DLA News Archive

June 11, 2024

PaCE Spotlight: Sara Vaughn

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Sara Vaughn is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For her second year in the PaCE Program, she will remain at Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, in the Contracting directorate.

May 28, 2024

PaCE Spotlight: Sara Gorham

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Sara Gorham is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For her second year in the PaCE Program, she will remain at Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, in the Hazardous Waste Disposal Contracting department.

May 3, 2024

PaCE Group 46 turns a new page on leadership

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency’s Pathways to Career Excellence Program is making use of a unique tool to further prepare its participants with skills they can carry with them through their careers.

April 18, 2024

PaCE spotlight: Philip Shands

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — PaCE Philip Shands is due to complete his second year of PaCE training with the DLA Disposition Services San Joaquin site handling environmental duties.

Sept. 6, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Meranda Grafmyer

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Meranda Grafmyer is finishing up her first year in the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 44 that began in 2022. For her second year of the program, she will be placed at the DLA Disposition Services Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, field site.

Aug. 2, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Thomas Martorana

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Thomas Martorana is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 44, which began in 2022. For his second year in the PaCE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

July 3, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Elizabeth Norvey

Battle Creek, Mich. — Elizabeth Norvey is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program, group 42 beginning in 2021. For her second year in the PaCE Program, she was placed at the DLA Disposition Services site in Columbus, Ohio.

June 18, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Ryan Kirby

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Ryan Kirby is an Environmental Operations Monitor for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Disposal Services Directorate Europe and Africa region in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2015 to 2017.

May 15, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Courtney Carroll

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Courtney Carroll is a property disposal specialist within the Disposal Policy Branch at Defense Logistics Agency Headquarters in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. She participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2012 to 2014 as a part of PaCE Group B for fiscal year 2012.

May 1, 2023

Commentary: Week-long mentorship with DLA Disposition Services regional director

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Recently, DLA Disposition Services PaCE Program, Group 44 traveled from the headquarters’ location of Battle Creek, Michigan, to Richmond, Virginia, as their first temporary duty assignment.