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Sept. 10, 2024

Music creates connection for the Defense Federal Choir

About a dozen Defense Supply Center Columbus associates never let the pandemic stop them from singing. They hail from all over the installation and have one thing in common – they are all members of the Defense Federal Choir.

Sept. 9, 2024

PACE Spotlight: Ryan McMahon

Ryan McMahon is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For his second year in the PACE Program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Richmond, VA.

Sept. 9, 2024

DLA support rep earns award for helping NAVCENT overcome contested logistics challenges

A DLA customer support representative in Bahrain is part of a group receiving the Adm. Stan Arthur Award for logistics and sustainment support.

Sept. 5, 2024

DLA Concludes Successful Law Enforcement Support Seminar in San Antonio

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently concluded a successful Law Enforcement Support Office seminar in San Antonio, Texas. The conference drew state coordinators from 39 states and territories, underscoring the critical role of inter-agency collaboration and mandatory training in the effective management and accountability of excess military property.

Sept. 4, 2024

Contracting team reviews recent AMR findings

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently concluded an Agency Management Review as leaders from across the organization came to the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, to discuss findings.

Sept. 3, 2024

DLA employees learn ways to eliminate insider threat

The Insider Threat Program is vital in assisting in the detection of potential risk Indicators and concerning behaviors, discouraging potential insider threats with security countermeasures, and mitigating risks with early detection and intervention to remove individuals form the critical pathway. Every year throughout the month of September, agencies like the Defence Logistics Agency observe and educate its employees on the unfortunate realities of insider threat. This years theme to National Insider Threat Awareness (NITAM) is exactly what the DLA Insider Threat Team is here to do: Detect, Deter, and Mitigate.

Sept. 3, 2024

Battle Creek hosts AMR team

Formal management evaluators visited DLA Disposition Services headquarters in August and are expected to share findings and recommendations in November.

Sept. 3, 2024

Suicide Prevention Month: Support is within reach

It's OK to seek help for mental health, says Cynthia Clark, the on-site EAP consultant at DLA Headquarters.

Aug. 29, 2024

Warner Robins logistics complex rehearses WMS implementation

Teammates from across DLA, the Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Sustainment Center met at Warner Robins Air Force Base to review processes and conduct a rehearsal of concept drill in advance of deploying WMS.

Aug. 28, 2024

COOPEX makes comeback for Disposition Services

Members of DLA Disposition Services participated in a Continuity of Operations exercise as a way to remain mission ready in the event of future emergencies.

Aug. 23, 2024

Agency exploring property disposition possibilities for Darwin-based Marines

DLA Disposition Services wants to secure enduring reverse logistics support for rotational U.S. forces training and operating in northern Australia.

Aug. 23, 2024

DLA enterprise improvement project supports process redesign

Subject matter experts from across the Defense Logistics Agency enterprise gathered for a Rejected Disposal Workshop at DLA Distribution Headquarters in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, July 29 – Aug. 1. The workshop is part of a DLA improvement project that focuses on activities for two of the project phases. Moving forward, the team will begin identifying related tasks for each of their recommendations developed during the workshop and obtain the approval of the project champion.

Aug. 22, 2024

Defense program awards DLA Land and Maritime engineer for new microcircuit device class

A Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime engineer is drawing Defense Department notice for his work with radiation hardened plastic encapsulated microcircuits.

Aug. 21, 2024

Looking back at the development of WMS

Now that the Warehouse Management System is in use across all DLA Disposition Services sites, take a look at how people from different parts of the organization helped to make it all happen.

Aug. 19, 2024

FPCON 101: Force protection conditions refresher

Whether approaching a gate entrance on a military installation or entering a government owned facility, you have probably noticed the installation’s Force Protection Condition level posted prominently.