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Jeremy Sexton, a project supervisor for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, locates N95 masks to prepare them for pickup by the Defense Logistics Agency to make them available for use by the U.S. Transportation Command through joint efforts by DLA Distribution and DLA Disposition Services. Photo by James Eason, DSCA

April 16, 2020

DLA Disposition Services makes excess military items available for COVID-19 response

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Government organizations and nationwide hospitals are getting valuable assets to confront the coronavirus pandemic from a Defense Department asset that manages the military’s excess equipment.

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April 16, 2020

HDIFC promotes Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Awareness is critical because knowing about this issue means that if it happened to someone, they would know where to go for help. Many survivors don’t know who they can talk to about their assault, where to turn or even identify that it was an assault. They may feel alone, confused, scared or embarrassed. For survivors and their support people, knowing where to turn to in a crisis is a step that can impact the rest of their journey.

Warehouse personnel prepare boxes of N95 masks for shipment to the Coast Guard.

April 13, 2020

Agency locates 47,000 excess N95 masks for Coast Guard responders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A respirator lot was retrieved by DLA Disposition Services personnel from an excess property contract sales warehouse where they had been sent prior to the coronavirus outbreak.

Deborah Jackson (right), a project manager for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency at Albany, Georgia, and her colleagues Robert Brantley (center), a material expeditor, and Jeremy Sexton, a project supervisor, begin to inventory, prepare, and palletize the 154,000 N95 masks to prepare them for shipment.

April 13, 2020

Teamwork provides protective masks quickly

ALBANY, Georgia — Quick efforts by elements of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Transportation Command moved 154,000 N95 masks from storage at Albany, Georgia, to make them available to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services or the military in their response to COVID-19.

Dr. John H. Kellogg with a cockatoo on his shoulder.

April 9, 2020

DLA Disposition Services keeps century of healing spirit moving forward

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center has a long history of service and with the outbreak of COVID-19, the echoes of that history are now coming to light.

Tugboats assist USNS Comfort up the Hudson River as the hospital ship enters New York City. Federal, state, and local agencies provide a security escort for the patrol. Actions by logistics data experts at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Logistics Information Services will make it easier for the crew to acquire parts for ship. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Hupp)

April 7, 2020

Logistics data experts help fight against COVID-19

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — It takes a lot of supplies and many types of equipment to fight a pandemic. Recently, logistics data experts at the Defense Logistics Agency’s Logistics Information Services used their skills to help customers find materials they need to battle the COVID-19 virus.

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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.

Robin is wearing a blue shirt in front of an American flag and blue background

April 2, 2020

Spotlight: Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Robin Rogers

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. Meet Robin Rogers, DLA Disposition Services Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.

Marine Col. Laura Sampsel becomes the first women to lead the Defense Logistics Information Service (now known as Logistics Information Services).

March 28, 2020

Three women made firsts for agency in Battle Creek

Battle Creek, Michigan — Three women serving in Battle Creek, Michigan, proved themselves as leaders making important firsts for the Defense Logistics Agency

Sandy Powers leaning against her desk

March 23, 2020

Women's History Month Spotlight: Sandy Power

Battle Creek, Michigan — Meet Sandy Power, a DLA Logistics Information Services program management analyst.