DLA News Archive

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Six people pose in front of a firetruck.

June 26, 2026

Guam’s emergency readiness strengthened with excess fire response equipment

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii — The remote U.S. territory took custody of a former Navy fire engine in early June thanks to the federal Firefighter Property Program and DLA’s excess property transfer authority.

A small town main street is flooded with several feet of water.

May 13, 2026

Appalachian law enforcement team grateful for DLA excess property support

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A rural county in the North Carolina hills recently singled out the work of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services field personnel and the utility of the agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office in an open letter to its sitting Congresswoman.

May 7, 2026

36 states attend LESO seminar in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s 25th annual Law Enforcement Support Office National Seminar brought in partners from as far away as the U.S. Virgin Islands to learn about recent 1033 Program improvements.

Three people sit on a stage and one of them speaks into a microphone in front of an audience.

Aug. 29, 2025

Battle Creek hosts annual excess property training for law enforcement

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office and DLA Disposition Services personnel welcomed 35 states to the annual event in mid-August.

Two Marines hide behind a vehicle, one talks on a radio.

July 30, 2025

Cross-org teamwork secures critical components for Okinawa Marines

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — DLA’s excess property pros found an immediate solution for $30,000 in vital communications equipment on USMC 18-month back order.

July 25, 2025

Excess equipment deployed in Texas flood response

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Hard-hit communities conduct highwater rescues with MRAPs received through the agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office.

April 22, 2025

How can my organization get surplus military equipment to display?

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services represents just one of several ways museums and interested organizations can pursue obsolete or surplus military vehicles and equipment for static display.

Air Force personnel pose in front of a crate containing WMD response equipment.

April 4, 2025

Ramstein taps DLA property reuse stream for WMD threat response system

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inactivation of a Germany-based Army Reserve Weapons of Mass Destruction response team recently freed up a $1 million collection of chemical sensors, detectors, and protective personal gear quickly scooped up by the Air Force’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.

Feb. 11, 2025

Veteran-owned small businesses can seek DOD surplus property

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An amendment signed in 2019 grants veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to request property from the ever-evolving DLA Disposition Services surplus military equipment inventory.

Jan. 21, 2025

Surplus military vehicle firefighting conversion plans available

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A free repository of firefighting apparatus blueprints developed by Michigan’s Forest Fire Experiment Station includes instructions for the repurposing of former military equipment released by the Defense Logistics Agency.