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July 15, 2021

COREX team in Guam assist Navy command with excess items

For most, summer means vacations, but for the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contingency Overseas Readiness Exercise team it means training. The team deployed to Guam to demonstrate how they could support the warfighter with a prepositioned Expeditionary Site Set in a forward location.

June 25, 2021

DLA Disposition Services supports USNS Tippecanoe during COREX in Guam

The replenishment oiler brought turn-in items to a temporary field exercise site.

June 22, 2021

Guam exercise providing hands-on field training

This year’s COREX includes two weeks of instruction in the Indo-Pacific region for the first time.

June 21, 2021

Mission first, safety always

COREX participants and observers keep tight ties to safe practices during field ops.

June 21, 2021

Law Enforcement Support Office hosts state coordinators for in-person training

DLA Disposition Services’ LESO program invited state coordinators to the first face-to-face training since the pandemic.

June 14, 2021

DLA Disposition Services team trains in Guam during Contingency Overseas Readiness Exercise

“Our forward-positioned equipment, coupled with our training and our personnel that are deployable worldwide give us the practice to support the warfighter with disposal anywhere on the globe,” DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon said.

May 26, 2021

USMC gets a lift in Battle Creek

Personnel in Michigan are getting a quality training opportunity while providing money-saving heavy-lift capability to a deactivating Marine Corps Bridge Company that came to DLA’s aid in the past.

May 8, 2021

DLA Disposition Services training helps improve care of veterans

Recently members of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ Equal Employment Opportunity team provided training to the local Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 25 staff members.

Jan. 15, 2021

DLA Disposition Services site increases ability to support customers with new equipment and training

The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services uses a wide variety of material handling equipment to load and off-load trucks every day in support of warfighters. Having people trained on the MHEs is vital not only to complete the mission but to ensure it is done in a safe manner. Without trained operators, equipment sits idle; tasks go undone.

Battle Creek, Michigan Nov. 12, 2020

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services sets new standards with virtual safety summit

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services held a virtual Material Handling Equipment Safety Summit in November. Due to travel restrictions put in place by the Defense Department to help combat the pandemic, the annual material handling event was held online for the first time.

Oct. 27, 2020

Leadership sync perseveres through pandemic

Annual leaders meet up continues online in an upended 2020.

March 30, 2020

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Sexual Assault Response Coordinator provides education on prevention

April is Sexual Assault awareness month, although Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Robin Rogers strives to raise awareness year-round.

Nov. 5, 2019

Knowledge is power

Nuhu Kashalla, a Property Disposal Service Representative with Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services at Barstow, California, conducted a training session for customers at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, also known as 29 Palms.

Oct. 31, 2019

DSD West Resource Analyst Workshop

Crystal Leija leads a discussion during a four-day DLA Disposition Services West Region Resource Analyst workshop held at command headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, in October.

Oct. 28, 2019

Senior Leader Summit concludes, recognizing excellence

The 2019 Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Senior Leader Summit came to a close October 25 after a week of discussions focusing on how to improve the customer experience for the warfighter. The summit covered all aspects of the DLA Disposition Services business, with the goal of improving safety and agency culture while saving the taxpayers money.