DLA News Archive

Category: Warfighter Always, Global Posture, Strong Partnerships, Whole of Government, Always Accountable

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Steven Harrell, officer-in-charge for DLA Disposition Services in Afghanistan, and Coleen Jewell, area manager, explain mobile expeditionary disposition capabilities and current planning efforts to Marine Brig. Gen. Brian Wolford, the new Bagram Airfield commander, and Army Col. David Raugh, the new Area Support Group-Afghanistan commander. Pictured from left to right of Harrell and Jewell are Craig Barrett, outgoing area manager; Jose Montanez, Bagram site chief, Rick Mann, property disposal specialist; Raugh and Wolford.

July 8, 2019

Tour showcases agency support for deployed forces

Bagram, Afghanistan — Two incoming commanders were shown how the Defense Logistics Agency supports their forces during a recent tour at Bagram, Afghanistan.

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.

Peter Skillings, DLA Troop Support Medical’s Collective and Foreign Military Sales branch chief, left, and Abin Mathai, DLA Troop Support Medical’s Dressing, Tools and Instruments integrated support team chief, second to left, pose for a photo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 2019.

June 20, 2019

Medical helps strengthen U.S. partnerships through readiness

PHILADELPHIA — Two Defense Logistics Agency employees attended a U.S. Army’s Office of the Program Manager - Saudi Arabian National Guard summit last month to inform the host nation’s military about Medical’s services, demonstrate products and evaluate protocols as a way to help strengthen the medical readiness on the battlefield.

Lisa Jung, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, answers a question.

June 19, 2019

Interview with Lisa Jung, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy

Lisa Jung, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, spoke to DLA Energy public affairs during the 2019 Worldwide Energy Conference, May 22.

Property Disposal Specialist Parry Miller guides the construction of a mobile command and control shelter at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. Miller will serve as the disposal site lead for two weeks as a DLA Disposition Services team torches, shreds and removes broken down equipment the U.S. Army has accumulated during its peacekeeping mission there.

June 18, 2019

Mobile disposal site deploys for first time

CAMP BONDSTEEL, KOSOVO — An agency property disposal team has set up temporary shop at Kosovo’s Camp Bondsteel to help the 20-year-old base rid itself of defunct and decrepit equipment.

June 18, 2019

Fueling Balikatan

Shoulder-to-shoulder, the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military operated together in the 35th annual Balikatan exercise April 1-12. Throughout the exercise, DLA Energy provided six types of fuel and delivered 234,717 gallons to the U.S. military services at 18 different sites.

Environmental protection specialists listen during training on the Hazardous Material Management System-Hazardous Waste Disposal currently being deployed to DLA Disposition Services sites.

June 17, 2019

New system modernizes hazardous waste disposal

Battle Creek, Michigan — By the time Thanksgiving Day arrives, those who handle hazardous waste disposal will have much to be thankful for when it comes to easier processing for their materials.

Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training, or OCORT, prepares military and civilian agency personnel for constructing and manning portable disposal sites that can be shipped and used nearly anywhere in the world.

June 11, 2019

OCORT kicks off

BATTLE CREEK AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich. — The agency's annual expeditionary disposal skills exercise prepares deployment teams for the rigors of challenges of warfighter support downrange.

Four of seven U.S. Navy "Seabees" who helped DLA save thousands through equipment transport: Petty Officer 2nd Class Vonell Williams, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Klem, Chief Petty Officer William Wilson and Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Dickinson are pictured with Guam site chief Eric Mills.

June 7, 2019

Sometimes you help the warfighter, sometimes they help you

GUAM — U.S. Navy Mobile Construction Battalion personnel, known as “Seabees,” recently helped their local DLA disposal site save an estimated $11k in equipment transportation costs.

Army Brig. Gen. Mark Simerly, DLA Troop Support Commander, center, speaks to participants during an exercise at DLA Troop Support May 28, 2019 in Philadelphia.

June 5, 2019

Troop Support, federal partners prepare for hurricane season

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a two-day tabletop exercise to prepare for the 2019 hurricane season May 28-29.