DLA Troop Support News

March 4, 2025

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A look at how Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site in Anniston, Alabama is thriving despite operational and personnel challenges.

DLA Troop Support Deputy Commander Kishayra Lambert poses with two civilian retirees, Anna White and Tyrone Lyles during a ceremony celebrating their careers, Feb. 27. White retired from the Medical supply chain with 19 years of service and Lyles retired from the Small Business office after serving 40 years with the federal government.

March 4, 2025

DLA Troop Support Celebrates February Retirees

Philadelphia — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a civilian retirement ceremony in honor of Tyrone Lyles, a small business special programs liaison, and Anna White, Medical supply chain on February 27.  

Two men work next to a van with a manlift. One of the men is on top of the van's roof.

Feb. 28, 2025

Space Force reutilizes surplus lifts through DLA

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Range personnel supporting the Eastern Range recently pulled lifts from the agency’s used property stores to maintain hard-to-reach mobile platform equipment.

Feb. 25, 2025

Disposition Services Kuwait hosts Warfighter Summit

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services Kuwait recently hosted a Warfighter Summit to discuss a variety of issues impacting the warfighter.

Feb. 21, 2025

DLA flu program successfully ends 2024-2025 season despite new challenges

Philadelphia — Working closely with the DLA Distribution Center in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Troop Support's Medical supply chain procured more than 3 million doses of the flu vaccine for military members globally.

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Feb. 21, 2025

DLA Disposition Services Launches New Training for Material Examiners

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Employees from multiple Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services sites recently gathered in Battle Creek for the inaugural Functional Block Two Training 6912 Material Examiner and Identifier course.

Feb. 19, 2025

Gimcheon material handler takes Employee of the Quarter honors

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Kyong Kuk Yu has worked for the agency in South Korea since 2019.

Side by side photos of the same man taken about 40 years apart.

Feb. 14, 2025

Leadership spotlight: A Q&A with Joe Fagan

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Air Force veteran returned to federal service in 2011 and now serves as the DLA Disposition Services - Document Services Customer Audit & Engagement division lead.

Feb. 11, 2025

Veteran-owned small businesses can seek DOD surplus property

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An amendment signed in 2019 grants veteran-owned small businesses the opportunity to request property from the ever-evolving DLA Disposition Services surplus military equipment inventory.

A man receives an award from a military officer. Two other leaders are pictured.

Feb. 11, 2025

DLA’s Automated One Time Buy Team earns agencywide accolades

RICHMOND, Va. — Defense Logistics Agency’s Enterprise Automated One Time Buy Procurement Team made significant strides in supporting the defense industrial base and meeting warfighter requirements, issuing over 400,000 solicitations and resulting in approximately 151,311 awards valued at $1.086 billion from June 1, 2023, to May 31, 2024. The team – comprised of 30 personnel from DLA Aviation, Land and Maritime and Troop Support – was recently recognized with the Acquisition Workforce Team Achievement during the 57th Annual Employee Recognition Program held Jan. 23 at DLA headquarters on Fort Belvoir.

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Feb. 7, 2025

Employee Spotlight: Jose Garcia

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Get to know Jose Garcia, Material Examiner/ Identifier with DLA Disposition Services at San Antonio, Texas.

Retirees pose with their spouses after being recognized during the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support's Civilian Retirement Ceremony Jan. 30.

Feb. 6, 2025

Troop Support celebrates the careers of four civilian retirees

Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support held a retirement ceremony to honor the federal service of four civilian employees Jan. 30.

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Feb. 4, 2025

PACE spotlight: Brett Curry

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Brett Curry is a current member of Pathways to Career Excellence Program Group 48, which began in 2024. For his second year in the PACE program, he will be placed at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services site at Camp Pendleton, California.

Jan. 30, 2025

Tennessee school saves big with excess relocatable building

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Clarksville, Tennessee school recently saved significant dollars by acquiring a free excess relocatable building made available through Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services.

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Jan. 27, 2025

New area managers meet in Michigan

BATTLE CREEK, Mich — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services recently conducted a five-day Area Manager Orientation that kicked off Jan. 13 at the major sub-command’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan.