DLA Troop Support News

Dec. 21, 2020

Operations stayed strong during 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — While many businesses had to close or reduce their normal work this year, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services operations continued to meet warfighter needs as sites around the world received and processed millions of excess items worth billions of dollars.

Dec. 17, 2020

E&A team continues support in Norway in 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Despite pandemic restrictions and challenges, DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa collected $8.5 million in retrograde equipment from Marine Corps NATO stores.

Dec. 16, 2020

DLA Troop Support celebrates retirement of eight civilian employees

Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support workforce celebrated the careers of eight retiring civilian employees during a virtual ceremony Dec. 14.

Dec. 14, 2020

HDIFC employees continue holiday tradition of helping neighbors

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center employees once again played Santa to benefit families in Battle Creek, Michigan, area in December through the Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family program.

Dec. 14, 2020

Harnessing technology among 2020 Business Support highlights

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Supporting the diverse business needs of the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services sites is a challenge in a normal year, but dealing with a pandemic while also implementing new tools made 2020 anything but normal.

Dec. 11, 2020

Resource management director reflects on year

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The pandemic’s trampling of well-laid plans meant lots of on-the-fly changes in 2020.

Dec. 10, 2020

Senior leader honored for meritorious service

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Five years of exceptionally meritorious service was recognized Dec. 7 when a Defense Logistics Agency Meritorious Service Medal was presented to DLA Disposition Services Chief of Staff Pete Foreman during a meeting of the command’s senior leaders in Battle Creek, Michigan.

Dec. 9, 2020

Small business support remains strong in 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services met a variety of contract set-aside goals while increasing competition overall.

Dec. 9, 2020

Partnerships, innovation enable medical material availability

PHILADELPHIA — Vendors rolling out new items they want to sell to the Defense Department need stock numbers assigned to those supplies so customers and government systems have a common reference. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Medical Supplier Support Team normally handles this for items like surgical and hospital equipment.

Dec. 7, 2020

South-East employees share “a unique and challenging” year

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Employees in the South-East region welcomed a new director, helped warfighters in their area enhance their readiness through divestiture, enhanced their own capabilities with new equipment for demilitarization, and provided materials to battle COVID-19 during 2020 despite the challenges the pandemic placed on operations.

Dec. 4, 2020

A look back on DLA Disposition Services West support during 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services West region team had a busy year, highlighted by its handling of various Navy and Army special divestiture projects conducted during a global pandemic.

Dec. 4, 2020

Hardware team shares skills, culture to support COVID-19 demand areas

PHILADELPHIA — How can I help? A simple question, but one that speaks to character. It’s exactly the question that the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware team proudly asked to support their partners during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, they managed to maintain a two-year trend of improved warfighter support in the process and brought their enthusiastic attitudes to the other high-performing supply chains, Air Force Col. Adrian Crowley, Director of IH, said.

Dec. 3, 2020

Fort Carson employee honored

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Material Examiner and Identifier Michael Vasquez was recently named Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter.

Dec. 1, 2020

Leadership Spotlight: Omar Khlifi

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Get to know Omar Khlifi, DLA Disposition Services Director, South East region.

Nov. 30, 2020

Kuwait-based disposal representative named employee of quarter

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Honner Raul Carbajal-Sanchez was recently honored for his contributions to the agency’s property disposal operations in the Middle East.