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A large piece of green equipment with an extendable boom prepares to lift a container that is used to ship items on the back of semitrucks. The operation is taking place in a parking lot.

May 18, 2023

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team in Columbus, Ohio, knew they could put a Rough Terrain Container Handler to good use, but with a price tag of over $1 million for a new one, it was just out of reach.

Sailors talk to high school students in an auditorium.

May 5, 2023

Guam school gets free flat panel monitors through DLA

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The 227 used devices were provided via DLA’s Computers For Learning tech donation effort.

March 16, 2023

Japan firetruck reuse helps NH Air Guard

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — New Hampshire’s 157th Logistics Readiness Squadron has put millions of dollars in used DOD equipment back to work since getting familiar with the DLA property reuse mission.

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.

Sept. 2, 2022

Montana firefighters save 20 homes with former DOD equipment

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Polson Rural Fire District is one of countless around the U.S. that rely on used military vehicles and gear to help fight wildfires.

Four people hold boxes of supplies with other boxes of supplies near them.

April 12, 2022

Disposal team expertise places surplus mission goods in Maryland food banks

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel recently assisted Marines to clear out excess material and steer surplus COVID and humanitarian relief property to needy families in Maryland.

An ROTC student is dressed in an Army camouflage uniform with snow on the ground

April 6, 2022

DLA Disposition Services supports ROTC winter training in New Hampshire

UNIVERSITY OF New Hampshire — Equipment acquired from the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services was used to help educate and train the next generation of military officers at the University of New Hampshire.

June 22, 2021

Paris, Texas PD deploys surplus MRAP during SWAT response

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The former military Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected armored vehicle protected police while taking about 30 rounds from a barricaded gunman in an all-night standoff.

Steve Bourget stands with a stack of new computers in boxes.

March 25, 2021

DLA Services and National Guard get computers to students

GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — New Hampshire Army National Guard elements recently turned over 100 excess computers to a local school through DOD’s Computers for Learning, administrated by Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.

Excess hydraulic oil from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, will help Caterpillar D4K2 Firefighting Dozers used by the South Carolina Forestry Commission deal with the extreme conditions that occur during while putting out fires, which can damage to hydraulic hoses and fittings.

March 3, 2021

Excess oil to support South Carolina forestry equipment

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — More than 800 gallons of excess hydraulic oil no longer needed at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, will now help sustain equipment used by the South Carolina Forestry Commission to fight fires.

A warehouse worker prepares kitchen equipment for movement.

Feb. 19, 2021

Puerto Rico school rebuilds with surplus property

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A small K-12 academy in the island territory looked to the states and federal government for vehicles and equipment after Hurricane Maria losses.