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April 7, 2025
DLA property managers earn industry-recognized certification
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Eight Defense Logistics Agency Installation Management employees earned their industry-recognized National Property Management Association certification at the DLA Headquarters March 28.
April 4, 2025
Ramstein taps DLA property reuse stream for WMD threat response system
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inactivation of a Germany-based Army Reserve Weapons of Mass Destruction response team recently freed up a $1 million collection of chemical sensors, detectors, and protective personal gear quickly scooped up by the Air Force’s 435th Air Ground Operations Wing.
April 3, 2025
Marine Corps Deputy Commandant to logisticians: Deter, set the theater for potential conflicts
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — This agency is a strategic and critical enabler in the pursuit of setting the theater to deter and posture military forces to prevail, the Marine Corps Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics told Defense Logistics Agency employees March 28.
April 1, 2025
Commentary: Civil defense leads DLA to catastrophe response, whole-of-government support
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — There is a common misconception that DLA became a whole-of-government provider after Hurricane Katrina. While DLA did systemize its catastrophe response following the 2005 destruction of New Orleans, it's been helping the nation react to weather events since the early 1970s.
March 31, 2025
Kuwait provides experience of a lifetime for Disposition Service member
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Olivia Beavers, a Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services environmental protection specialist, discusses her PCS to the Kuwait field site.
March 28, 2025
Hardwood air-to-ground weapons range refreshes targets with DLA assistance
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Hardwood Air-to-Ground Weapons Range recently refreshed several targets using excess property from the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services that had been deemed scrap.
March 27, 2025
DLA and VHA sign 10-year, $3.6B partnership agreement
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — Senior leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency and Veterans Health Administration signed an interagency agreement for healthcare support at DLA Headquarters March 12.
March 25, 2025
PACE Spotlight: Paul Turner
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Program for DLA Disposition Services is a two-year program that takes PACER’s through all of Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate. The first year takes place at DLA Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, and the second year either takes place in Battle Creek for Contracting PACER’s or at an assigned field site for Property Disposal PACER’s.
March 24, 2025
Real ID Act brings new identification requirements for domestic travel, installation access
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — After years of delays and extensions, the federal government’s Real ID Act is officially in effect, bringing new identification requirements for domestic air travel and access to federal facilities and military installations.
March 21, 2025
Battle Creek updates vice director on AOP
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team members in Battle Creek, Michigan participate in a virtual brief with Brad Bunn, the vice director of DLA.
White paper: War reserves should include tactical energy storage, batteries
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Batteries and tactical energy storage should be included in pre-positioned war reserve materiel to ensure today’s modernized joint force is electronically equipped for success, Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime officials say in a white paper published last month.
March 20, 2025
Troop Support provides Medal of Honor decorations to American heroes
PHILADELPHIA — The highest military honor awarded by the United States, is procured by a team of logisticians at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support in Philadelphia.
March 18, 2025
Metals recapture lowers agency supply chain costs
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA’s Precious Metals Recovery Program extracts elements like gold, silver, and platinum from scrap to decrease defense production expenses.
March 17, 2025
AI to boost efficiency, optimize logistics support as DLA standardizes use of new tech
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — AI is already empowering decisions across DLA with over 55 models in various stages of production, testing and use in areas like demand planning and supply chain risk management.
March 14, 2025
DLA vehicle managers use technology to enhance safety, operational efficiency
FORT BELVOIR, Va. — The Defense Logistics Agency is modernizing its fleet management practices using technology monitoring vehicle use and employee driving behaviors to make informed decisions about safety, costs and operational efficiency.