DLA News Archive

Category: Disposition Services

March 25, 2025

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Program for DLA Disposition Services is a two-year program that takes PACER’s through all of Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate. The first year takes place at DLA Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, and the second year either takes place in Battle Creek for Contracting PACER’s or at an assigned field site for Property Disposal PACER’s.

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March 21, 2025

Battle Creek updates vice director on AOP

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team members in Battle Creek, Michigan participate in a virtual brief with Brad Bunn, the vice director of DLA.

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March 18, 2025

Metals recapture lowers agency supply chain costs

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s Precious Metals Recovery Program extracts elements like gold, silver, and platinum from scrap to decrease defense production expenses.

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March 14, 2025

DLA Helps Military Band Instruments Find New Gig in DoDEA Schools

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — When people think of career fields the U.S. military trains for, they often think of medicine, aircraft maintenance or even underwater welding. Whatever they imagine, musicians aren’t usually at the top of the list.

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March 11, 2025

Northeast team hosts leadership summit

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Northeast Region Director Beth Ford recently convened her directorate’s leadership team for a summit at Fort George G. Meade.

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March 7, 2025

Top 50 optimizes excess property stocks

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — New turn in document markings will help DLA reverse logisticians shelve more high demand items for reutilization and donation.

March 4, 2025

Anniston thrives amidst challenges

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at how Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site in Anniston, Alabama is thriving despite operational and personnel challenges.

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Feb. 28, 2025

Space Force reutilizes surplus lifts through DLA

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Range personnel supporting the Eastern Range recently pulled lifts from the agency’s used property stores to maintain hard-to-reach mobile platform equipment.

Feb. 25, 2025

Disposition Services Kuwait hosts Warfighter Summit

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services Kuwait recently hosted a Warfighter Summit to discuss a variety of issues impacting the warfighter.

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Feb. 21, 2025

DLA Disposition Services Launches New Training for Material Examiners

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Employees from multiple Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services sites recently gathered in Battle Creek for the inaugural Functional Block Two Training 6912 Material Examiner and Identifier course.