Disposition Services News

Adam Ingrao, from the Michigan State University Extension Office, describes the Heroes to Hives program.

March 7, 2019

Battle Creek, Michigan — Active duty military members, veterans and spouses gathered at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center March 6 to learn how they could help battle a threat, not to national security, but to the nation’s bee population.

Before and after views of the Anson Volunteer Fire Department's former military truck.

March 7, 2019

Agency provides Texas emergency response assets

Anson, Texas — A stranded motorist was recently rescued by volunteer firefighters in Texas using a five-ton truck once operated by the military.

Gigi Coleman works the crowd as her great aunt and daredevil pilot Bessie Coleman during a Black History Month event at DLA Disposition Services headquarters in Michigan Feb. 28.

March 1, 2019

Black history soars at Battle Creek event

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Bessie Coleman became the first woman of African-American and Native American descent to earn an international pilot's license in 1921. Nearly a hundred years later, her great niece recounts her story for DLA and the public.

Kevin Lambert, a teacher at Layton Christian Academy in Utah, oversees his students as they work on computers donated to the school through the DoD Computers for Learning Program and DLA Disposition Services.

Feb. 13, 2019

Utah students benefit from Computers for Learning

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — A small K-12 academy recently updated one of its computer labs with 60 used military laptops for only $2,500

Al Hight, director and chief diversity & inclusion equal employment opportunity manager for the Equal Employment Opportunity Office, shares highlights from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life like attending the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Feb. 8, 2019

Employees gather to remember King

Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees gathered in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center Feb. 7 for a belated commemoration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

It may be sunny, but it's still minus 25 degrees as Disposal Service Representative Rob De Long uses a Bobcat with a snow blower to clear snow from the truck scale.

Jan. 31, 2019

A cold day in New York

Ft. Drum, New York — A cold visitor from far north brought work to a halt at the DLA Disposition Services site in upstate New York.

Hurricane Michael created an estimated 15 million pounds of scrap and more than 450 uninhabitable buildings at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. DLA Disposition Services personnel scrap disposal coordination at the installation may last as long as six months.

Jan. 15, 2019

Hurricane recovery support ongoing at Tyndall AFB

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Area disposition personnel are putting in extra work to help Florida's Tyndall Air Force Base make the speediest recovery possible from the devastation of Hurricane Michael.

Army 1st Lt. Jason Bryant, currently interning with DLA Disposition Services, assists with an inventory at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, site.

Jan. 14, 2019

Soldiers train for new careers while helping agency

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — DLA Disposition Services interns have shown how workforce development and warfighter support can merge during transition assistance training.

Robert Helgeson (left), U.S. Central Command’s deputy director for logistics and engineering, listens as LaTanya Callahan (center), area manager, and Navy Cmdr. Max Becker, officer in charge of DLA Disposition Services in Afghanistan, explain yard operations.

Jan. 10, 2019

Bagram staff shares mission info with senior logistics leader

Bagram, Afghanistan — Defense Logistics Agency employees serving in Bagram, Afghanistan, had the chance to enhance warfighter trust and get their New Year off to a good start with a visit from a senior logistician on the U.S. Central Command staff.

eaders from DLA's Joint Reserve Force, DLA Disposition Service's Joint Reserve Team and expeditionary support personnel in Battle Creek gather for a group shot during the annual Disposal Support Team planning huddle Dec. 14-16.

Dec. 20, 2018

Uniformed disposal teams prep for 2019

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Leaders from the six Disposal Support Units leave their annual huddle with a plan for warfighter support in the coming year.

Margaret Jones, an agency rep from the DLA Disposition Services site at Nellis, stands next to the pickup truck’s tailgate as Air force service members unload excess computes for possible use in the Computers For Learning program and recycling.

Dec. 19, 2018

Storerooms emptied by mass e-waste turn-in event

Nellis AFB, Nevada — Airmen at Nellis Air Force Base faced a glut of outdated computer equipment that needed to be removed in a responsible way to protect the environment.

DLA Director and DLA Navy Senior Enlisted Leader present a group award to a team of eight people.

Dec. 18, 2018

Recognition ceremony lauds individual, team achievements

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — Defense Logistics Agency employees from across the enterprise packed the McNamara Headquarters Complex Auditorium to honor team and individual contributions at the 51st Annual Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony Dec. 13.

A John Deere forklift loader awaits sale at the DLA Disposition Services at Djibouti excess property yard onboard Camp Lemonnier. DLA recently completed its very first usable excess property sale on the continent of Africa.

Dec. 14, 2018

Agency usable excess property sales begin in Africa

Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti — 35 items netted almost $50,000 in continent’s first online excess property auction.

Don Phillips, DLA Installation Support at Battle Creek site director, pulls a cart full of donated items into the Salvation Army facility.

Dec. 7, 2018

Agency employees share holiday spirit with their neighbors

Battle Creek, Michigan — Once again Defense Logistics Agency employees in Battle Creek, Michigan, connected with the community to help those in need enjoy the holiday season through the employees’ contributions to the Salvation Army’s Adopt-A-Family program.

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.

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