DLA Pacific News

Category: Disposition Services

Schoolteachers pose during a recent training session with the Living History Education Foundation. Using U.S. Army Revolutionary-era uniforms and military items donated via DLA Disposition Services, the foundation helps history instructors plan immersive lessons and borrow equipment to help students better understand historic events like the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Sept. 18, 2019

Excess uniforms help history class come alive

HUDSON RIVER VALLEY, New York — Donated used items from the U.S. Army’s Old Guard help teachers and youngsters reenact Revolutionary-era America in the Northeast.

Horry County Police officers secure load the tents they obtained from DLA Disposition Services for hurricane preparations before heading back to South Carolina.

Sept. 12, 2019

Agency helps community prepare for the storm

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina — As Hurricane Dorian approached, police officers from South Carolina received excess military tents and other items to prepare for the worst with help from the Defense Logistics Agency.

Gunnery Sgt. Michael E. Longoria, 2ND Marine Force Storage Battalion, Marine Force Storage Command, conducts a joint inspection with Mr. James Ogden, disposal service representative, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) while at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia, August 2019. Marine Corps Logistics Command and DLA are working together to dispose of thousands of obsolete pieces of equipment in support of the Marine Corps’ Equipment Optimization Plan.

Sept. 4, 2019

Agency and Marine Corps partner to move an “iron mountain”

Albany, Georgia — Changing operational needs means keeping up with the latest equipment and getting rid of what’s obsolete and unserviceable, and Marines have been working hard with the Defense Logistics Agency to do so over the past 18 months.

A deputy from Missouri’s Osage County Sheriff office operates a former Coast Guard vessel during spring floods. The craft was obtained through the 1033 program that is administered through DLA Disposition Services.

Aug. 25, 2019

Missouri sheriff stays prepared with surplus

OSAGE COUNTY, Missouri — Osage County is using a former Coast Guard boat for emergency patrols along three local rivers.

Red Cross workers assist donors at the Aug. 7 blood drive at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center.

Aug. 12, 2019

Employees heed the call for blood donations

Battle Creek, Michigan — The call went out to employees – “Emergency Blood Shortage: Red Cross blood & platelet donors needed now” – and they responded by rolling up their sleeves for an Aug. 7 blood drive at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center.

Customer support may be temporarily impacted as DLA Disposition Services sites conduct a two-week inventory of physical property.

Aug. 9, 2019

Reduced Operations at disposal sites Sept. 9-20

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Customer support may be temporarily impacted as DLA Disposition Services sites conduct a two-week inventory of physical property.

Navy Cmdr. Robert Kurkjian (center), commander of the DLA Support Team – Afghanistan, listens as Navy Lt. Cmdr. Steve Harrell, officer in in charge of DLA Disposition Services-Afghanistan; briefs Army Maj. Gen. John Sullivan, new commander of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command.

Aug. 9, 2019

New commander tours Bagram site

Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan — Defense Logistics Agency employees at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, recently welcomed the new commander of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command for a visit.

Environmental Protection Specialist Cliff Williams poses near Thule Air Base in Greenland. Williams supports the DLA Disposition Services support mission to the U.S. military's northernmost base as part of DoD's annual Operation Pacer Goose resupply mission there.

Aug. 8, 2019

Pacer Goose unique among disposal missions

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A yearly pilgrimage to the U.S. military’s northernmost installation offers consistent challenges to a Norfolk-based disposition pro.

Army Capt. Ryan Campbell, a joint logistics plans officer for DLA Indo-Pacific, receives a Joint Service Achievement Medal in July at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, from DLA Indo-Pacific Commander Navy Capt. Kristin Acquavella for his support during Pacific Sentry.

July 29, 2019

Exercise planner honored for support to Pacific Sentry

Army Capt. Ryan Campbell, a joint logistics plans officer for Defense Logistics Agency Indo-Pacific, was recognized for his support during Pacific Sentry in a July ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.

More than a dozen "DSR University" training sessions in Battle Creek July 23-25 will help the agency's front-line disposal specialists provide world-class support to warfighters at sites around the world.

July 23, 2019

Summer school in session for DSRs

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Disposal Services Representatives work directly with warfighters on property turn in. They have congregated in Michigan to help refine their role and plot their future.