DLA Europe And Africa News

Category: Disposition Services

DLA Disposition Services comes through for soldiers in rural Poland, helping them outfit austere field exercise conditions with excess furniture and gym equipment.

Aug. 8, 2018

Poland — The agency highlights its expeditionary support efforts in a new "Everywhere You Go" video clip set in rural Poland.

Just over 6 million pounds of scrap waits for removal from the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll.

Aug. 1, 2018

Teamwork moves a mountain in the Pacific

USAG Kwajalein Atoll — After more than two years of talks and planning, Defense Logistics Agency personnel watched as two barges successfully transported more than 6 million pounds of scrap material from the U.S. Army Garrison at Kwajalein Atoll.

Aug. 1, 2018

Logistics on location, everywhere you go

Fort Belvoir, Virginia — The Defense Logistics Agency partners with military and civilian organizations around the world to sustain operations with critical supplies during war and peacetime. Below are summaries of videos demonstrating how DLA provided outstanding logistics support during two recent European exercises.

Local warfighters and Defense Logistics Agency personnel gather together at the new collection point on Camp Humphreys to celebrate its grand opening.

July 6, 2018

Agency cuts the ribbon at new Humphreys site

USAG Humphreys, South Korea — Defense Logistics Agency employees at Gimcheon, South Korea, recently celebrated the official Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for their new collection point at Camp Humphreys.

June 27, 2018

109th AW donates computers to Anderson Center for Autism

STRATTON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 109th Airlift Wing website — The Anderson Center for Autism in Staatsburg, New York, has about 100 new computers thanks to the 109th Airlift Wing and the Department of Defense’s computers for learning (CFL) program.

Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Leet uses a plasma cutter during Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training June 19 at Fort Custer, Michigan. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. J. Scott Mathews.

June 26, 2018

Disposition Services’ Reservists and Civilians participate in OCORT

FORT CUSTER, Mich. — More than 60 Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services military reservists and civilians from all over the world gathered June 8-23 to participate in the annual Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training (OCORT) at two locations in Michigan.

After learning about resources, veterans receive surplus military items provided to Veterans Affairs from DLA Disposition Services.

June 20, 2018

Agency supports Veterans Affairs outreach to Grand Rapids veterans

Wyoming, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees leant their support to veterans in need through a Veteran Affairs Stand Down in Wyoming, Michigan, on June 15.

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.

Army Master Sgt. Lewmas Laurinaitis, a culinary specialist with the 16th Sustainment Brigade cooks French toast in a mobile kitchen with subsistence items provided by DLA during Saber Strike 2018. DLA is supporting the U.S. Army, Europe-led exercise taking place in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland June 3-15. Photo by Nutan Chada

June 19, 2018

DLA forward presence enhances commodity, service support during Saber Strike

U.S. forces in the Baltics and Poland for Saber Strike 2018 have easier access to critical supplies like food, fuel and repair parts with the deployment of Defense Logistics Agency personnel to Powidz, Poland.

Engineers from the host installation and DLA Disposition Services Installation Operations inspect generators before they are put into service to electrify large area maintenance shelters.

June 8, 2018

Site visits support operations and real property accounting

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait — Members of DLA Installation Operations Battle Creek and Europe and Africa recently conducted site and customer engagement visits at DLA Disposition Services sites in Germany, Kuwait and Qatar.