DLA News Archive

Category: Warfighter Always

medic sprays helicopter hull with fire suppressing material

July 9, 2021

Search and rescue teams train on disposed helicopters

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Search and rescue medics train using disposed helicopters.

July 7, 2021

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The removal of 20,000 lbs. of inert munitions and range residue will help trainers provide a safer, more realistic place to prepare for combat.

Two ships move together while one delivers fuel to the other.

June 25, 2021

DLA Disposition Services supports USNS Tippecanoe during COREX in Guam

JOINT REGION MARIANAS, Guam — The replenishment oiler brought turn-in items to a temporary field exercise site.

June 16, 2021

From a Challenging Year to Unprecedented Opportunities. DLA Aviation virtual Industry Day conference draws record attendance

RICHMOND, Va — Defense Logistics Agency Aviation hosted a two-day Industry Day Virtual Conference utilizing the Zoom.gov platform, June 8-9. The theme for this year’s event was “From a challenging year to unprecedented opportunities … Opening the door to virtual accessibility.”

Demand planners providing support to warfighters, while saving tens of millions of tax dollars.

June 7, 2021

Demand planners meeting warfighter needs while saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars

RICHMOND, Va — The nine demand planners working within the Planning and Integration Branch of Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Ogden on Hill Air Force Base, Utah, have a daunting task. The group continually reviews and adjusts demand signals on over 1,600 collaborative national stock numbers and monitors 80,000 total NSNs supporting the maintenance, repair and overhaul of aircraft, electronic components, commodities, missiles and software.

A crane carriers a large piece of floating bridge.

May 26, 2021

USMC gets a lift in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Personnel in Michigan are getting a quality training opportunity while providing money-saving heavy-lift capability to a deactivating Marine Corps Bridge Company that came to DLA’s aid in the past.

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Leadership Summit Participants.

May 24, 2021

HDIFC hosts 2021 DLA DS Spring Leadership Summit

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services leaders arrived to HDIFC to discuss strategic plans and initiatives.

DLA Aviation Logistics Operations Center

April 21, 2021

DLA Aviation logistics ops center vital to warfighter support during pandemic

RICHMOND, VA — The Aviation Logistics Operations Center has been a hub for Defense Logistics Agency Aviation’s warfighter support during the COVID-19 pandemic by overseeing over a dozen functions ranging from monitoring weapons system readiness to developing logistics plans that support every combatant command.

A still frame from the beginning of a short information video. Image shows a person and a shipping container being lifted.

April 20, 2021

New command video highlights reverse logistics

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A recently-produced 4-minute information film outlines the mission and priorities of DLA Disposition Services and its global workforce.

Various images of barrels, drums and boxes of hazardous waste packaged for removal from U.S. bases.

April 7, 2021

Europe and Africa haz waste specialists undeterred by pandemic

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The DLA contracting officer representatives who oversee removal of millions of pounds of waste from dozens of countries annually have adapted their methods to overcome a global threat.