DLA News Archive

Category: Disposition Services

Krissie Davis, a civilian DLA employee, volunteered for service in Afghanistan and was killed at age 54 by an enemy rocket in June 2015.

June 6, 2025

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The property disposal specialist from Alabama was killed by rocket fire in Afghanistan while deployed for DLA in June 2015.

A former military truck now painted red with a large tank on the bed of the truck sprays water from the nose of the truck.

June 3, 2025

DLA and U.S. Forest Service support rural fire departments

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Department provides collaborative support to firefighters nationwide through a partnership between Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, the U.S. Forest Service, and state forestry agencies who all work together to help firefighters gain access to excess military equipment.

A man in an Army uniform stands looking at the camera.

May 28, 2025

Chaplain Visits Battle Creek to Connect, Counsel, Support DLA Mission

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Command Chaplain U.S. Army Col. Thomas Brooks visited the workforce located at the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.

May 22, 2025

PACE pushes careers forward

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Veteran Sabrina Young credits Pathways to Career Excellence with helping her develop the tools to succeed.

Joey Martinez is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at San Antonio, Texas.

May 15, 2025

PACER Spotlight: Joey Martinez

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Joey Martinez is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at San Antonio, Texas.

Students set a long tables in a classroom and work on laptops computers.

May 9, 2025

Texas school district uses DLA Disposition Services to support students

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently donated 98 excess military laptops to Neches Independent School District in Texas, where they are helping expand students’ access to digital learning.

Military field ambulances parked in a warehouse.

May 5, 2025

Pacific team helps Navy close out Guam EMF

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Agency reverse logisticians help U.S. Seventh Fleet components clear out large equipment and more than 70 containers of excess expeditionary medical equipment and material.

May 2, 2025

Agency increases efficiencies through addition by subtraction

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Addition by subtraction calls for identifying tasks or requirements that can be eliminated, removed, or modified to save time or costs to the agency.

April 28, 2025

Disposition Services HQ welcomes DLA senior leaders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Michigan’s Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center hosted members of the agency's senior leadership team April 22 for briefings and a mid-year review of the 2025 DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan.

a torch is held by two hands wearing protective clothing. the torch is being used to cut metal

April 25, 2025

DLA trains civilians to demilitarize military equipment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When most people picture military might, they think of tanks, helicopters and heavy weaponry in action. What they don’t often consider is what happens to that gear when it’s no longer needed.