DLA Pacific News

Category: Disposition Services

Environmental Protection Specialist Richard Santos led the emergency response effort when a coworker began choking at the DLA Disposition Services at Guam office in mid-May.

May 31, 2019

Guam teammate provides choking first aid

Guam — As a teenager, Richard Santos had to help his choking father expel a pork chop piece at dinner. As an adult, he rushed to provide assistance to a colleague suddenly struggling to breathe at their office in May.

DLA Acquisition Director Matthew Beebe (left) poses for a photo at the 2019 AUSA LANPAC Symposium and Exposition in Honolulu May 21-23 with Steve Dirico and Geoff Ellazar

May 29, 2019

AUSA LANPAC attendees learn about operational contracting support from DLA

Attendees of the 2019 Association of the United States Army’s LANPAC Symposium and Exposition, held in Honolulu May 21-23, learned about operational contracting support from the Defense Logistics Agency.

Members of the U.S. Army Band Woodwind Quintet, one of the Army’s premiere chamber ensembles.

May 23, 2019

Sun Tzu, woodwind quintets and a Texas high school band

Alvarado, Texas — The Texas State Agency for Surplus Property reached a big milestone recently thanks to excess items acquired through the Defense Logistics Agency.

A variety of chairs await transport from the DLA Disposition Services site in Bahrain to the local Red Crescent Society where they will help those in need.

May 6, 2019

Excess items avoid landfill to help people in need

Naval Support Activity Bahrain — It took more than luck to complete a long and challenging donation process to provide excess items to Bahrain’s Red Crescent Society, but the charity’s local leaders recently wished good fortune on Defense Logistics Agency employees there for extra efforts from agency employees to provide support.

The World Food Programme, the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, transports relief supplies by helicopter from Beira Airport to Bebedo, Mozambique, April 8, 2019, during humanitarian relief efforts in the Republic of Mozambique and surrounding areas following Cyclone Idai. Teams from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, which is leading U.S. Department of Defense support to relief efforts in Mozambique, began immediate preparation to respond following a call for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg)

May 3, 2019

Agency supports East African relief efforts

Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti — Mozambique is back in the news as Cyclone Kenneth batters the Eastern African nation just six weeks after Cyclone Idai caused an estimated 600 deaths and left many at risk of cholera and without adequate drinking water.

May 2, 2019

DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Celebrates 20 Years of Outstanding Warfighter Support

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — In the spirit of Aloha, DLA Distribution Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, celebrated 20 years of outstanding

Material Examiner and Identifier Jared Vierheller maneuvers a scrap-pile Ford F-350 during advanced material handling equipment training held in Columbus, Ohio, in April. Vierheller is one of five Columbus-based agency employees currently earning on-the-job credit hours toward certification.

April 29, 2019

Columbus handles equipment training

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Five area employees are working toward advanced MHE certification.

DLA disposal experts provide observation and guidance as New Zealand Defence Force personnel demilitarize a naval frigate-based fire control system at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland, New Zealand in early April.

April 25, 2019

Demil training a success in New Zealand

DEVONPORT NAVAL BASE, New Zealand — A pair of the agency’s Pacific region demilitarization experts traveled to Auckland in early April to help an ally’s navy ready for upcoming frigate refits.

Contractors prepare to transport more than 14,000 pounds of lead acid batteries from Thumrait Air Base to a recycling facility in Oman.

April 17, 2019

Teamwork recharges disposal process

Thumrait Air Base, Oman — After more than a year, lead acid batteries used to support U.S. operations in Oman are being disposed of again thanks to new capabilities there and teamwork between two of the Defense Logistics Agency’s major subordinate commands.

Lewis Sieber, fire equipment manager of the Nebraska Forest Service navigates through flood water searching for stranded people in a six-wheeled drive cargo truck issued through the DoD Firefighter Program. Photo provided by the Nebraska Forest Service

April 12, 2019

Excess to the rescue

Battle Creek, Michigan — Equipment from DLA Disposition Services helped save lives as Nebraska recently faced its worst flooding of the past 50 years.