DLA CENTCOM and SOCOM News

Dec. 4, 2024

2024 Highlights: Contracting

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at some of the 2024 highlights from the DLA Disposition Services Contracting Division.

Nov. 29, 2024

DLA Document Services turns 75

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s print shop specialists continue a legacy three quarters of a century in the making.

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Nov. 27, 2024

DLA Disposition Services concludes successful Industry Day

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contracting division hosted its lates Industry Day in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Nov. 25, 2024

Agency director hosts town hall and addresses agency’s future

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Director, Army Lt. Gen. Mark Simerly, traveled to visit DLA Disposition Services headquarters for a town hall and discussion regarding the Annual Operating Plan.

Nov. 22, 2024

Leadership spotlight: A Q&A with Col. Woodje Caldwell

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know DLA Disposition Services Deputy Director Army Col. Woodje Caldwell.

Nov. 19, 2024

2024 Highlights: Southeast

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Taking a look at 2024 highlights for the DLA Disposition Services Southeast region.

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Nov. 15, 2024

2024 Highlights: Resource Management

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Behind every successful organization is a team that ensures everything runs smoothly, often out of the spotlight. For Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, its Resource Management directorate plays a crucial role in this effort.

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Nov. 12, 2024

Battle Creek DLA employees receive awards

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Four Defense Logistics Agency employees recently earned Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center Service Awards at the 68th Armed Forces Appreciation Luncheon.

Nov. 8, 2024

MOH recipient addresses agency personnel in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Michigan native James McCloughan was credited with saving the lives of ten soldiers in 1969 while under fire in Vietnam.

Nov. 5, 2024

Leadership Spotlight: Dean Newsome

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From humble beginnings mowing yards and shoveling snow in Pittsburgh to his recent appointment as director of DLA Disposition Services -Document Services, Dean Newsome continually seeks opportunities to improve himself and others.

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Oct. 29, 2024

Train loads of excess from DLA Disposition Services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The nonprofit organization Railroading Heritage of Midwest America recently acquired a diesel switcher locomotive donation through Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services from the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.

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Oct. 25, 2024

Battle Creek summit strengthens personnel bonds

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency property disposal leaders wrapped a week of networking and game planning in Michigan Oct. 25.

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Oct. 22, 2024

Property reutilization prioritized for 2025

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In support of a new long-term agency strategy, DLA’s reverse logistics arm wants to triple the amount of used and excess DOD property reclaimed by warfighters.

Hurricane Helene is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 257 above the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Mississippi.

Oct. 14, 2024

Surplus property donations add to DOD hurricane response contributions

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Donations of no-cost used equipment like diesel generators and trailers from used military stock helps regional and local officials accelerate disaster response efforts.

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Oct. 7, 2024

PACE Spotlight: Jordan Whitaker

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Jordan Whitaker is a current member of Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For his second year in the PACE Program, Whitaker will be placed at the DLA Disposition Services Fort Mead, Maryland, site.

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Oct. 2, 2024

Changes in warfare require new approach to logistics support, director says in town hall

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The DLA director talks about how the agency will remain competitive and responsive to future needs and answers a question about DLA’s telework policy during the Global Town Hall Oct. 1.

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Sept. 20, 2024

DLA and MWR Wellness Fair encourages healthy habits

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Battle Creek Morale Welfare and Recreation hosted the Defense Logistics Agency and MWR Wellness Fair at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, Sep. 18.

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Sept. 13, 2024

DLA Document Services culture event brings kids to work

Battle Creek, MIch. — This summer, the DLA Document Services site in Norfolk, Virginia, held a culture event where parents were able to bring their children to work. Although there was a small group in attendance, it had a large impact with those children who participated and helped them realize that their mom or dad was performing a vital role for the nation.

Sept. 9, 2024

PACE Spotlight: Ryan McMahon

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Ryan McMahon is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Richmond, VA.

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Sept. 9, 2024

DLA support rep earns award for helping NAVCENT overcome contested logistics challenges

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A DLA customer support representative in Bahrain is part of a group receiving the Adm. Stan Arthur Award for logistics and sustainment support.

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Sept. 5, 2024

DLA Concludes Successful Law Enforcement Support Seminar in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently concluded a successful Law Enforcement Support Office seminar in San Antonio, Texas. The conference drew state coordinators from 39 states and territories, underscoring the critical role of inter-agency collaboration and mandatory training in the effective management and accountability of excess military property.

Sept. 4, 2024

Contracting team reviews recent AMR findings

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently concluded an Agency Management Review as leaders from across the organization came to the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, to discuss findings.

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Sept. 3, 2024

Battle Creek hosts AMR team

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Formal management evaluators visited DLA Disposition Services headquarters in August and are expected to share findings and recommendations in November.

Aug. 28, 2024

COOPEX makes comeback for Disposition Services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Members of DLA Disposition Services participated in a Continuity of Operations exercise as a way to remain mission ready in the event of future emergencies.

Marines pose for a field portrait with their deployable artillery rocket system.

Aug. 23, 2024

Agency exploring property disposition possibilities for Darwin-based Marines

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services wants to secure enduring reverse logistics support for rotational U.S. forces training and operating in northern Australia.