DLA Pacific News

Category: Disposition Services

JORTC members stand in a line at attention in front of green duffel bags on the ground. The students are wearing black t shirts with the word ARMY on them. Two students are not in line and look as if they are walking along the line inspecting their fellow JROTC members.

June 4, 2024

Retired soldier sources excess DOD property for Las Vegas JROTC program

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Keith Archibald retired from the Army after 33 years of service. He began his military career as an enlisted legal specialist and retired as a lieutenant colonel in logistics. Today, he serves as the senior Army instructor for a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program and uses surplus military property from Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services to supplement student supplies.

A man and woman pose in a creek, in front of a boulder, in a jungle.

May 30, 2024

Okinawa ops chief named Employee of the Quarter

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The retired Marine was cited for superior performance and leadership while stepping up as acting area manager during the second quarter of fiscal 2024.

May 28, 2024

PaCE Spotlight: Sara Gorham

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Sara Gorham is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 46, which began in 2023. For her second year in the PaCE Program, she will remain at Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, in the Hazardous Waste Disposal Contracting department.

Three individuals have discussion in scrap yard

May 23, 2024

Central Region provides new sights and adventures for deployers

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Take a glimpse into the recent deployment of DLA Disposition Services operation manager, Will Schlortt as he spent six months in Central Region.

May 17, 2024

Expeditionary teams close out DEFENDER ’24 field ops

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Agency expeditionary civilians and servicemembers share perspectives on exercise accomplishments, their teams, and visiting Germany during the largest U.S. Army-led exercise in Europe.

May 14, 2024

Agency property disposition warehouse gets virtual makeover

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A “digital twin” research and development project is helping logistics planners reconfigure DLA’s San Joaquin site within a virtual environment.

Female presenting plaque to another female.

May 11, 2024

Sexual assault awareness a main focus at Disposition Teal Table event

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Sexual assault awareness was the focus at the DLA Disposition Services Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program’s Teal Table event at the Hart-Doyle-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.

A portrait of Twila Gonzales with an American and senior executive service flag behind her on a DLA emblem background

May 10, 2024

2024 DLA Hall of Fame inductee: Twila Gonzales

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — A leader known for piloting DLA Distribution through organizational structure changes and pushing for the modernization of aging warehouse management software is a 2024 DLA Hall of Fame member.

A shredder spits out wood fragments while personnel in safety gear observe.

May 10, 2024

DEFENDER '24 hones expeditionary skill sets

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — A collection of DLA Disposition Services expeditionary civilians and DLA Joint Reserve Force servicemembers have assembled a solid team and are developing skills together during a field exercise in Germersheim, Germany.

Man drives what looks like a forklift outdoors

May 7, 2024

Expeditionary personnel support DEFENDER ’24

GERMERSHEIM, Germany — Agency civilians and servicemembers have established field operating sites in Germany to participate in the largest U.S. Army exercise in Europe.