DLA News Archive

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.

April 20, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Paul Riggs

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Program for DLA Disposition Services is a two-year program that takes PaCERs through all of Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate.

March 24, 2023

Picking up the PaCE at Troop Support

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support celebrated their second Pathways to Career Excellence program in-person graduation since the pandemic during a ceremony held March 22 in Philadelphia.

March 13, 2023

DLA Energy trainees set the PaCE for the future

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started, seven Pathways to Career Excellence Program trainees graduated during a ceremony at the McNamara Headquarters Complex on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, March 9.

March 3, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: James “Jamey” Walker

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — James “Jamey” Walker is the demilitarization coordinator for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Central DEMIL Depot in Anniston, Alabama. He participated in the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2019-2021 in Group 38.

Jan. 31, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Aaron Bunn

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ Aaron Bunn works for the Environmental Branch in Battle Creek, Michigan, as an environmentalist. He participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program as a part of PaCE Group 34, from 2017 - 2019.

Jan. 23, 2023

Troop Support expedites internal onboarding process through CPI project

PHILADELPHIA — The DLA Troop Support Organizational Alignment Division, Continuous Process Improvement and Pathways to Career Excellence teams partnered to expedite internal onboarding of entry-level personnel into their new permanent roles within the organization.

Jan. 17, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Kaveh Amirsolaimani

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Kaveh Amirsolaimani, better known as Kevin Amir among his colleagues, is a Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Property Disposal Specialist within the Operations Receipt Branch. He began the Pathways to Career Excellence Program in 2018 and completed it in 2019.