DLA News Archive

Tag: DLA DS

July 29, 2026

$63 million reutilization supports Air Force tech investment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s property disposition team facilitated the transfer of sodium perchlorate from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to a key defense industrial base supplier in 2025.

People in safety gear pose at an outdoor work site.

July 23, 2026

Operating under pressure: Hazardous waste removal amid security threats and monsoon weather in the Philippines

JOINT BASE PEARL-HICKAM, Hawaii — Demand for reverse logistics services is increasing at joint training sites across the Philippines.

A woman poses in front of the American flag.

July 21, 2026

PACE Spotlight: Brittany Bradford

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brittany Bradford has served with the Defense Logistics Agency for five years and is part of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 50.

Two workers examine a partially deconstructed Apache attack helicopter in a hangar.

July 15, 2026

DLA helping Army manage Apache inventory

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — As the service adapts its AH-64 mission to detect, track, and defeat unmanned aircraft systems, DLA Disposition Services will help divest older excess airframes while providing realistic targets for pilots in training.

Four photos show the process of a mine resistant ambush-protected vehicle demilitarization process.

July 2, 2026

DLA saves Army millions with Italy in-country MRAP demilitarization

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency personnel in Italy are helping the 405th Army Field Support Battalion clear out dozens of mine resistant ambush-protected vehicles that had been stored at Leghorn Army Depot near Livorno for well over a decade.

Six people pose in front of a firetruck.

June 26, 2026

Guam’s emergency readiness strengthened with excess fire response equipment

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The remote U.S. territory took custody of a former Navy fire engine in early June thanks to the federal Firefighter Property Program and DLA’s excess property transfer authority.

Two people examine electronics in a warehouse.

June 3, 2026

From waste to wealth: Getting hands on with DLA e-recycling

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Pathways to Career Excellence program member Joana Marie P. Duran shares some perspective on a recent field visit in Arizona helping PACERs develop a better understanding of the agency's demilitarization mission.

A small town main street is flooded with several feet of water.

May 13, 2026

Appalachian law enforcement team grateful for DLA excess property support

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A rural county in the North Carolina hills recently singled out the work of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services field personnel and the utility of the agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office in an open letter to its sitting Congresswoman.

May 7, 2026

36 states attend LESO seminar in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s 25th annual Law Enforcement Support Office National Seminar brought in partners from as far away as the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn about recent 1033 Program improvements.

Staff from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services talk with fellow trade professionals at their booth during the Recycled Materials Association Convention on April 14, 2026 in Las Vegas.

April 24, 2026

Disposition Services participates in ReMA ‘26

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel joined more than 6,000 suppliers, recyclers, and service providers at the Recycled Materials Association convention in Las Vegas April 13-16.