DLA Pacific News

Category: Disposition Services

Service dog trainees Kharma and Lucy watch the audience arrive for the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center's People With Disabilities event on how such companions help combat veterans cope with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Oct. 7, 2016

Service dogs show their skills at disabilities program

Battle Creek, Michigan — The Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center’s People With Disabilities Program Oct. 5 had four special guests — including two who literally work their tails as they train to help former military personnel with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Furnishings from the Marine Corps’ old Temporary Lodging Facility at Iwakuni, Japan, arrive at DLA Disposition Services.

Oct. 5, 2016

Furnishings ‘check out’ of old lodging facility

Iwakuni, Japan — With the end of summer came the transition from the Marine Corps’ old Temporary Lodging Facility at Iwakuni, Japan, as furniture and other items not needed for the new building made their way to their temporary lodging at DLA Disposition Services.

Defense Logistics Agency employee Angela Patterson (left) and Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Marcus Pryor (right) view the new Digital DSR tool.

Sept. 30, 2016

New disposal support representative always on duty

Battle Creek, Michigan — Customers may already know to contact a disposal support representative when needing advice about turning in property, but the newcomer can claim to work longer hours because this is a digital DSR.

Krissie Davis, a civilian DLA employee, volunteered for service in Afghanistan and was killed at age 54 by an enemy rocket in June 2015.

Sept. 13, 2016

Property disposal specialist killed in Bagram to be inducted into DLA Hall of Fame

Krissie Davis, a civilian DLA employee killed while on her second volunteer deployment in June 2015, will be inducted into the DLA Hall of Fame Sept. 20.

The Michigan Air National Guard’s 110th Air Wing Honor Guard presents the colors at the Patriot Day event.

Sept. 12, 2016

Workforce gathers to observe Patriot Day

Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees and other members of the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center workforce started their day today remembering the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept.11, 2001.

Army Col. Rick Ellis (left) salutes Rear Adm. Vince Griffith (center) as the new DLA Pacific commander, Navy Capt. Timothy Daniels (right), looks on in a Sept. 6 change-of-command ceremony aboard the USS Missouri, Joint Base Pearl Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii.

Sept. 12, 2016

DLA Pacific welcomes new commander as Ellis receives accolades for job well done

Army Col. Rick Ellis relinquished his command of Defense Logistics Agency Pacific in a Sept. 6 ceremony aboard the historic USS Missouri, docked at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

A soldier presents property to Wayne Willis (left), who was on hand at Foot Hood, Texas, from the DLA Disposition Services at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, while Peter Bechtel (right), from the Army’s office of Supply Policy and Programs, observes the process.

Aug. 18, 2016

Support goes on as Army divestiture continues

Ft. Hood, Texas — A recent visit by two senior Army logistics leaders allowed them to witness Defense Logistics Agency employees at Ft. Hood, Texas, demonstrate the agency’s ongoing support for Army divestiture.

A recent walkthrough shows about half of the material in the old Defense Commissary Agency facility in Iwakuni, Japan, has been cleared.

July 28, 2016

Iwakuni personnel help clear the way for new commissary

Iwakuni, Japan — Defense Logistics Agency personnel in Japan are helping the Defense Commissary Agency, or “DeCA,” to make way for a new facility by providing disposal support for the removal of an old commissary.

Video prepared by the 1st Cavalry Division helps soldiers understand the steps required for turning in rolling stock like trucks and a variety of other items.

July 26, 2016

Videos augment support for Army divestiture program

Battle Creek, Michigan — A new series of videos on how to turn in property are designed to help the Army with its divestiture turn-ins to the Defense Logistics Agency. The videos are available multiple places, for various kinds of devices.

Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Nicole Collins, Material Examiner Mike Hambrick, Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Clarice Johnson and Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Tracy McCall discuss the plan for their team’s expeditionary disposition site build during training at Fort Custer National Guard Base.

July 12, 2016

Annual contingency training underway

Defense Logistics Agency personnel from around the country and globe converged on Battle Creek , Michigan, this week to kick off the 2016 edition of Overseas Contingency Operations Readiness Training, or "OCORT."