DLA News Archive

Tag: Leadership DS

A man stand near the center of a class room surrounded by tables with students seated at them looking towards the man standing. it appears that the man is teaching the students.

July 16, 2025

New Leadership Course Strengthens Supervisory Skills

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently launched a new leadership course aimed at strengthening supervisory skills through hands-on, mission-focused training.

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.

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March 11, 2025

Northeast team hosts leadership summit

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Northeast Region Director Beth Ford recently convened her directorate’s leadership team for a summit at Fort George G. Meade.

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Feb. 14, 2025

Leadership spotlight: A Q&A with Joe Fagan

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Air Force veteran returned to federal service in 2011 and now serves as the DLA Disposition Services - Document Services Customer Audit & Engagement division lead.

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Feb. 4, 2025

PACE spotlight: Brett Curry

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brett Curry is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Camp Pendleton, California.

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Jan. 27, 2025

New area managers meet in Michigan

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently conducted a five-day Area Manager Orientation that kicked off Jan. 13 at the major sub-command’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Jan. 23, 2025

Southeast region building more effective leaders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Southeast region hosted its annual leadership summit at their Anniston, Alabama field site.

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Dec. 17, 2024

Disposition Services serves another holiday breakfast in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Palm Garden Room at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center smelled of flapjacks and buzzed of amusement as employees lined up for breakfast cooked by their senior leaders.

Nov. 22, 2024

Leadership spotlight: A Q&A with Col. Woodje Caldwell

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know DLA Disposition Services Deputy Director Army Col. Woodje Caldwell.

Nov. 5, 2024

Leadership Spotlight: Dean Newsome

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From humble beginnings mowing yards and shoveling snow in Pittsburgh to his recent appointment as director of DLA Disposition Services -Document Services, Dean Newsome continually seeks opportunities to improve himself and others.