Official websites use .mil
Secure .mil websites use HTTPS
CENTCOM-SOCOM Home
Nov. 25, 2019
RPA: Your new cyber sidekick?
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Disposition personnel can now submit ideas for how virtual automations might ease the time demands of repetitive, rule-based tasks.
Nov. 21, 2019
EOQ winner hoping to learn more about disposal mission
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Shontavia Ortega was recently named Employee of the Quarter.
Nov. 18, 2019
Excess ARNORTH computer equipment provides educational opportunities
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base San Antonio website — In the early morning hours of Nov. 15, U.S. Army North personnel at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston quietly loaded 100 excess laptops and peripherals into a rental trailer, which departed the area headed east. Its final destination was Wilkinson County High School in Woodville, Mississippi, thanks to the Department of Defense’s Computers for Learning program.
Finance employee praised for ingenuity
Battle Creek, Michigan — A systems accountant for business analysis and integration with DLA Finance at DLA Disposition Services, was recently honored with a “Ya Done Good” award for solutions affecting financial procedures and systemic concerns.
Nov. 15, 2019
Logistics Information Services provides mission overview
BATTLE CREEK, MI — Logistics Information Services provided an educational mission overview to DLA Disposition Services associates and other federal employees Nov 14 at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center.
Nov. 14, 2019
New Mobile Office equipment aids processing
Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees at sites across the country began testing a new way of doing business with the recent arrival of their Mobile Office equipment.
Nov. 13, 2019
Four earn annual Battle Creek area awards
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Michigan-based warfighters and civil servants were recently honored by local organizations for their contributions to national defense.
Nov. 10, 2019
Online tool makes contracting easier
Battle Creek, Michigan — Developing and executing contracts is complex work made easier recently by an online tool that lets specialists incorporate information from many sources to ensure the documents created meet agency needs and follow the relevant laws and regulations.
Nov. 8, 2019
Expo offers tips for health and recreation
Battle Creek, Michigan — Employees from DLA Disposition Services and other Defense Logistics Agency personnel based in Battle Creek, Michigan, learned more about sports and recreation opportunities at a Nov. 7 expo.
Nov. 6, 2019
Veterans Day program focuses on building history, suicide prevention
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Veterans Day program took place today with James Doelling, director of the Battle Creek, Michigan V.A. Medical Center serving as guest speaker. Doelling’s presentation in part focused on preventing veteran suicide. “It’s preventable by you,” he said while pointing to members of the audience. “Reach out to someone who looks like they are having a rough time,” he said.
Marines celebrate 244th birthday in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — They may work for different parts of the Defense Logistics Agency now, but most of the attendees at the Nov. 5 ceremony in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Palm Garden Room all shared the same title – Marine. They assembled to celebrate the Marine Corps 244th birthday with a cake and the usual traditions.
Nov. 5, 2019
Ergonomics impacts workforce health
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Chairborne Rangers take heart! Sit-stand desks offer a way to inject some extra movement to your daily office taskings.
Knowledge is power
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Nuhu Kashalla, a Property Disposal Service Representative with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services at Barstow, California, conducted a training session for customers at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, also known as 29 Palms.
Nov. 2, 2019
Signs may not say DRMO anymore, but sites still have same great service
BATTLE CREEK, Mich — People are creatures of habit, so it is not unusual for people who remember when some Defense Logistics Agency sites were known as the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office: the place to go when a unit had something that was no longer needed.
Oct. 31, 2019
Employees hand out treats to special guests
Battle Creek, Michigan — Children of Defense Logistics Agency employees and others who work in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center haunted the hallways for treats during Halloween.
DSD West Resource Analyst Workshop
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Crystal Leija leads a discussion during a four-day DLA Disposition Services West Region Resource Analyst workshop held at command headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, in October.
Oct. 29, 2019
Agency partners collaborate to clear building
Fort Benning, Georgia — Before soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia, could demolish a building once used by one part of the Defense Logistics Agency, another of its components offered its help to clear the building.
Oct. 28, 2019
Senior Leader Summit concludes, recognizing excellence
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The 2019 Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Senior Leader Summit came to a close October 25 after a week of discussions focusing on how to improve the customer experience for the warfighter. The summit covered all aspects of the DLA Disposition Services business, with the goal of improving safety and agency culture while saving the taxpayers money.
We are all safety officers
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Summit brings safety officials together to share ideas for reducing material handling equipment mishaps in the workplace.
Oct. 22, 2019
“It’s been a busy year”
Battle Creek, Michigan — Senior leaders from the director down to area managers gathered in Battle Creek, Michigan, Oct. 21-25 for the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Senior Leader Summit.
Army computers serve on in local school district
Fort Bragg, North Carolina — Computers and accessories once used by soldiers at U.S. Army Forces Command continue to serve as they help North Carolina students learn
Oct. 18, 2019
DLA PaCE graduates on pathway to success
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The DLA PaCE graduation marked the end of one path and the start of another for nine graduates in Battle Creek, Michigan. While most of the PaCE graduates fill various roles around the world for DLA upon graduation, Group 34 is unique. The entire class is graduating from and entering positions in Battle Creek.
Oct. 17, 2019
Health Fair draws hundreds
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Apples, massages and flu shots help federal employees keep the doctor away in Battle Creek.
Oct. 13, 2019
Search and rescue success
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A prepared police department and a former military Humvee from DLA Disposition Services saved the day for an elderly Oklahoma man.
Oct. 11, 2019
DLA Disposition Services contracting officer receives commission
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In early 2019, Jacob Curtiss, a contracting officer who began his career with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services last October, started his pursuit of the Navy Reserve Direct Commission Officer program for a chance to commission as a Supply Corps Officer.