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Molly Capps, principal of McDeeds Creek Elementary School in Carthage, N.C., left, signs for the computers donated to her school by U.S. Army Forces Command from Eric Garris, Defense Logistics Agency, Oct. 15.

Oct. 22, 2019

Army computers serve on in local school district

Fort Bragg, North Carolina — Computers and accessories once used by soldiers at U.S. Army Forces Command continue to serve as they help North Carolina students learn

Navy Logistics Specialist 1st Class David Freeman, a member of Disposal Support Unit 2 out of Anniston, Alabama, prepares to drop a load of electronics into an industrial shredder at Camp Grayling, Michigan, during OCORT ’18.

June 19, 2018

It's getting real: annual exercise adds complexity

CAMP GRAYLING, Mich. — The annual expeditionary training for disposition personnel known as OCORT has added a new location and new real-life customers in a bid to create greater levels of realism.

DLA Disposition Services Logistics Management Division Chief Arthur Welsh describes the mobile office concept to Disposal Service Representatives during a customer support workshop in Battle Creek, Michigan, May 15. NOTE: Photo has been partially blurred to protect proprietary third-party technology.

May 15, 2018

Disposition reps share ideas, training

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The DLA Disposition Services 2018 Disposal Service Representative Workshop kicked off in Battle Creek, Michigan, May 15, offering a packed schedule to more than 50 front-line agency reps from all around the world.

Luis Pena serves as the lone full-time civil servant for the Defense Logistics Agency in Puerto Rico. He helps military units shed their excess and used equipment and gets rid of their scrap metal. Here, he evaluates the pending scrap removal demands at Camp Santiago, which was one of the island's military installations hardest hit by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

April 26, 2018

Luis Pena supports post-Maria Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, PR. — Luis Pena serves as the Defense Logistics Agency's lone civil servant in Puerto Rico. And his job - helping warfighters get rid of used equipment and scrap - got a lot more challenging after the 2017 hurricane season.

Christopher Camacho, Area Manager, DLA Disposition Services (left); and U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, director, Defense Logistics Agency; look at damaged doors taken from High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, aka Humvees, as Busch tours a DLA warehouse with Joseph Hayward, Supply Management Specialist, DLA Distribution and Brent Cox, Director, DLA Distribution aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Jan. 26.

Feb. 14, 2017

Defense Logistics Agency three star visits MCLB Barstow

BARSTOW, California — United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew E. Busch, who heads the organization supplying every branch of America’s military, visited Defense Logistics Agency facilities aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., Jan. 26.

Defense Logistics Agency employee Angela Patterson (left) and Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Marcus Pryor (right) view the new Digital DSR tool.

Sept. 30, 2016

New disposal support representative always on duty

Battle Creek, Michigan — Customers may already know to contact a disposal support representative when needing advice about turning in property, but the newcomer can claim to work longer hours because this is a digital DSR.