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6 colored circles that shay show you care in white text

Dec. 2, 2019

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Combined Federal Campaign allows employees to give to local, national and international charities. The 2019 campaign ends January 12. CFC is the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace charity campaign, with almost 200 CFC campaigns throughout the country and overseas raising millions of dollars each year.

Robotic Process Automation offers an extra set of virtual hands to handle repetitive computer tasks and free up employee time for more complex duties.

Nov. 25, 2019

RPA: Your new cyber sidekick?

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Disposition personnel can now submit ideas for how virtual automations might ease the time demands of repetitive, rule-based tasks.

DLA Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter Category I winner Shontavia Ortega was nominated for her recent accomplishments while working for DLA Disposition Services at Colorado Springs.

Nov. 21, 2019

EOQ winner hoping to learn more about disposal mission

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Shontavia Ortega was recently named Employee of the Quarter.

Business Support Directorate group pose for a photo

Nov. 15, 2019

Business Support Directorate continued their quest to find the best local pizzeria

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — On the evening of November 14, 2019, members of the Business Support Directorate continued their quest to find the best local pizzeria with another successful Evening Out.

Mike Cannon behind podium with flags in background

Nov. 6, 2019

Marines celebrate 244th birthday in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — They may work for different parts of the Defense Logistics Agency now, but most of the attendees at the Nov. 5 ceremony in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Palm Garden Room all shared the same title – Marine. They assembled to celebrate the Marine Corps 244th birthday with a cake and the usual traditions.

DLA Disposition Services Finance Director Isaac Stanley received his first sit-stand desk in June and said the work space flexibility has improved his posture and lessened back pain. Photo illustration.

Nov. 5, 2019

Ergonomics impacts workforce health

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Chairborne Rangers take heart! Sit-stand desks offer a way to inject some extra movement to your daily office taskings.

A person in a Marine uniform talks with a Civilian employee.

Nov. 5, 2019

Knowledge is power

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Nuhu Kashalla, a Property Disposal Service Representative with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services at Barstow, California, conducted a training session for customers at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, also known as 29 Palms.

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.

12 people pose for a photo inside a pizzeria

Oct. 30, 2019

The Business Support Directorate held a culture event Tuesday evening

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Riding the success for the inaugural Business Support Evening Out in July 2019, members of the Business Support Directorate began their quest to find the best local pizzeria with another Evening Out.

A Georgia Army National Guard Soldier with the 877th Engineer Company, 878th Engineer Battalion, operates an excavator to demolish a building scheduled for demolition at Fort Benning.

Oct. 29, 2019

Agency partners collaborate to clear building

Fort Benning, Georgia — Before soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia, could demolish a building once used by one part of the Defense Logistics Agency, another of its components offered its help to clear the building.