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Tanks on display in a field.

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.

A man guides a boat onto a trailer.

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.

A man talks with others in an industrial outdoor setting.

Aug. 9, 2024

Pearl Harbor team facilitates emergency $600k Maui wastewater equipment donation

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — DLA Disposition Services Pearl Harbor recently played a pivotal role in assisting Maui County following the catastrophic failure of critical centrifuges.

JORTC members stand in a line at attention in front of green duffel bags on the ground. The students are wearing black t shirts with the word ARMY on them. Two students are not in line and look as if they are walking along the line inspecting their fellow JROTC members.

June 4, 2024

Retired soldier sources excess DOD property for Las Vegas JROTC program

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Keith Archibald retired from the Army after 33 years of service. He began his military career as an enlisted legal specialist and retired as a lieutenant colonel in logistics. Today, he serves as the senior Army instructor for a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and uses surplus military property from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services to supplement student supplies.

A man stands in front of a tractor.

Sept. 27, 2023

Agency scrap handler donated for humanitarian assistance

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Okinawa-based machine will be provided to a yet-to-be-determined U.S. aid recipient after refurbishment.

A Boeing 747 and a Humvee are parked in a hangar in the desert.

July 18, 2023

Desert aerospace education boosted by DLA used property stocks

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The world’s biggest privately funded air and space museum has long relied on DLA’s military surplus and excess property pipeline to help execute its education mission.

A firetruck in a field.

March 8, 2023

Idaho Lands receives $70 million in donated equipment from DLA since 2013

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A savvy used property screener for the Idaho Department of Lands has brought tens of millions of dollars in used and surplus DOD equipment to his state to fight fires and protect rural communities in the past decade.

Four people hold boxes of supplies with other boxes of supplies near them.

April 12, 2022

Disposal team expertise places surplus mission goods in Maryland food banks

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel recently assisted Marines to clear out excess material and steer surplus COVID and humanitarian relief property to needy families in Maryland.

A warehouse worker prepares kitchen equipment for movement.

Feb. 19, 2021

Puerto Rico school rebuilds with surplus property

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A small K-12 academy in the island territory looked to the states and federal government for vehicles and equipment after Hurricane Maria losses.