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News | July 14, 2022

Employee Spotlight: Tom Whipple

DLA Disposition Services

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Employee Spotlight: Tom Whipple
Get to know Tom Whipple of Disposition Services Qatar.
Photo By: DLA Disposition Services
VIRIN: 220713-D-D0441-203
Describe your job in a sentence or two?
My home station is Barstow, California where I am a disposal service representative at Edwards Air Force Base and China Lake Weapons Station.

What is your best memory of working here? My favorite memory with DLA is my deployment with the Afghanistan Closure Team.

What is the best piece of advice someone has given you? Best piece of advice is to never be afraid to bet on yourself.

Have you been recognized for any awards? I’ve been awarded the DLA Superior Civilian Service award and the DLA Director’s Strategic Goals award.

What is one characteristic that you believe every leader should possess? The first characteristic leaders should possess is to be willing to listen.

What was your first job? My first job was in a cannery factory.

Tell us something that most people might not know about you. Most people assume that I retired from the military. I in fact did not retire from the military, I served a 4-year enlistment.