DLA Pacific News

Category: Disposition Services

DLA Disposition Services materials examiner and identifier Jeremy Liehr was named Defense Logistics Agency Employee of the Quarter in October for serving as agency equipment manager in Afghanistan.

Oct. 12, 2018

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — Jeremy Liehr, a materials examiner and identifier for the DLA Disposition Services at Lewis site, was recently named one of three Defense Logistics Agency Employees of the Quarter.

A Defense Logistics Agency employee reflects on the events of Sept. 11, 2001, at one of the historic displays.

Sept. 11, 2018

Event shares memories of 9-11

Battle Creek, Michigan — Defense Logistics Agency employees and other members of the workforce in the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center gathered for a 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony and shared their memories of that fateful day in 2001.

A Coast Guard forward inspection team screens the items before they are approved for shipment.

Sept. 10, 2018

Coast Guard finds a bargain at Okinawa site

Okinawa, Japan — A visit to the DLA Disposition Services website pays dividends to Coast Guard aircrews in North Carolina who saved almost a million dollars by not having to buy new equipment.

Satellite view of hurricane with HI locations labeled

Aug. 30, 2018

DLA Pacific preparation, team response critical as hurricane struck

The island chain of Hawaii is only rarely in the path of a hurricane — but personnel from Defense Logistics Agency Pacific were well prepared when the outer bands of Hurricane Lane began to dump torrential rains on the state in late August, according to managers from DLA Pacific and DLA Headquarters.

Aug. 29, 2018

DLA Pacific commander sees DLA Energy capability firsthand in Okinawa

The commander of Defense Logistics Agency Pacific recently gained a firsthand appreciation of DLA Energy’s fuel-distribution capabilities to U.S. military bases in Japan, in an Aug. 27 visit.

Scrap contractor employees begin the mutilation required to demilitarize a 56-foot naval work boat.

Aug. 17, 2018

Navy work boats meet swift end in Yokosuka

Yokosuka, Japan — While they may not have been swift in the water, three Navy work boats met a quick end with the help of Defense Logistics Agency employees in Japan.

Army Col. Rick Ellis, 8th Theater Sustainment Command deputy commander, present Army Master Sgt. Larry Hogan the certificate of retirement during a ceremony Aug. 14 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam Missing Man Formation. Photo by Dr. John Hamilton

Aug. 15, 2018

Retiring DLA Pacific senior enlisted advisor honored for 26 years of service

Defense Logistics Agency Pacific’s Logistics Operation noncommissioned officer-in-charge and senior enlisted advisor, Army Master Sgt. Larry Hogan, retired after a 26-year career with the Army in a “missing man formation” ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 14.

Group photo, facing viewer; red/white brick building in background under blue sky

Aug. 9, 2018

DLA Pacific moves bulk of Korea staff to expanded site at Camp Humphreys

The DLA Pacific Command has taken a major step in Korea by officially moving and consolidating its main body of personnel on the peninsula to an expanded Camp Humphreys location.

DLA Disposition Services comes through for soldiers in rural Poland, helping them outfit austere field exercise conditions with excess furniture and gym equipment.

Aug. 8, 2018

New video showcases field support

Poland — The agency highlights its expeditionary support efforts in a new "Everywhere You Go" video clip set in rural Poland.

Navy captain in fatigues, addressing audience, holdling 'thumbs up' gesture

Aug. 6, 2018

New DLA Pacific commander holds first town hall

In front of a packed crowd, DLA Pacific Commander Navy Capt. Kristin Acquavella held her first Town Hall for DLA Pacific organizations Aug. 2.