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April 22, 2025
How can my organization get surplus military equipment to display?
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services represents just one of several ways museums and interested organizations can pursue obsolete or surplus military vehicles and equipment for static display.
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.
Feb. 11, 2025
Veteran-owned small businesses can seek DOD surplus property
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An amendment signed in 2019 grants veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to request property from the ever-evolving DLA Disposition Services surplus military equipment inventory.
Jan. 21, 2025
Surplus military vehicle firefighting conversion plans available
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A free repository of firefighting apparatus blueprints developed by Michigan’s Forest Fire Experiment Station includes instructions for the repurposing of former military equipment released by the Defense Logistics Agency.
Jan. 9, 2025
Excess military computers donated to rural Ohio schools through DLA
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The National Trail Local School District in Paris, Ohio, is a small, rural district in a farming community where education funds are tight. Yet, thanks to the efforts of District Technology Coordinator Brian Pool, students there are thriving in the digital age with some help from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and DOD Computers for Learning.
Dec. 6, 2024
Michigan wildfire workshop promotes military surplus equipment repurposing
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An annual gathering of wildfire response experts in Roscommon highlights federally-supported Firefighter Property Program benefits and the conversion of DLA-sourced former military vehicles and equipment to modern firefighting apparatus.
Oct. 22, 2024
Property reutilization prioritized for 2025
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — In support of a new long-term agency strategy, DLA’s reverse logistics arm wants to triple the amount of used and excess DOD property reclaimed by warfighters.
Oct. 14, 2024
Surplus property donations add to DOD hurricane response contributions
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Donations of no-cost used equipment like diesel generators and trailers from used military stock helps regional and local officials accelerate disaster response efforts.
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 31, 2024
Former Air Force planes provided to DOJ
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency property disposal specialists recently facilitated the transfer of former U.S. Special Operations Command aircraft to the Department of Justice.
Feb. 20, 2024
(A new) Home on the range: JRTC
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The creative application of DLA’s used equipment stocks is allowing Army brigades training in Louisiana to maneuver in ways they never have before.
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.
Nov. 16, 2023
Disposition team helps DLA Aviation open up shop in Okinawa
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s property reutilization personnel at Camp Kinser assisted their DLA colleagues in opening an overseas detachment in 2023 by supplying no-cost vans, electronics, furniture, and office supplies.
Sept. 27, 2023
Agency scrap handler donated for humanitarian assistance
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Okinawa-based machine will be provided to a yet-to-be-determined U.S. aid recipient after refurbishment.
July 18, 2023
Desert aerospace education boosted by DLA used property stocks
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The world’s biggest privately funded air and space museum has long relied on DLA’s military surplus and excess property pipeline to help execute its education mission.