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Feb. 7, 2021
HDI Fitness center reopens
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Keeping things clean and sanitized is the name of the game for the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center fitness facility as people are once again welcomed back to work out.
Feb. 5, 2021
Good idea nets big savings
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — While Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services employees usually market reusable materials to warfighters, the Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, staff recently became their own customers when a good idea helped solve a messy problem.
Feb. 2, 2021
DLA Disposition Services manager shares COVID-19 support story
CAMP PENDLETON, Calf. — Keeping employees safe, supporting warfighters, helping the nation fight COVID-19 – that’s what Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Camp Pendleton Area Manager Luis Guzman did with his 2020.
Jan. 29, 2021
Online class encourages healthier choices in 2021
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Making healthier choices is a common resolution to start a new year, and the Battle Creek Morale, Welfare and Recreation Program offered help Jan. 26 with a virtual class to encourage wiser choices in our diets.
Jan. 26, 2021
Anchorage property disposal site featured in recent local television segment
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Television station KTUU’s “Inside the Gates” regularly focuses its camera on happenings at Alaska’s Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. On Jan. 21, its focus fell on DLA Disposition Services.
Jan. 24, 2021
Former military officer now molds future civilian leaders
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Among the challenges of the pandemic is offering personnel development program for new trainees that goes beyond classrooms for on-the-job assignments, cross-training and rotational opportunities, but such is the job of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ new Pathways to Career Excellence Program Manager Steve Wilson.
Jan. 22, 2021
Former military vehicles shield police during Ohio shootout
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Armored personnel carriers received through DLA’s Law Enforcement Support Office kept officers safe from a hail of bullets in Springfield Jan. 2.
Jan. 15, 2021
DLA Disposition Services site increases ability to support customers with new equipment and training
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services uses a wide variety of material handling equipment to load and off-load trucks every day in support of warfighters. Having people trained on the MHEs is vital not only to complete the mission but to ensure it is done in a safe manner. Without trained operators, equipment sits idle; tasks go undone.
Leadership change at DLA Support Team Kuwait – Distribution’s Rozzell accomplishments lauded
NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — Navy Cmdr. Mark Rozzell relinquished command of Defense Logistics Agency Support Team-Kuwait to Navy Cmdr. Chris Thompson in a virtual change of command ceremony Dec. 10.
Jan. 13, 2021
Disposal property specialists help meet needs for critical pandemic supplies
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Property disposal specialists like Jennifer Lobello and Carol Fix have provided over $40 million worth of excess property to aid in military and federal agencies’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jan. 12, 2021
Senior enlisted leader honored by Defense Logistics Agency
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Defense Logistics Agency award has gone out to Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Samson McLester, a senior enlisted leader, for his service in 2020.
Jan. 10, 2021
Deputies rescue family from flood water with equipment from DLA Disposition Services
Law enforcement agencies use Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services to acquire excess military equipment they want on hand but also hope they may never need to use.
Jan. 8, 2021
Fitness Center expands virtual options; receives new equipment
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The new year is welcomed around the world with people setting resolutions to improve their lives and at the top of the list for many is to exercise more or lose weight. This year is no different. In coming weeks, the center will kick off its annual eight-week Body Transformation Series. Additionally, those looking for further assistance on their fitness journey will be able to schedule virtual appointments with trainers to help them work on their personal goals.
Jan. 7, 2021
DLA employee at Fort Benning helps battle the pandemic
FORT BENNING, Ga. — The Defense Logistics Agency has always focused on meeting warfighter needs, and property disposal specialists from DLA Disposition Services are playing a crucial role in supplying a new kind of warfighter in a new kind of warfare – the battle against COVID-19.
Jan. 6, 2021
Old equipment finds new home with DLA Disposition Services
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, provides sustainment to multiple weapons systems in various stages of their lifecycle.
Jan. 4, 2021
Virtual conference sustains communication between DLA Disposition Services and small business
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — “Coffee and Contracting” is a monthly event hosted by the Southwest Michigan Procurement Technical Assistance Center bringing government buyers and small business leaders together to talk, learn from each other.
North-East personnel overcome adversity, tackle diverse mission set in 2020
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — While operating in some of the areas hardest hit during early stages of the global pandemic, region staff personally and professionally supported COVID-19 response efforts while still helping meet major military property removal needs.
Jan. 1, 2021
Leadership Spotlight: Faron Cordrey
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know Faron Cordrey, DLA Disposition Services Pacific director.
Dec. 29, 2020
Illinois community rallies to save landmark from scrap heap
Battle Creek, Mich. — Public sentiment recently halted a DLA Disposition Services scrap support contract at the former Chanute Air Force Base.
Dec. 28, 2020
Central team “makes mission happen” in 2020
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Serving alongside warfighters in forward areas can be challenging enough, but changes in military operations and safeguarding personnel during a pandemic added extra hurdles during 2020 for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel in the Central region.
Dec. 25, 2020
New Mid-America region director reflects on the year that was
BATTLE CREEK, Mich — As the world closes the book on 2020, the DLA Disposition Services Mid-America team can look back and know they not only provided support for the warfighter as they do every day, but extended that support to the fight against the pandemic, wildfires and hurricanes.
Dec. 21, 2020
AEDC Base Civil Engineering Branch vital to mission success at Arnold AFB
ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, Tenn. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Arnold Air Force Base website — From mowing grass to operating test utility systems, the Arnold Engineering Development Complex Civil Engineering Branch, or TSDC, ensures the readiness of the grounds, facilities and utility systems at Arnold Air Force Base, headquarters of AEDC.
Operations stayed strong during 2020
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — While many businesses had to close or reduce their normal work this year, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services operations continued to meet warfighter needs as sites around the world received and processed millions of excess items worth billions of dollars.
Dec. 17, 2020
E&A team continues support in Norway in 2020
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Despite pandemic restrictions and challenges, DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa collected $8.5 million in retrograde equipment from Marine Corps NATO stores.
Dec. 14, 2020
HDIFC employees continue holiday tradition of helping neighbors
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center employees once again played Santa to benefit families in Battle Creek, Michigan, area in December through the Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family program.