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May 3, 2023
Leadership Spotlight: Richard TeBeau
BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Meet DLA Document Services Director Richard TeBeau.
April 20, 2023
PaCE Spotlight: Paul Riggs
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Pathways to Career Excellence Program for DLA Disposition Services is a two-year program that takes PaCERs through all of Disposition Services and its processes to learn as much as possible about the directorate.
March 10, 2023
Leadership Spotlight: Charles Rice
BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Meet the incoming People and Culture Division Chief Charles Rice.
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.
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. 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.
Jan. 31, 2023
PaCE Spotlight: Aaron Bunn
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ Aaron Bunn works for the Environmental Branch in Battle Creek, Michigan, as an environmentalist. He participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program as a part of PaCE Group 34, from 2017 - 2019.
Jan. 17, 2023
PaCE Spotlight: Kaveh Amirsolaimani
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Kaveh Amirsolaimani, better known as Kevin Amir among his colleagues, is a Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Property Disposal Specialist within the Operations Receipt Branch. He began the Pathways to Career Excellence Program in 2018 and completed it in 2019.
Dec. 21, 2022
PaCE Spotlight: Don Zimmerman
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Don Zimmerman participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 1989 to 1990 when it was the Corporate Intern Program. Currently, he is a program manager in the Development Branch at DLA Disposition Services and manages the Training and Operations Simulation Center located at the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base in Michigan.
Dec. 6, 2022
PaCE Spotlight: Marci Gardner
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Marci Gardner is currently a property disposal specialist at Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services in Anniston, Alabama, and participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program in 1989, when the program was known as the Corporate Intern Program.
Nov. 23, 2022
PaCE Spotlight: Karin DeGraw
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Karin DeGraw is a management and program analyst for the Process Excellence Team at Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. She began the PaCE Program in 2017 and graduated in 2019.
Nov. 18, 2022
Area manager Milazzo recognized
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The agency’s lead for property disposal across Alaska is a DLA Disposition Services employee of the quarter.
Nov. 9, 2022
PaCE Spotlight: Brandon Awkerman
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brandon Awkerman is in his second year of the Pathways to Career Excellence Program and is currently located at Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan. He is in the Contracting PaCE Program, so he will not be placed at a field site location during or after his participation in the PaCE Program. Brandon’s group had a unique experience in the program as they were in their first year of the program when the pandemic began.
Nov. 3, 2022
Alaska property disposal specialist honored
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Employee of the Quarter Capus Bryant’s takeover of the Anchorage property reuse mission has helped push the site’s production metrics to new levels.
Oct. 23, 2022
PaCE Spotlight: Cameron Schuemann
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services Project Manager Cameron Schuemann participated in the Pathways to Career Excellence Program from 2006 to 2008. During the time he participated, the program was still called the Corporate Intern Program.