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eaders from DLA's Joint Reserve Force, DLA Disposition Service's Joint Reserve Team and expeditionary support personnel in Battle Creek gather for a group shot during the annual Disposal Support Team planning huddle Dec. 14-16.

Dec. 20, 2018

Uniformed disposal teams prep for 2019

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Leaders from the six Disposal Support Units leave their annual huddle with a plan for warfighter support in the coming year.

U.S. service members board a C-130H at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The 386th moved an average of nearly 8,000 passengers a month throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Aug. 28, 2018

DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM ensures warfighter support to those with the toughest missions

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM ensures warfighter support to those with the toughest missions.

Army Master Sgt. Lewmas Laurinaitis, a culinary specialist with the 16th Sustainment Brigade, cooks French toast in a mobile kitchen with subsistence items provided by DLA during Saber Strike 2018.

Aug. 28, 2018

Warfighters deployed for Saber Strike 2018 get easier access to supplies with DLA’s forward presence

Warfighters deployed for Saber Strike 2018 get easier access to supplies with DLA’s forward presence.

Defense Logistics Agency Reservist, Navy Logistics Specialist Petty Officer 3rd Class Mary Larkin moves a 20’ container with a Rough Terrain Container Handler at the Distribution Depot at Powidz Air Base, Poland June 4 during Saber Strike 18. Saber Strike is an annual exercise conducted at various locations throughout Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with about 18,000 attendees from 19 different countries. This has been an annual exercise since 2010, however, it’s the first time DLA Reserve units have participated. (Photo by Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael Ruputz, Senior Enlisted Leader for DLA Expeditionary Distribution Support Unit Norfolk.)

July 25, 2018

DLA Reservists go to Poland for Saber Strike 18

POWIDZ AIR BASE, Poland — Thirty one Defense Logistics Agency Reserve Sailors from Distribution Depot Norfolk, Va. and Distribution Depot Susquehanna, Pa. were sent to Poland May 3- June 21 to support and participate in Saber Strike 18.

Navy Rear Adm. Deborah Haven, director of the DLA Joint Reserve Force, observes the process of picking bin materiel from Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Elsa Cervantes.

June 30, 2018

The director of DLA’s Joint Reserve Force talks about service, leadership and the unique benefits Reservists offer

Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Leet uses a plasma cutter during Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training June 19 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. J. Scott Mathews.

June 26, 2018

Disposition Services’ Reservists and Civilians participate in OCORT

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — More than 60 Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services military reservists and civilians from all over the world gathered June 8-23 to participate in the annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training (OCORT) at two locations in Michigan.

Navy Logistics Specialist 1st Class David Freeman, a member of Disposal Support Unit 2 out of Anniston, Alabama, prepares to drop a load of electronics into an industrial shredder at Camp Grayling, Michigan, during OCORT ’18.

June 19, 2018

It's getting real: annual exercise adds complexity

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. — The annual expeditionary training for disposition personnel known as OCORT has added a new location and new real-life customers in a bid to create greater levels of realism.

170615-D-YU183-072 - Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Annalisa Brown of Disposal Support Unit 2 erects a portable shelter at Fort Custer in Michigan during the 2017 Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training. This year, about 70 expeditionary civilians and military reserve logisticians will build sites and service real-life customers at installations about three hours apart in mid-June. [Released]

May 25, 2018

OCORT resumes June 9

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services’ annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training will continue to heighten the bar of excellence for agency field exercises when it convenes in mid-June at sites across Michigan.

DLA Vice Director Ted Case addresses the reservists attending the 2018 JRF Mid-Year Leadership Review, March 16. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. J. Scott Mathews.

March 23, 2018

Reserve members gather for joint leadership review

While most Defense Logistics Agency employees were gearing up for a weekend respite, more than 75 members of DLA’s Joint Reserve Force gathered at the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, for their Mid-Year Leadership Review, March 16-18.

From left: Marine Corps Reserve Maj. Jamie Fleischhacker and Rogelio (Roy) Diaz, DLA liaison officer for USSOUTHCOM take part in the final planning conference for Integrated Advance 17 exercise at U.S. Southern Command headquarters.

Jan. 11, 2018

Reservists help DLA expand exercise-planning capabilities

Members of DLA's Joint Reserve Force are helping plan DLA's joint and national training exercises.

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