DLA News Archive

Category: Warfighter Always

a large number of Humvees painted desert tan set in two lines outside.

Jan. 25, 2023

Red River property disposal team sets standard with massive HMMWV divestiture

Battle Creek, Mich. — Army Material Command recently turned in 2,870 High-Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicles to the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team at Red River Army Depot in East Texas.

A man watches a large crane hoist a rail car flat bed.

Jan. 20, 2023

Consider it done: DLA scraps aging train cars for Army

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Rail movement across the Korean peninsula has been vital for warfighter support there. DLA recently scrapped 1.6 million pounds of railcar, with more to come.

An eight-photo collage of people in warehouses, vehicles, freight.

Nov. 21, 2022

Pacific disposal crew closes book on ‘22

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From Oahu to Kwajalein to Diego Garcia and all the exotic spots in between, reverse logistics for deployed and forward-based warfighters depends on the close coordination of an expert team.

Trucks drive along a treacherous mountain road.

Oct. 7, 2022

2003-2012: Deployments, disasters, and dropping DRMS

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A name change, heavy demand for deployed warfighter support, and frequent calls for disaster response assistance. DLA Disposition Services continued to transform during a decade of contingency support.

Two soldiers carry a mock wounded soldier on a litter.

March 8, 2022

Europe and Africa team notches buzzer-beating assist for Army Special Forces in Eastern Europe

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s property disposal team in Germany recently came up big for Green Berets leading multinational training in the Baltics.

A former security perimeter watch tower at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan.

Oct. 11, 2021

Japan property disposal saves Navy $

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Strong connections to DLA recently helped warfighters unload aging watch towers and mobile small arms ranges that had rusted after years of exposure to salty sea air.

A man in a warehouse points at two separate vehicles with built-in rocket launchers.

Sept. 28, 2021

DEMIL at Letterkenny paves way for future Army systems

LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, Penn. — The Army has been parting out and then demilitarizing obsolete weapons systems in Pennsylvania with the help of DLA Disposition Services.

Firefighters cut into the side of a scrapped airplane.

Aug. 18, 2021

Iwakuni Marines train on repurposed fuselage

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A scrapped C2A Greyhound turned in to DLA Disposition Services gave military firefighters a valuable learning tool right to its end.

Fostering a positive work environment at DLA Aviation at Jacksonville

July 26, 2021

Initiatives foster a positive work culture at DLA in Jacksonville

RICHMOND, Va — For roughly the past four years, senior military and civilian leadership at Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Jacksonville, Florida, have been developing an all-inclusive, purpose-driven team that aligns with the “Warfighter Always” readiness line of effort within the DLA Strategic Plan 2021 - 2026. That LOE states DLA’s support to the warfighter is job one. It’s our core strategic priority. We must provide the right support in the right places at the right times.

July 21, 2021

DLA partners with NGA on digital delivery initiative

RICHMOND, Va — More than a dozen representatives from Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s Customer Operations Directorate’s Mapping Customer Operations, DLA Data Production Operations, DLA Information Operations and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, participated in a print-on-demand site tour and ribbon cutting ceremony at DLA Document Services on Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, July 14.