Official websites use .mil
Secure .mil websites use HTTPS
CENTCOM-SOCOM Home
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
Surplus 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.
July 23, 2025
RCORT serves as capstone event for reservists
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — This year’s Reserve Contingency Operations Readiness Training, or RCORT, marks a significant evolution in how Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services prepares its Joint Reserve Force to deploy and support the warfighter.
July 16, 2025
New Leadership Course Strengthens Supervisory Skills
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently launched a new leadership course aimed at strengthening supervisory skills through hands-on, mission-focused training.
July 11, 2025
Al Udeid air defense team reliant on DLA excess property stores
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Patriot missile system operators tasked with defending U.S. personnel in the CENTCOM region became the agency’s first property reutilization customers in Qatar in April.
July 7, 2025
Disposition, Distribution hunting efficiencies in Germany
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The two DLA major sub-commands continue exploring opportunities to work together to meet warfighter demand across Europe and Africa.
July 3, 2025
Army colonel leads DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Army Col. Edward Runyan accepted the reins of the Defense Logistics Agency’s regional command for U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command in a change of command ceremony July 1.
July 2, 2025
Want list indicator could add more high-demand excess property to shelves
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency reverse logisticians who handle used and excess property turn-ins will now know if a reuse customer is seeking specific item types.
June 27, 2025
Guam haz waste removal saves money, sets new standard
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — When hazardous waste storage at the Consolidated Storage Facility in Guam recently reached a critical point, one Defense Logistics Agency environmental protection specialist’s initiative helped turn a complex challenge into a streamlined, cost-effective success.
June 24, 2025
DLA eyes strategic materials recapture from excess property
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — With the nation’s defense industry facing diminished access to rare earths, the agency will closely evaluate its surplus property stream for additional materials recycling opportunities.
June 20, 2025
Cannon leads NDIA Knowledge Bar session
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency partnered with National Defense Industrial Association for a two-day event that brought government and industry leaders together to discuss current and future challenges.
June 17, 2025
DLA works with 110th Wing to help students
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The 110th Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard recently delivered 176 excess laptops to the Calhoun Area Career Center, providing students with valuable tools to support their technical education.
June 12, 2025
Rural NC county taps LESO for emergency response preparedness
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Martin County law enforcement turn to DLA’s surplus property inventory to meet readiness needs.
June 6, 2025
Remembering Krissie K. Davis
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The property disposal specialist from Alabama was killed by rocket fire in Afghanistan while deployed for DLA in June 2015.
June 3, 2025
DLA and U.S. Forest Service support rural fire departments
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Department provides collaborative support to firefighters nationwide through a partnership between Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, the U.S. Forest Service, and state forestry agencies who all work together to help firefighters gain access to excess military equipment.
May 28, 2025
Chaplain Visits Battle Creek to Connect, Counsel, Support DLA Mission
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Command Chaplain U.S. Army Col. Thomas Brooks visited the workforce located at the Hart–Dole–Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.
May 22, 2025
PACE pushes careers forward
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Veteran Sabrina Young credits Pathways to Career Excellence with helping her develop the tools to succeed.
May 15, 2025
PACER Spotlight: Joey Martinez
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Joey Martinez is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at San Antonio, Texas.
May 9, 2025
Texas school district uses DLA Disposition Services to support students
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently donated 98 excess military laptops to Neches Independent School District in Texas, where they are helping expand students’ access to digital learning.
May 5, 2025
Pacific team helps Navy close out Guam EMF
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — Agency reverse logisticians help U.S. Seventh Fleet components clear out large equipment and more than 70 containers of excess expeditionary medical equipment and material.
May 2, 2025
Agency increases efficiencies through addition by subtraction
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Addition by subtraction calls for identifying tasks or requirements that can be eliminated, removed, or modified to save time or costs to the agency.
April 28, 2025
Disposition Services HQ welcomes DLA senior leaders
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Michigan’s Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center hosted members of the agency's senior leadership team April 22 for briefings and a mid-year review of the 2025 DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan.
April 25, 2025
DLA trains civilians to demilitarize military equipment
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — When most people picture military might, they think of tanks, helicopters and heavy weaponry in action. What they don’t often consider is what happens to that gear when it’s no longer needed.
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.
April 18, 2025
HDIFC receives an education on a serious yet important topic
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, and members of the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center hosted special guests from local law enforcement to discuss the serious issue of sexual assault, particularly in connection with child abuse.