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Aircraft takes off from aircraft carrier flying towards the sunset.

June 18, 2024

Navy command saves an additional 1.3 million with DLA Disposition Services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, recently issued a mobile command center to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

Steve Bourget stands with a stack of new computers in boxes.

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.

Riggers watch as a crane lifts a massive piece of submarine hull onto a barge for disposal.

Dec. 4, 2020

A look back on DLA Disposition Services West support during 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services West region team had a busy year, highlighted by its handling of various Navy and Army special divestiture projects conducted during a global pandemic.

Side view of a former military truck now converted to help fight fires with a tank and pump unit added to the bed behind the cab.

Nov. 18, 2020

Texas volunteer firefighters use former military trucks

DAINGERFIELD, Texas — Jenkins Volunteer Fire Department has converted a second Steward Stevenson, excess military truck from the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services into a firefighting machine by adding a slip-on unit, front bumper nozzles, and drafting capability.

Command director speaks in front of large screens.

Oct. 27, 2020

Leadership sync perseveres through pandemic

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Annual leaders meet up continues online in an upended 2020.

The ex-USS Ticonderoga (CG47) sits in an industrial dock area showing her age.

Oct. 5, 2020

DLA to scrap five warships

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services will recycle five retired U.S. Navy ships as part of a new scrap sales contract to save taxpayer money and protect the environment.

DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon sits at a conference table.

Aug. 28, 2020

DLA Disposition Services Law Enforcement Support Office innovates to hold annual training conference

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ Law Enforcement Support Office conducted its annual training conference in August, and as with everything this year, it was a little different.

Colin Light (rear), Brian Licht (center) and Paul Turner (front), count pouches for carrying first aid supplies turned in at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the first wall-to-wall inventory of all DLA Disposition Services sites.

April 27, 2020

Team honored for aiding with strategic goals

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — The team that devised and executed the first wall-to-wall inventory for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services was recently honored with a Strategic Goals Award from DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams.

Dec. 5, 2019

Cannon wraps up year with worldwide town hall

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon addressed his command’s worldwide workforce during an end-of-year town hall Dec. 3 in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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.