DLA News Archive

April 19, 2022

DLA Disposition Services helps Texas FD upgrade fleet via used equipment transfer

ROCKDALE, Texas — Texas’ Minerva Volunteer Fire Department recently increased its fleet capacity by adding an excess military truck received through the Defense Department’s Firefighter Property Program.

Dec. 21, 2021

Perseverance helped Mid-America deliver excellence

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ Mid-America region operates 16 sites in 12 states with approximately 200 people. When region Deputy Director Marc Wilson looks back at 2021, he said the biggest lesson learned was perseverance.

Dec. 16, 2021

Excess military truck from DLA Disposition Services given new role at Raisin Volunteer Fire Department

VICTORIA, Texas — Raisin Volunteer Fire Department converted an excess military truck from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services into a firefighting machine.

Sept. 25, 2021

U.S. Space Force turns to DLA Disposition Services for equipment

Anderson Air Force Base, Guam — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services has a long history serving the Army, Navy, Air Forces and Marines but now that service extends to the newly created Space Force.

Aug. 30, 2021

Equipment from DLA Disposition Services helps Kempner Volunteer Fire Department expands fire service

KEMPNER, Texas — Under the Department of Defense Firefighter Program a five-ton truck from the military transferred to the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services as excess is now fighting Texas fires with the Kempner Volunteer Fire Department.

Aug. 19, 2021

Excess military truck from DLA Disposition Services adds firefighting power to Volunteer Fire Department

COLEMAN, Texas — The Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department converted a 2.5-ton excess military Stewart Stevenson that had been turned into the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services as excess into a firefighting machine.

July 20, 2021

DLA Disposition Services COREX team demonstrates “Semper Gumby” philosophy

JOINT REGION MARIANAS, Guam — A team of U.S. Navy Sailors and Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services civilians recently completed a two-week Contingency Overseas Readiness Exercise on the Pacific island of Guam. The team was able to deploy the Expeditionary Site Set equipment but challenges with some of the equipment began to present themselves.

July 15, 2021

COREX team in Guam assist Navy command with excess items

JOINT REGION MARIANAS, Guam — For most, summer means vacations, but for the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contingency Overseas Readiness Exercise team it means training. The team deployed to Guam to demonstrate how they could support the warfighter with a prepositioned Expeditionary Site Set in a forward location.

June 22, 2021

Paris, Texas PD deploys surplus MRAP during SWAT response

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The former military Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored vehicle protected police while taking about 30 rounds from a barricaded gunman in an all-night standoff.

March 25, 2021

DLA Services and National Guard get computers to students

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — New Hampshire Army National Guard elements recently turned over 100 excess computers to a local school through DOD’s Computers for Learning, administrated by Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.