DLA News Archive

Tag: RTD

Jan. 6, 2021

Old equipment finds new home with DLA Disposition Services

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, provides sustainment to multiple weapons systems in various stages of their lifecycle.

A man in a bucket pole examines an old missile.

Dec. 29, 2020

Illinois community rallies to save landmark from scrap heap

Battle Creek, Mich. — Public sentiment recently halted a DLA Disposition Services scrap support contract at the former Chanute Air Force Base.

Sept. 15, 2020

Illinois school receives $55k in computers

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — More than $2 million in used and excess information technology has been donated through Computers For Learning in 2020.

April 3, 2020

N95 masks ship to healthcare providers

Battle Creek, Michigan — DLA Disposition Services at Okinawa employees prepare nine pallets of excess military N95 respirators for priority shipment to U.S. healthcare providers battling the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

Property Disposal Specialist Keneicsha Monroe examines some ventilators at the DLA Disposition Services site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Monroe and other specialists at all DLA Disposition Services sites having been working to locate high demand medical supplies and equipment in the excess property inventory to have items ready for reutilization, transfer and donation requisitions in support of the COVID-19 response.

March 20, 2020

Agency answers call for medical equipment

Battle Creek, Michigan — The employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services locations have a long history of making excess military equipment available to help those dealing with emergencies and natural disasters, and the COVID-19 response is no exception.

Heavy equipment loads a truck with scrap material

Nov. 2, 2019

Signs may not say DRMO anymore, but sites still have same great service

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — People are creatures of habit, so it is not unusual for people who remember when some Defense Logistics Agency sites were known as the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office: the place to go when a unit had something that was no longer needed.

Horry County Police officers secure load the tents they obtained from DLA Disposition Services for hurricane preparations before heading back to South Carolina.

Sept. 12, 2019

Agency helps community prepare for the storm

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina — As Hurricane Dorian approached, police officers from South Carolina received excess military tents and other items to prepare for the worst with help from the Defense Logistics Agency.