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March 23, 2023

National Reading Month: SQL QuickStart Guide

March is National Reading Month and throughout the month, DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence program participants are sharing insights from books they recently finished.

March 20, 2023

National Reading Month: Public Speaking in a Week

March is National Reading Month. Everyday reading increases knowledge and develops personal and professional skills. Throughout the month, the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence program participants are sharing insights from books* they recently finished. *No official Department of Defense endorsement implied

March 18, 2023

Disposition Services Central region bids their director farewell

The Defense Logistics Agency’s Army LTC Vincent Felix is saying goodbye after serving as the Director of Disposition Services Central Region for the previous seven months.

March 16, 2023

Japan firetruck reuse helps NH Air Guard

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 13, 2023

National Reading Month: Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living

March is National Reading Month. Everyday reading increases knowledge and develops personal and professional skills. Throughout the month, the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence program participants are sharing insights from books* they recently finished. *No official Department of Defense endorsement implied

March 10, 2023

Leadership Spotlight: Charles Rice

Meet the incoming People and Culture Division Chief Charles Rice.

March 8, 2023

Idaho Lands receives $70 million in donated equipment from DLA since 2013

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.

March 6, 2023

National Reading Month: The Gumbo Coalition: Ten Leadership Lessons to Help You Inspire, Unite, and Achieve

March is National Reading Month. Everyday reading increases knowledge and develops personal and professional skills. Throughout the month, the DLA Disposition Services Pathways to Career Excellence program participants are sharing insights from books* they recently finished. *No official Department of Defense endorsement implied

March 3, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: James “Jamey” Walker

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.

March 1, 2023

Empower your journey: Recommended reading for personal and professional growth and development

March is National Reading Month and some of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services leaders have shared the titles that had a lasting impact on them professionally.

Feb. 28, 2023

Disposition Services Contracting Officer receives DLA award

Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Contracting Officer Annette Graham was presented with the Excellence in Acquisition award during DLA’s 55th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Program Jan. 26 at its Fort Belvoir, Virginia, headquarters.

Feb. 24, 2023

Custom apparatus ready to respond to fires and floods in Texas

A military cargo truck declared excess now serves Texas’ Pecan Grove Volunteer Fire as a multi-purpose response vehicle thanks to the DOD Firefighter Property Program and Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.

Feb. 21, 2023

DAU makes Battle Creek house call

The agency’s reverse logistics team hosted its first guest post-pandemic guest instructor during a Defense Acquisition University training session in Michigan Feb. 15-16.

Feb. 17, 2023

Today’s military surplus growing tomorrow’s energy

Excess military equipment donated by Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services is playing a part in alternative energy and agricultural research happening in North Carolina.

Feb. 15, 2023

PaCE Spotlight: LaRoy "Lulu" Clark

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.