DLA Troop Support News - Category Disposition Services

Defense Logistics Agency employee and beekeeper Adam Beam takes a closer look at one of the frames from one of his hives.

Oct. 13, 2020

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A small group of bee enthusiasts swarmed together online and by phone Oct. 7 to kick off the first session of the All in Bee Club Support Group.

Five infant hospital beds are packaged in a warehouse awaiting delivery.

Oct. 12, 2020

NY hospital gets infant bed donation

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — St. Charles Hospital, in Long Island, recently got an equipment donation from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center with the help of DLA Disposition Services.

An Army PFC wearing a uniform, reflective vest and mask directs traffic with his arm extended in front of a directional sign for COVID-19 testing site.

Oct. 7, 2020

DLA, HHS deliver rapid-result COVID-19 test kits across the nation

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency supplied over 11 million rapid COVID-19 test kits that provide on-site results within 15 minutes to thousands of sites nationwide by Oct. 2. The deliveries are part of a contract awarded Aug. 28 for 150 million tests on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services and are expected to continue through December.

Eric Reich, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ operations supervisor and site lead, pushes himself on during the Sept. 18 swim competition.

Oct. 7, 2020

New site chief shows resilience

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — A new leader among the Defense Logistics Agency employees at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, recently demonstrated some of the strength and endurance he uses on the job to take first place in a local swim meet.

An excavator tears apart a large military transport plane.

Oct. 6, 2020

Hulk hauled from Hanscom

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A hefty aircraft used as a static trainer for decades was demilitarized and scrapped by DLA in September.

The ex-USS Ticonderoga (CG47) sits in an industrial dock area showing her age.

Oct. 5, 2020

DLA to scrap five warships

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — DLA Disposition Services will recycle five retired U.S. Navy ships as part of a new scrap sales contract to save taxpayer money and protect the environment.

Material handlers gather scrap materials to prepare for removal operations to begin.

Oct. 2, 2020

New deal is moving out the metal

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Large piles of scrap metal in Kuwait will be whittled down under a new contract the Defense Logistics Agency arranged with a local company.

Defense Logistics Agency personnel take to the night to clear containers from a receiving and shipping point on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

Bagram, Afghanistan Sept. 30, 2020

Bagram workers light up the night

BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Defense Logistics Agency employees recently defied the darkness of the Afghan night to keep important cargo moving.

Sept. 28, 2020

DLA Troop Support says goodbye to civilian retiree

Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support said goodbye to its newest civilian retiree during a ceremony September 25 in Philadelphia. Robert Krajci of Procurement Process Support retired after 36 years of service.

Obsolete containers once needed to protect main rotor blades used on UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters await disposal at the DLA Disposition Services site at Anniston, Alabama.

Sept. 24, 2020

Teamwork makes short work out of long containers

Anniston, Alabama — Strong partnerships between two major subordinate commands of the Defense Logistics Agency helped ensure the safe and economical disposal of 150 helicopter blade containers that had become obsolete.

A man in safety equipment unloads a red tanker truck into a cubical container attached to a pallet.

Sept. 23, 2020

Surplus DOD tanker truck used to haul ethanol for hand sanitizer for Nebraska emergency workers, schools

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — An excess military tanker truck repurposed by the Nebraska Forest Service for firefighting was recently pressed into service as an ethanol hauler for hand sanitizer being used by emergency managers and public schools.

A woman sits at a desk surrounded by other desks and computers with TV monitors in the background.

Sept. 22, 2020

Employee praised for helping new agency operations center

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services employee was recognized Sept. 14 for his service as one of the early volunteers for temporary duty at the Agency Synchronization Operations Center at DLA Headquarters on Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Sept. 21, 2020

It's business as usual for Fort Meade's property disposal experts

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Property disposal staff at the DLA Disposition Services site at Fort Meade, Maryland, were recently featured in a "Logistics On Location" highlight video produced by the agency.

U.S. Army soldiers from the California Army National Guard’s Task Force Rattlesnake out of Redding, California, put out a fire Sept. 1, 2020, near Scott’s Valley, California, during the CZU Lightning Complex Fire in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties. DLA Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles team provided more than 700 boots to the Army National Guard as of Sept. 17, 2020 in support of mobilized firefighters combating West Coast wildland fires.

Sept. 21, 2020

C&T provides boots ‘on the ground’ to firefighters combating West Coast wildland fires

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Clothing and Textiles team provided boots to the Army National Guard in support of mobilized firefighters combating West Coast wildland fires.

Sept. 18, 2020

Back to school means a return to fresh fruits and vegetables for students nationwide

PHILADELPHIA — With schools back in session for the new academic year, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support is working with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make sure students get healthy fruits and vegetables, whether they are back in the classroom or learning remotely.