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July 14, 2022

Employee Spotlight: Tom Whipple

Get to know Tom Whipple of Disposition Services Qatar.

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July 14, 2022

Employee Spotlights: Brian Rowlette

Get to know Brian Rowlette of Disposition Services Qatar.

DS Central Area Manager

July 1, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Roosevelt Terrell

Get to know Roosevelt Terrell, the area manager at DSD Central.

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Dec. 18, 2021

DLA Disposition Services Central experiences a year of drastic change in 2021

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look back at some of the events that took place throughout the Central Region last year including major facility upgrades, new site construction and perhaps most notably the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Woman receiving award from man

Nov. 5, 2021

Disposition Services Strategic Leadership Summit concludes with awards ceremony

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services Strategic Leadership Summit concluded Oct. 29 with awards ceremony at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Man in military uniform with 2 flags behind him

Aug. 1, 2021

Leadership Spotlight: Army Lt. Col. Juan Talamantes Jr.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Army Lt. Col. Juan Talamantes Jr. is DLA Disposition Services Central director and has served his country for the past 27 years.

medic sprays helicopter hull with fire suppressing material

July 9, 2021

Search and rescue teams train on disposed helicopters

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Search and rescue medics train using disposed helicopters.

Contractor employees at DLA Disposition Services' Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, site work together as one manages the hoses supplying the cutting torch used by his colleague as they demilitarize a large mine-resistant, ambush protected vehicle.

March 16, 2021

New approach helps avoid backlogs

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, cleared a hurdle Feb. 28 when the last two mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles from a large backlog were cut up for disposal.

Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Samson McLester lead a Jan. 6 team meeting at DLA Disposition Services in Qatar to discuss an upcoming professional development seminar/morale & team building event.

Jan. 12, 2021

Senior enlisted leader honored by Defense Logistics Agency

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Defense Logistics Agency award has gone out to Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Samson McLester, a senior enlisted leader, for his service in 2020.

Defense Logistics Agency personnel take to the night to clear containers from a receiving and shipping point on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Dec. 28, 2020

Central team “makes mission happen” in 2020

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Serving alongside warfighters in forward areas can be challenging enough, but changes in military operations and safeguarding personnel during a pandemic added extra hurdles during 2020 for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel in the Central region.