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March 13, 2023
National Reading Month: Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — March is National Reading Month. Everyday reading increases knowledge and develops personal and professional skills. Throughout the month, the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence program participants are sharing insights from books* they recently finished. *No official Department of Defense endorsement implied
March 10, 2023
Leadership Spotlight: Charles Rice
BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Meet the incoming People and Culture Division Chief Charles Rice.
March 8, 2023
Idaho Lands receives $70 million in donated equipment from DLA since 2013
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A savvy used property screener for the Idaho Department of Lands has brought tens of millions of dollars in used and surplus DOD equipment to his state to fight fires and protect rural communities in the past decade.
March 6, 2023
National Reading Month: The Gumbo Coalition: Ten Leadership Lessons to Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve
March 3, 2023
PaCE Spotlight: James “Jamey” Walker
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — James “Jamey” Walker is the demilitarization coordinator for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Central DEMIL Depot in Anniston, Alabama. He participated in the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2019-2021 in Group 38.
March 1, 2023
Empower your journey: Recommended reading for personal and professional growth and development
BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — March is National Reading Month and some of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services leaders have shared the titles that had a lasting impact on them professionally.
Feb. 28, 2023
Disposition Services Contracting Officer receives DLA award
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contracting Officer Annette Graham was presented with the Excellence in Acquisition award during DLA’s 55th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Program Jan. 26 at its Fort Belvoir, Virginia, headquarters.
Feb. 21, 2023
DAU makes Battle Creek house call
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s reverse logistics team hosted its first guest post-pandemic guest instructor during a Defense Acquisition University training session in Michigan Feb. 15-16.
Feb. 15, 2023
PaCE Spotlight: LaRoy "Lulu" Clark
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — LaRoy “Lulu” Clark participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2015-2017. The PaCE Program is a two-year program that takes PaCERs through all of DLA 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 PaCERs or at an assigned field site for Property Disposal PaCERs.
Feb. 13, 2023
Out with the old, in with the new – WMS transition is underway
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services San Antonio Go Live event is complete, and the Warehouse Management System is officially in use within Disposition Services.
Feb. 10, 2023
HDIFC encourages healthy living at Winter Wellness Fair
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Battle Creek Morale Welfare and Recreation and Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s Voluntary Protection Program Wellness Committee partnered to host the Winter Wellness Health Fair Feb. 8 in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Feb. 8, 2023
Okinawa-based crane operator honored
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — 33-year agency veteran and recent DLA Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter Takashi Shimabukuro has perhaps the coolest job in DLA: tearing objects and equipment apart with his tracked crane.
Feb. 6, 2023
Disposal experts to rid Guam base of crash debris
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s property disposal team is managing removal of a B-52 Stratofortress brought down by birds during a 2016 mishap at Andersen Air Force Base.
Feb. 3, 2023
Navy saves millions using DLA Disposition Services for ship recycling
Battle Creek, Mich — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services is assisting the U.S. Navy in recycling five retired ships as part of a scrap sales contract to protect the environment and save taxpayer money.
Feb. 1, 2023
DLA Modernization reaches new heights with unveiling of WMS
SAN ANTONIO, Texa. — Members of the Defense Logistics Agency gathered in San Antonio, Texas, for the official unveiling of the Warehouse Management System ribbon cutting ceremony.