DLA CENTCOM and SOCOM News

Guy Stutzman is interviewed by a video team from the Defense Logistics Agency’s Public Affairs Office about his part in the Agency’s video on the recycling of strategic materials.

Nov. 26, 2018

New video shows effort to support National Defense Stockpile

Battle Creek, Michigan — A new video shows how recovery and recycling are good preserving strategic materials.

Material Examiner and Identifier Eric Thorne, from Norfolk, and Property Disposal Specialist Todd Lutter, from the Kaiserslautern site in Germany, watch during a MHE Rodeo skills challenge event at the DLA Disposition Services expeditionary support facility in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Oct. 30, 2018

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inaugural DLA Disposition Services MHE Rodeo pitted 13 of the agency's best forklift drivers in a head-to-head, eight event battle for supremacy Oct. 23-25.

During his State of Command message, DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon counts off the many ways the workforce supports the Defense Logistics Agency's effort to support all of the government.

Oct. 26, 2018

“It’s been a very good year”

Battle Creek, Michigan — Attendees from across the global workforce gathered in Battle Creek, Michigan, Oct. 22-26 for a Senior Leader Summit where they heard DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon call the time since their previous gathering “a very good year.”

The team uses heavy equipment to moves damaged vehicles to the shearing area.

Oct. 23, 2018

Mobile team takes demil mission to the warfighter

Bost, Afghanistan — When you count on vehicles for protection as well as transportation, you don’t want your used ones to fall into the wrong hands, something the Defense Logistics Agency is well equipped to prevent.

Lt. Gen. Paul Funk II, the III Corps and Fort Hood commander, holds a tag during the Fort Hood Clean Sweep Surge Event while explaining that he was a senior at Montana State University when a chemical detector passed its most recent readiness inspection on December 13, 1983.

Oct. 17, 2018

Eliminating the plague of excess at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas — A Fort Hood Clean Sweep Surge Event included an interagency team of personnel from Fort Hood Recycle, the Fort Hood Landfill, and DLA Disposition Services.

DLA Disposition Services materials examiner and identifier Jeremy Liehr was named Defense Logistics Agency Employee of the Quarter in October for serving as agency equipment manager in Afghanistan.

Oct. 12, 2018

Liehr named DLA Employee of Quarter

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Jeremy Liehr, a materials examiner and identifier for the DLA Disposition Services at Lewis site, was recently named one of three Defense Logistics Agency Employees of the Quarter.

A Defense Logistics Agency employee reflects on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at one of the historic displays.

Sept. 11, 2018

Event shares memories of 9-11

Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees and other members of the workforce in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center gathered for a 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony and shared their memories of that fateful day in 2001.

A Coast Guard forward inspection team screens the items before they are approved for shipment.

Sept. 10, 2018

Coast Guard finds a bargain at Okinawa site

Okinawa, Japan — A visit to the DLA Disposition Services website pays dividends to Coast Guard aircrews in North Carolina who saved almost a million dollars by not having to buy new equipment.

U.S. service members board a C-130H at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The 386th moved an average of nearly 8,000 passengers a month throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Aug. 28, 2018

DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM ensures warfighter support to those with the toughest missions

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — DLA CENTCOM & SOCOM ensures warfighter support to those with the toughest missions.

Scrap contractor employees begin the mutilation required to demilitarize a 56-foot naval work boat.

Aug. 17, 2018

Navy work boats meet swift end in Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Japan — While they may not have been swift in the water, three Navy work boats met a quick end with the help of Defense Logistics Agency employees in Japan.

DLA Disposition Services comes through for soldiers in rural Poland, helping them outfit austere field exercise conditions with excess furniture and gym equipment.

Aug. 8, 2018

New video showcases field support

Poland — The agency highlights its expeditionary support efforts in a new "Everywhere You Go" video clip set in rural Poland.

Just over 6 million pounds of scrap waits for removal from the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll.

Aug. 1, 2018

Teamwork moves a mountain in the Pacific

USAG Kwajalein Atoll — After more than two years of talks and planning, Defense Logistics Agency personnel watched as two barges successfully transported more than 6 million pounds of scrap material from the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll.

Local warfighters and Defense Logistics Agency personnel gather together at the new collection point on Camp Humphreys to celebrate its grand opening.

July 6, 2018

Agency cuts the ribbon at new Humphreys site

USAG Humphreys, South Korea — Defense Logistics Agency employees at Gimcheon, South Korea, recently celebrated the official Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for their new collection point at Camp Humphreys.

June 27, 2018

109th AW donates computers to Anderson Center for Autism

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 109th Airlift Wing website — The Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg, New York, has about 100 new computers thanks to the 109th Airlift Wing and the Department of Defense’s computers for learning (CFL) program.

Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Leet uses a plasma cutter during Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training June 19 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. J. Scott Mathews.

June 26, 2018

Disposition Services’ Reservists and Civilians participate in OCORT

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — More than 60 Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services military reservists and civilians from all over the world gathered June 8-23 to participate in the annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training (OCORT) at two locations in Michigan.

After learning about resources, veterans receive surplus military items provided to Veterans Affairs from DLA Disposition Services.

June 20, 2018

Agency supports Veterans Affairs outreach to Grand Rapids veterans

Wyoming, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees leant their support to veterans in need through a Veteran Affairs Stand Down in Wyoming, Michigan, on June 15.

Navy Logistics Specialist 1st Class David Freeman, a member of Disposal Support Unit 2 out of Anniston, Alabama, prepares to drop a load of electronics into an industrial shredder at Camp Grayling, Michigan, during OCORT ’18.

June 19, 2018

It's getting real: annual exercise adds complexity

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. — The annual expeditionary training for disposition personnel known as OCORT has added a new location and new real-life customers in a bid to create greater levels of realism.

Engineers from the host installation and DLA Disposition Services Installation Operations inspect generators before they are put into service to electrify large area maintenance shelters.

June 8, 2018

Site visits support operations and real property accounting

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait — Members of DLA Installation Operations Battle Creek and Europe and Africa recently conducted site and customer engagement visits at DLA Disposition Services sites in Germany, Kuwait and Qatar.

DLA Disposition Services personnel at Iwakuni, Japan, receive excess property from the old Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Branch Health Clinic to aid in the transition to the new Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic.

June 1, 2018

Agency employees at Iwakuni aid transition to improved medical care

MCAS Iwakuni, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency personnel at Iwakuni, Japan, recently watched the fruits of their labor as the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Branch Health Clinic opened a new facility.

170615-D-YU183-072 - Navy Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Annalisa Brown of Disposal Support Unit 2 erects a portable shelter at Fort Custer in Michigan during the 2017 Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training. This year, about 70 expeditionary civilians and military reserve logisticians will build sites and service real-life customers at installations about three hours apart in mid-June. [Released]

May 25, 2018

OCORT resumes June 9

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services’ annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training will continue to heighten the bar of excellence for agency field exercises when it convenes in mid-June at sites across Michigan.

DLA Disposition Services Logistics Management Division Chief Arthur Welsh describes the mobile office concept to Disposal Service Representatives during a customer support workshop in Battle Creek, Michigan, May 15. NOTE: Photo has been partially blurred to protect proprietary third-party technology.

May 15, 2018

Disposition reps share ideas, training

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The DLA Disposition Services 2018 Disposal Service Representative Workshop kicked off in Battle Creek, Michigan, May 15, offering a packed schedule to more than 50 front-line agency reps from all around the world.

Children participating in Bring Your Child to Work Day line up to spell D-L-A as they spend a day learning about the Defense Logistics Agency and protecting themselves.

April 27, 2018

Children learn about the agency and ways to make themselves safer

Battle Creek, Michigan — Children of Defense Logistics Agency employees in Battle Creek gathered at the Hart-Dole –Inouye Federal Center April 26 to learn more about how their parents serve the nation’s warfighters and also learned about protecting themselves during Bring Your Child to Work Day.

Luis Pena serves as the lone full-time civil servant for the Defense Logistics Agency in Puerto Rico. He helps military units shed their excess and used equipment and gets rid of their scrap metal. Here, he evaluates the pending scrap removal demands at Camp Santiago, which was one of the island's military installations hardest hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

April 26, 2018

Luis Pena supports post-Maria Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, PR. — Luis Pena serves as the Defense Logistics Agency's lone civil servant in Puerto Rico. And his job - helping warfighters get rid of used equipment and scrap - got a lot more challenging after the 2017 hurricane season.

Soldiers unload serviceable equipment onto pallets for turn in to Sierra Army Depot that will be inventoried back into the Global Combat Support System.

April 11, 2018

Soldiers purge excess in Clean Sweep event

Fort Hood, Texas — Defense Logistics Agency employees help Fort Hood units purge excess items as they help Army personnel properly identify controlled property and ensure its proper disposition.

Tech Sgt. John Nelson, an explosive ordnance disposal team leader from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, searches a vehicle while wearing an EOD 10 bomb suit during a training scenario at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2018.

April 4, 2018

Exercise tests EOD and security forces

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar — Defense Logistics Agency personnel in Qatar helped airmen from 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight collaborate on a training exercise recently.