DLA CENTCOM and SOCOM News

Sept. 2, 2022

Montana firefighters save 20 homes with former DOD equipment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Polson Rural Fire District is one of countless around the U.S. that rely on used military vehicles and gear to help fight wildfires.

Sept. 1, 2022

DLA Disposition Services LESO hosts a successful in-person conference

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services Law Enforcement Support Office hosted a successful in-person conference in Battle Creek, Michigan, a first since the pandemic.

Aug. 29, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Todd Shuman

Get to know Sub-Area Manager Todd Shuman

Informal portrait DLA DS Area Manager at Susquehanna, Richard Brock Hall

DLA Disposition Services Susquehanna Aug. 25, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Richard Brock Hall

Get to know Area Manager Richard Brock Hall

Portrait of a man in front of an American flag.

Aug. 17, 2022

PaCE Spotlight: Mike Vaughn

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.

Portrait of Area Manager Raymond Johnson

Aug. 16, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Raymond Johnson

Get to know Area Manager Raymond Johnson

Official photos of the 2007-2009 PaCER class

Aug. 11, 2022

PaCE Spotlight: Hilary Casari

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Hillary Casari is currently the operations inventory branch chief for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services. She participated in the Intern program before it was renamed as the Pathways to Career Excellence Program between the years of 2007 and 2009. She also was the PaCE Program manager for two years.

Aug. 10, 2022

Employee Reflection: Anita McSwane

Get to know General Supply Specialist and Accountable Officer Anita McSwane

Aug. 9, 2022

Sandra Young named Distinguished Alumni

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The 43-year agency veteran’s surviving family members accepted the honor on her behalf during a ceremony in Battle Creek Aug. 2.

A man and a tractor inside a large, inflatable warehouse.

Aug. 9, 2022

DLA Distribution San Joaquin, California, trains with DLA Disposition at COREX 2022

TRACY, Calif. — COREX22, led by DLA Disposition Services, is engineered to offer DLA with an opportunity to perform expeditionary disposition services.

Aug. 8, 2022

Employee Reflection: Ken Reiner

Get to know Environmental Protection Specialist Ken Reiner

Aug. 4, 2022

Director recognizes history of government entities

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — August has the honor of celebrating the birth of both the US Coast Guard and the Department of Defense. The United States Coast Guard celebrates its 232nd birthday on August 4th while Defense Department was created on the August 10, 1949. Semper Paratus—Always Ready.

Eric Garris, Property Disposal Specialist with DLA Disposition Services Richmond

Aug. 3, 2022

Employee Reflection: Eric Garris

Get to know Property Disposal Specialist Eric Garris

Group photo of people outside in safety equipment

Aug. 2, 2022

Leadership Reflection: Camellia Cochran

Get to know Area Manager Camellia Cochran

Aug. 1, 2022

2022 Contingency Operations Readiness Exercise comes to a successful end

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — As July ends, so too does the latest edition of the Defense Logistic Agency’s Contingency Operations Readiness Exercise in Battle Creek, Michigan. The exercise featured different parts of the agency working together across multiple sites – simulating an expeditionary environment.

July 29, 2022

“I enjoyed every minute of my work here”

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Turkish national DLA employee Sedat Deryalar calls it a day after four decades of reverse logistics support to U.S. warfighters at Incirlik Air Base. The local air wing recently shared a short video in his honor.

July 28, 2022

COREX gets DLA elements collaborating

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Contributions from entities like DLA Distribution and DLA Information Operations are proving essential to increased realism and impact of the agency’s primary annual property disposal exercise.

Chart showing percent of cases and median loss of fraud

July 27, 2022

Fraud: Trends to look for

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Office of Internal Review assists management with anti-fraud prevention and detection by conducting reviews and reporting suspected fraud to the DLA Office of Inspector General.