DLA News Archive

Tag: DLA DS

Krissie Davis, a civilian DLA employee, volunteered for service in Afghanistan and was killed at age 54 by an enemy rocket in June 2015.

June 6, 2025

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The property disposal specialist from Alabama was killed by rocket fire in Afghanistan while deployed for DLA in June 2015.

Military field ambulances parked in a warehouse.

May 5, 2025

Pacific team helps Navy close out Guam EMF

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Agency reverse logisticians help U.S. Seventh Fleet components clear out large equipment and more than 70 containers of excess expeditionary medical equipment and material.

April 28, 2025

Disposition Services HQ welcomes DLA senior leaders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Michigan’s Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center hosted members of the agency's senior leadership team April 22 for briefings and a mid-year review of the 2025 DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan.

April 22, 2025

How can my organization get surplus military equipment to display?

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services represents just one of several ways museums and interested organizations can pursue obsolete or surplus military vehicles and equipment for static display.

April 18, 2025

HDIFC receives an education on a serious yet important topic

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and members of the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center hosted special guests from local law enforcement to discuss the serious issue of sexual assault, particularly in connection with child abuse.

A soldier in safety gear motions for a vehicle to depart a ship.

April 10, 2025

“Lightning Purge” of obsolete Army equipment in Hawaii

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services recently supported a successful Army 25th Infantry Division two-month property divestiture that allows Indo-Pacific-focused logisticians to prioritize warfighting and readiness in the region.

April 8, 2025

RA summit brings together two DSDs for training

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services resource analysts from the Southeast and Mid-America regions recently gathered for a unique and informative summit in Jacksonville, Florida.

Air Force personnel pose in front of a crate containing WMD response equipment.

April 4, 2025

Ramstein taps DLA property reuse stream for WMD threat response system

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inactivation of a Germany-based Army Reserve Weapons of Mass Destruction response team recently freed up a $1 million collection of chemical sensors, detectors, and protective personal gear quickly scooped up by the Air Force’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

March 31, 2025

Kuwait provides experience of a lifetime for Disposition Service member

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Olivia Beavers, a Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services environmental protection specialist, discusses her PCS to the Kuwait field site.

March 25, 2025

PACE Spotlight: Paul Turner

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Program for DLA Disposition Services is a two-year program that takes PACER’s through all of Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate. The first year takes place at DLA Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, and the second year either takes place in Battle Creek for Contracting PACER’s or at an assigned field site for Property Disposal PACER’s.