches out to the DLA community, their families and friends not only during the month of April, but also year-round. DLA Disposition Services Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Robin Rogers resumed Teal Tea, an event that was postponed during the pandemic.

April 24, 2023

Texas band director creates music and musicians with military excess

Used professional-level musical instruments are turned in to the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services from all the Armed Forces musical bands each year. Most of them need some repair but are still a valuable asset to teach the next generation of musicians.

April 21, 2023

Fraud Prevention and Deterrence

An effective fraud awareness program and training are key. Memorandums, leadership training, organization-wide emails, and formal training programs are highly effective methods for preventing fraud. All levels of the organization should participate in efforts to mitigate the likelihood of fraud.