DLA CENTCOM and SOCOM News

McKenzie Brinkerhoff official photo with American and DLA flag in background

Dec. 5, 2023

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — McKenzie is a member of PaCE Group 44. I would describe the program as an amazing entry-level gateway opportunity for those interested in a career with the Federal Government. The learning opportunities are beneficial for gaining leadership skills, a selection of career choices, and building promising working relationships that benefit your future with this agency.

Dec. 1, 2023

Modernization helps South East team persevere through 2023

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at how modernization and increasing efficiencies helped South East region persevere through the past year.

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Nov. 30, 2023

Year in review: West region

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Customer support efforts across the directorate can vary as widely as the vast West itself.

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Nov. 29, 2023

Germany-based excess property specialist honored for Q4 effort

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Clint Sweeney nabbed fiscal 2023 Employee of the 4th Quarter honors for helping keep the Grafenwoehr site humming despite staffing shortfalls.

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Nov. 21, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: Cory Harter

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — I can’t think of any other organization where an entry-level employee can receive as much developmental training that the PaCE program in Disposition Services provides, said Cory Harter, PaCE Group 44.

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Nov. 20, 2023

DLA Disposition Services hosted innovative workshop

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently wrapped up an Equipment Specialist Summit at their headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Nov. 16, 2023

Disposition team helps DLA Aviation open up shop in Okinawa

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s property reutilization personnel at Camp Kinser assisted their DLA colleagues in opening an overseas detachment in 2023 by supplying no-cost vans, electronics, furniture, and office supplies.

Nov. 15, 2023

Anniston site discusses changes and challenges during Disposition Services Director visit

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon recently conducted a crucial pre-Warehouse Management System site visit to Anniston, Alabama, November 8, 2023.

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Nov. 14, 2023

Battle Creek employees honored

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Three Defense Logistics Agency employees recently earned Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center Service Awards at the 67th Armed Forces Appreciation Luncheon Nov. 9 near Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Nov. 9, 2023

Year in Review: Resource Management

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Every successful organization relies on a team that makes it go, and important aspects of that work take place behind the scenes. For Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services, the Resource Management directorate plays a key supporting role.

Infographic of Tracy Hart and her father

Nov. 8, 2023

Honoring Veterans: Past and Present

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In this year's Veterans Day program video, we bring you a heartfelt message from the DLA Disposition Service Director and hear from several veterans within DLA organizations at HDIFC. With nearly 60% of our workforce having a background in military service, our agency stands as a testament to the enduring values of duty, honor, and sacrifice.

Nov. 6, 2023

Year in review: Business Support

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — From tech-focused research and development projects to the fielding of DLA’s Warehouse Management System, the Battle Creek-based Business Support team helped bolster mission effectiveness across the spectrum in 2023.

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Nov. 2, 2023

Culture team summit develops initiatives for Disposition Services

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Culture is taking care of the people. -Why do we care? Because the people take care of the mission.

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Nov. 1, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Tim Dauten

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Tim was recently selected as our new Operations Director. He's been with the agency for 14 years but growing up he dreamed of playing for the St. Louis Cardinals.

Women with mask on receiving chemotherapy treatment in a hospital bed.

Oct. 31, 2023

Breast cancer survivor shares her story to raise awareness

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Breast cancer would alter Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services employee, Krista Nawrocki's life indefinitely, but she would not let it define her.

Director Mike Cannon, wearing a blue jacket holds a mic while making his opening remarks. the room he is in has tan walls with a large window behind him the walls have painted murals but are not discernable due to be out of focus from shallow depth of field used to photograph Cannon.

Battle Creek, Mich Oct. 30, 2023

Leadership summit wraps up in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Leadership for The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and Document Servicers wrapped up their weeklong summit in Battle Creek, Michigan, October 27. It was a week of strategic planning and collaboration to chart the road ahead.

Oct. 26, 2023

Document Services helps power the naval nuclear program

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at the operations of Document Services site at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in South Carolina.

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Oct. 24, 2023

Leadership summit sets the course for excellence

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Leaders from our disposal and document services sites around the world joined their headquarters counterparts at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Covered containers sit on pallets outside near a warehouse.

Oct. 23, 2023

Alaska team removes Coast Guard hazardous waste

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s Anchorage-based disposal office is helping regional Coast Guard sites clear out pandemic-related backlogs.

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Oct. 16, 2023

Hawaii team helps Pearl Harbor hotel

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Navy Lodge Hawaii recently turned to DLA Disposition Services for the removal of more than 2,000 furniture and appliance items deemed excess after room upgrades at Pearl Harbor.

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Oct. 13, 2023

West region keeps culture in focus

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — West Coast property disposal sites held their first workplace culture-oriented summit in September.

DLA Disposition Services Oct. 11, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: James Isola

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — James Isola is a current member of PaCE Group 44 beginning in 2022.

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Oct. 9, 2023

Commentary: DLA Disposition Services Rotation Program broadens knowledge and skills

An Ohio based Disposal Services Representative enrolled into the DLA Disposition Services Rotation Program with the aim of broadening her skill set and enhancing her ability to better serve DLA’s customers effectively. She walked away with a better understanding to facets of processes that were previously obscured to her.

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Oct. 6, 2023

Combined Federal Campaign kicks off in Battle Creek

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Annual CFC fundraiser engages federal employees to donate to charities around the world

Oct. 4, 2023

Exercise planners helping DLA create effective training scenarios

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Exercises are useful training tools and are used to practice virtually every aspect of operations from safety procedures to battlefield movements.