Disposition Services News

Feb. 11, 2025

Veteran-owned small businesses can seek DOD surplus property

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An amendment signed in 2019 grants veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to request property from the ever-evolving DLA Disposition Services surplus military equipment inventory.

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Feb. 7, 2025

Employee Spotlight: Jose Garcia

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Get to know Jose Garcia, Material Examiner/ Identifier with DLA Disposition Services at San Antonio, Texas.

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Feb. 4, 2025

PACE spotlight: Brett Curry

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brett Curry is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Camp Pendleton, California.

Jan. 30, 2025

Tennessee school saves big with excess relocatable building

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Clarksville, Tennessee school recently saved significant dollars by acquiring a free excess relocatable building made available through Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.

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Jan. 27, 2025

New area managers meet in Michigan

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently conducted a five-day Area Manager Orientation that kicked off Jan. 13 at the major sub-command’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan.

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Jan. 23, 2025

Southeast region building more effective leaders

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Southeast region hosted its annual leadership summit at their Anniston, Alabama field site.

Jan. 21, 2025

Surplus military vehicle firefighting conversion plans available

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A free repository of firefighting apparatus blueprints developed by Michigan’s Forest Fire Experiment Station includes instructions for the repurposing of former military equipment released by the Defense Logistics Agency.

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Jan. 14, 2025

SkillBridge tailors OJT for transitioning servicemembers

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A DLA Disposition Services-assigned Army officer leveraged the six-month DOD program to continue working for the agency after military retirement.

High school students sit at long lab tables working on laptops while a teacher stands looking at them in a class room.

Jan. 9, 2025

Excess military computers donated to rural Ohio schools through DLA

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The National Trail Local School District in Paris, Ohio, is a small, rural district in a farming community where education funds are tight. Yet, thanks to the efforts of District Technology Coordinator Brian Pool, students there are thriving in the digital age with some help from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and DOD Computers for Learning.

Jan. 7, 2025

2024 Highlights: Business Support

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Business Support directorate played a major role throughout a year focused on organizational transformation.

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Jan. 2, 2025

Agency supports Fort Cavazos cleanup

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — In a display of environmental stewardship and community responsibility, soldiers stationed at Texas’ Fort Cavazos spread out across the installation and training areas to tackle illegal dumping during a post-wide cleanup.

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Dec. 31, 2024

2024 Highlights: North-East

BATTLE CREEK — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services North-East Region’s Director Beth Ford said that her team had a challenging and exciting 2024. “The linchpin to our success was leveraging our New Employee Orientation program to make our team more efficient and effective and emphasize the collective capabilities of our entire regional network versus any specific site.”

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Dec. 26, 2024

2024 Highlights: Operations

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The directorate at the heart of the agency’s reverse logistics business rolls into the new year with a clear focus on strengthening data analytics and fine-tuning customer service.

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Dec. 23, 2024

2024 Highlights: Mid America

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ Mid-America region had what Region Director Jessie Parisano called “a great 2024.”

A civilian helps a soldier understand turn-in guidance while looking at an Army vehicle.

Dec. 18, 2024

2024 Highlights: Europe and Africa

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Disposition personnel overseas deployed WMS in warehouses and field scenarios, trained scores of forward-deployed warfighters on proper turn-in procedures, and helped units increase their readiness by taking excess property off the books.

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