DLA Europe And Africa News

Category: Disposition Services

Elementary students in Drummond, Oklahoma, work in their new computer lab. Their district acquired 114 desktop units from Vance Air Force Base via DLA. Older students installed operating systems, drivers, software and network switches to prepare the machines for reuse.

Feb. 27, 2018

Employees reaching out to help schools meet technology needs

Hill AFB, Utah — People from across DLA Disposition Services are working to build greater awareness of the DoD Computers for Learning program.

Occupational Health Nurse Sharon Butters, a Defense Logistics Agency employee, donates a pint herself at the Feb. 7 blood drive she helped to coordinate.

Feb. 9, 2018

First blood drive gets 2018 off to a good start

Battle Creek, Michigan — While the initial number seems low, Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center employees rallied to meet the need for donations at the Feb. 7 blood drive.

Commander meets with DLA Europe and Africa deputy commander

Feb. 7, 2018

Deputy Commander DLA Europe & Africa visits DSCR on tour of agency’s MSCs

Richmond, Va. — Gordon Hackett, deputy commander of Defense Logistics Agency Europe & Africa, visited DLA Aviation on Defense Supply Center Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 1 as part of a week-long familiarization tour of the agency’s major subordinate commands to find out more about their current missions.

A student at San Antonio, Texas' Royal Point Academy learns on a former computer that came through DLA Disposition Services at San Antonio and DoD's Computers for Learning program. Photo provided by Royal Point Academy

Feb. 6, 2018

School makes good use of used military computers

San Antonio, Texas — Students at the Royal Point Academy, San Antonio, Texas now have their hands on computers once used by members of the military, thanks to DLA Disposition Services and the DOD Computers for Learning program.

HAP-EP Livorno Supply Technician Becky Lauersdorf checks relief items to be loaded on the truck to flood victims in Albania. Excess vests, blankets, sleeping bags, sand bags and a water pump were among the more than 2200 pieces of equipment packed on 37 pallets shipped Jan. 17, 2018, from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Humanitarian Assistance Program-Excess Property (HAP-EP) located in Camp Darby, Italy.

Jan. 26, 2018

Albania flood victims get U.S. military excess property

Livorno, Italy — Excess vests, blankets, sleeping bags, sand bags and a water pump were among the more than 2,200 pieces of equipment shipped from Camp Darby, Italy, to assist victims of recent devastating floods in Albania.

Former American UH-1H Huey helicopters provided to Thailand are received in place for disposal support from DLA Disposition Services in Thailand

Jan. 12, 2018

Aging aircraft and equipment leaving Thai service

Thailand — After many years of extended service, some U.S. property granted to the Royal Thai Army during the Cold War/Vietnam War era will be put to rest soon.

Gimcheon staff member helps soldiers locate the environmental control units that will heat up their winter training.

Dec. 23, 2017

Staff helps heat up winter training for artillery unit

Gimcheon, South Korea — Timely customer engagement by Defense Logistics Agency employees has helped some 2nd Infantry Division soldiers cross heating equipment off their Christmas list.

Army Maj. Tracy Yates and a reenactor portraying a U.S. Army soldier who fought in the Battle of the Bulge pose with a period-correct 48-star American flag, Dec. 16 near Bastogne, Belgium. (Photo courtesy DLA Europe & Africa)

Dec. 22, 2017

DLA personnel brave Belgian cold, honor WWII heroes in memorial walk

Members of the DLA Europe & Africa team braved winter weather Dec. 16 to participate in the 40th Annual Bastogne Memorial Walk in Belgium, commemorating the heroic stand made by U.S. and British forces during the Ardennes Offensive — also known as the Battle of the Bulge.

Technicians of the Dominica Fire Service inspect one of the generators sent in from DLA Disposition Services at Crane, Indiana, in preparation for transporting it to the fire station at Dominica’s lone international airport.

Dec. 19, 2017

Crane employees help restore electricity to hurricane victims

Leeward Islands, Carribean Sea — Defense Logistics Agency employees helped return electricity to those affected by Hurricane Irma in the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean Sea.

DLA Disposition Services hosted its annual Expeditionary Force Leadership Huddle at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, Dec. 9-10.

Dec. 10, 2017

DLA Disposition Services hosts its annual Expeditionary Force Leadership Huddle in Battle Creek, Michigan

DLA Disposition Services hosted its annual Expeditionary Force Leadership Huddle at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan