DLA News Archive

Jan. 23, 2025

Southeast region building more effective leaders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Southeast region hosted its annual leadership summit at their Anniston, Alabama field site.

Jan. 21, 2025

Surplus military vehicle firefighting conversion plans available

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A free repository of firefighting apparatus blueprints developed by Michigan’s Forest Fire Experiment Station includes instructions for the repurposing of former military equipment released by the Defense Logistics Agency.

Jan. 14, 2025

SkillBridge tailors OJT for transitioning servicemembers

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A DLA Disposition Services-assigned Army officer leveraged the six-month DOD program to continue working for the agency after military retirement.

Jan. 7, 2025

2024 Highlights: Business Support

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Business Support directorate played a major role throughout a year focused on organizational transformation.

Dec. 26, 2024

2024 Highlights: Operations

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The directorate at the heart of the agency’s reverse logistics business rolls into the new year with a clear focus on strengthening data analytics and fine-tuning customer service.

Dec. 18, 2024

2024 Highlights: Europe and Africa

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Disposition personnel overseas deployed WMS in warehouses and field scenarios, trained scores of forward-deployed warfighters on proper turn-in procedures, and helped units increase their readiness by taking excess property off the books.

Dec. 13, 2024

2024 Highlights: Pacific

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — All across the Indo-Pacific, agency reverse logistics professionals helped warfighters meet their mission in a part of the world that grows more important to U.S. national security objectives with each passing year.

Dec. 6, 2024

Michigan wildfire workshop promotes military surplus equipment repurposing

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An annual gathering of wildfire response experts in Roscommon highlights federally-supported Firefighter Property Program benefits and the conversion of DLA-sourced former military vehicles and equipment to modern firefighting apparatus.

Dec. 4, 2024

2024 Highlights: Contracting

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at some of the 2024 highlights from the DLA Disposition Services Contracting Division.

Nov. 27, 2024

DLA Disposition Services concludes successful Industry Day

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contracting division hosted its lates Industry Day in Battle Creek, Michigan.