DLA Europe And Africa News

Category: Disposition Services

Material Examiner and Identifier Eric Thorne, from Norfolk, and Property Disposal Specialist Todd Lutter, from the Kaiserslautern site in Germany, watch during a MHE Rodeo skills challenge event at the DLA Disposition Services expeditionary support facility in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Oct. 30, 2018

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The inaugural DLA Disposition Services MHE Rodeo pitted 13 of the agency's best forklift drivers in a head-to-head, eight event battle for supremacy Oct. 23-25.

During his State of Command message, DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon counts off the many ways the workforce supports the Defense Logistics Agency's effort to support all of the government.

Oct. 26, 2018

“It’s been a very good year”

Battle Creek, Michigan — Attendees from across the global workforce gathered in Battle Creek, Michigan, Oct. 22-26 for a Senior Leader Summit where they heard DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon call the time since their previous gathering “a very good year.”

The team uses heavy equipment to moves damaged vehicles to the shearing area.

Oct. 23, 2018

Mobile team takes demil mission to the warfighter

Bost, Afghanistan — When you count on vehicles for protection as well as transportation, you don’t want your used ones to fall into the wrong hands, something the Defense Logistics Agency is well equipped to prevent.

Lt. Gen. Paul Funk II, the III Corps and Fort Hood commander, holds a tag during the Fort Hood Clean Sweep Surge Event while explaining that he was a senior at Montana State University when a chemical detector passed its most recent readiness inspection on December 13, 1983.

Oct. 17, 2018

Eliminating the plague of excess at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas — A Fort Hood Clean Sweep Surge Event included an interagency team of personnel from Fort Hood Recycle, the Fort Hood Landfill, and DLA Disposition Services.

DLA Disposition Services materials examiner and identifier Jeremy Liehr was named Defense Logistics Agency Employee of the Quarter in October for serving as agency equipment manager in Afghanistan.

Oct. 12, 2018

Liehr named DLA Employee of Quarter

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Jeremy Liehr, a materials examiner and identifier for the DLA Disposition Services at Lewis site, was recently named one of three Defense Logistics Agency Employees of the Quarter.

Oct. 12, 2018

Visit to site of key World War I victory prompts reflection, appreciation

Nov. 11, 2018, marks not only Veterans Day but also the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. Members of the DLA Europe and Africa Enterprise team recently visited the sites of the St. Mihiel Offensive — a key moment in the history of Europe and of the U.S. Army.

A Defense Logistics Agency employee reflects on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at one of the historic displays.

Sept. 11, 2018

Event shares memories of 9-11

Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees and other members of the workforce in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center gathered for a 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony and shared their memories of that fateful day in 2001.

A Coast Guard forward inspection team screens the items before they are approved for shipment.

Sept. 10, 2018

Coast Guard finds a bargain at Okinawa site

Okinawa, Japan — A visit to the DLA Disposition Services website pays dividends to Coast Guard aircrews in North Carolina who saved almost a million dollars by not having to buy new equipment.

Aug. 29, 2018

DLA Distribution Europe Commander recognizes local German firefighters

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Firefighters from Lingenfeld and Germersheim fire departments were recognized with special coins and certificates of appreciation by the U.S. Army Aug. 21 for their recent emergency response efforts to a fire last month at Germersheim Army Depot.

Scrap contractor employees begin the mutilation required to demilitarize a 56-foot naval work boat.

Aug. 17, 2018

Navy work boats meet swift end in Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Japan — While they may not have been swift in the water, three Navy work boats met a quick end with the help of Defense Logistics Agency employees in Japan.