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Oct. 2, 2025
Army Chinooks excel in delivering excess to DLA
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Chinook helicopters airlifted excess equipment from the Army's 10th Mountain Division to DLA Disposition Services as part of a unique training exercise at Fort Drum. The operation provided realistic logistical challenges for air crews while meeting a critical offload deadline.
Sept. 16, 2025
Washington Fire District Boosts Capabilities with Military Surplus Equipment
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In Whatcom County Fire District 14, military surplus trucks and generators once used by the military have been converted into vital tools for firefighting and rescue missions, thanks in part to Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.
Aug. 29, 2025
Battle Creek hosts annual excess property training for law enforcement
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office and DLA Disposition Services personnel welcomed 35 states to the annual event in mid-August.
Aug. 22, 2025
Vice director visits Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s top civilian received briefs from Michigan-based personnel and provided keynote remarks at the annual DOD Law Enforcement Support Office conference Aug. 18-19.
Aug. 8, 2025
South Carolina firefighters stretch budgets with DLA surplus
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Fire departments across the country are giving retired military vehicles a new lease on life—on the fireline.
July 25, 2025
Excess equipment deployed in Texas flood response
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Hard-hit communities conduct highwater rescues with MRAPs received through the agency’s Law Enforcement Support Office.
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.
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.
Oct. 29, 2024
Train loads of excess from DLA Disposition Services
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The nonprofit organization Railroading Heritage of Midwest America recently acquired a diesel switcher locomotive donation through Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services from the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.
Sept. 5, 2024
DLA Concludes Successful Law Enforcement Support Seminar in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — 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.
Aug. 9, 2024
Pearl Harbor team facilitates emergency $600k Maui wastewater equipment donation
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — DLA Disposition Services Pearl Harbor recently played a pivotal role in assisting Maui County following the catastrophic failure of critical centrifuges.
July 15, 2024
Army and DLA Disposition Services find success with R2E
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services continues find success with the U.S. Army on a partnership dubbed Rapid Removal of Excess, or R2E, meant to increase the Army’s surplus property disposal efficiency.
June 18, 2024
Navy command saves an additional 1.3 million with DLA Disposition Services
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, recently issued a mobile command center to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
June 4, 2024
Retired soldier sources excess DOD property for Las Vegas JROTC program
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Keith Archibald retired from the Army after 33 years of service. He began his military career as an enlisted legal specialist and retired as a lieutenant colonel in logistics. Today, he serves as the senior Army instructor for a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and uses surplus military property from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services to supplement student supplies.
Jan. 16, 2024
Montana nabs surplus snowcat for backcountry rescues
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Used military equipment “a game changer” for states’ ability to protect residents and manage public lands.