DLA News Archive

Tag: Pacific DS

A material examiner looks over paperwork in a warehouse.

Dec. 29, 2021

Indo-Pacific property disposal pros keep reverse logistics train running

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Warfighter support highlights from throughout the Indo-Pacific in 2021.

A man wearing a hard hat looks closely at two upright supports of a tent as he places a pin into the them to connect them to each other.

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.

Two people look at a stack of excess antennas on the edge of a parking lot

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.

July 14, 2021

Gimcheon site destroys 60+ Army ambulances

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Demilitarization denies adversarial access to potentially valuable equipment in surplus market

Man in vest sits in MHE while talking to two others outside the door

June 22, 2021

Guam exercise providing hands-on field training

NAVAL STATION GUAM — This year’s COREX includes two weeks of instruction in the Indo-Pacific region for the first time.

man points in distance while talking to another man, both in safety vest

June 21, 2021

Mission first, safety always

Naval Station Guam — COREX participants and observers keep tight ties to safe practices during field ops.

Overview image of Guam from an airplane seat

June 14, 2021

DLA Disposition Services team trains in Guam during Contingency Overseas Readiness Exercise

Guam — “Our forward-positioned equipment, coupled with our training and our personnel that are deployable worldwide give us the practice to support the warfighter with disposal anywhere on the globe,” DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon said.

Feb. 27, 2021

Gimcheon ops chief honored

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Pat Leverett was named DLA Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter for his outstanding contributions in South Korea at the start of fiscal 2021.

Jan. 26, 2021

Anchorage property disposal site featured in recent local television segment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Television station KTUU’s “Inside the Gates” regularly focuses its camera on happenings at Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. On Jan. 21, its focus fell on DLA Disposition Services.

Jan. 1, 2021

Leadership Spotlight: Faron Cordrey

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know Faron Cordrey, DLA Disposition Services Pacific director.