DLA Troop Support News

Property Disposal Specialist Keneicsha Monroe examines some ventilators at the DLA Disposition Services site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Monroe and other specialists at all DLA Disposition Services sites having been working to locate high demand medical supplies and equipment in the excess property inventory to have items ready for reutilization, transfer and donation requisitions in support of the COVID-19 response.

March 20, 2020

Agency answers call for medical equipment

Battle Creek, Michigan — The employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services locations have a long history of making excess military equipment available to help those dealing with emergencies and natural disasters, and the COVID-19 response is no exception.

Soldiers use a field hand-washing station to protect themselves against the coronavirus.

March 20, 2020

DLA Troop Support and Distribution get hand-washing stations to the field in less than 30 hours

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support and Distribution worked together to get 48 hand-washing stations to Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri in less than two days so service men and women can practice proper hygiene during the coronavirus outbreak.

High School students tour part of the HDI Federal Center

March 20, 2020

Students discover government and local history at the “San”

Battle Creek, Mich. — Students from Harper Creek High School recently gained some insight on how government works along with local history when they visited the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan.

March 19, 2020

Utah materials examiner honored

Battle Creek, Mich. — Materials Examiner and Identifier Jerald Dewolf is a Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter.

Patricia Lynch, the Command Support Office’s Organization Transformation Branch chief, speaks to DLA Troop Support employees about the Agency's Culture/Climate Survey March 12, 2020. The survey is conducted every 18-24 months to assess employees’ attitudes in areas ranging from employee morale to job satisfaction.

March 18, 2020

Troop Support event encourages employee participation in agency Culture Climate Survey

PHILADELPHIA — *Please note: In the wake of COVID-19, the 2020 DLA Culture Climate Survey has been

Gabriela Moraga, a Medical tailored vendor logistics specialist, left, and Peter Skillings, Medical’s Collective and Foreign Military Sales branch chief, right, pose for a photo at DLA Troop Support March 13, 2020 in Philadelphia.

March 18, 2020

Whether in uniform or now a veteran – Troop Support Medical is there

PHILADELPHIA — A Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain team is providing face-to-face training to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, resulting in the facilities getting the most out of the supply chain’s programs.

March 18, 2020

Pearl Harbor resource analyst honored

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Makana Oliviera is a DLA Disposition Services Employee of the Quarter for her contributions to agency disposal support in the Indo-Pacific region.

Selfie of man in a bulletproof vest in a truck on deployment.

March 17, 2020

Alabama disposal pro honored

Battle Creek, Mich. — Chris Pearson was named Employee of the Quarter for his contributions at the agency's Anniston property disposal site.

Members of a tour listen to a tour guide outside

March 12, 2020

DLA Disposition Services Mid-America looks at "What's next"

Red River Army Depot, Texas — “What’s next” was the event theme as the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services Mid-America region held its annual leadership summit in February at Texas’ Red River Army Depot.

Soldiers from varying brigades and units throughout the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), properly secure equipment brought in to the Division Excess Consolidation Point as part of Operations Clean Eagle and Eagle Sweep. The purpose of both of these operations is to remove excess from across the division, eliminate waste and increase the division's overall readiness posture.

March 6, 2020

Agency helps cut Army excess and enhance readiness

Fort Campbell, Kentucky — Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services employees at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, have been hard at work assisting Army units there with their continued efforts to enhance readiness by getting rid of what they no longer need.

Riggers watch as a crane lifts a massive piece of submarine hull onto a barge for disposal.

March 5, 2020

Scrap partnership to save Navy millions

Battle Creek, Mich. — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is now disposing of its nuclear submarine scrap through a Demilitarization as Condition of Sale contract offered through DLA Disposition Services.

Navy Reservists assigned to DLA Distribution Susquehanna support DDDE theater retrograde mission

March 5, 2020

DLA Distribution Navy Reservists support DDDE theater retrograde mission

NEW CUMBERLAND, Pa. — The reservists working this mission have had a direct impact to the DLA mission in Europe and have directly impacted Army Readiness across the European Command area of responsibility.

Yvonne Poplawski, DLA Troop Support Medical’s Collective/Foreign Military Sales division chief, talks with Tom Maier, a Joint Special Operations Command logistics team lead, during a presentation at DLA Troop Support Feb. 28, 2020 in Philadelphia.

March 4, 2020

Professional development session improves support to special operations missions

PHILADELPHIA — The DLA Troop Support Medical supply chain hosted three members from the Joint Special Operations Command to open dialogue on issues, programs and future requirements as part of a monthly supply chain Leader Professional Development engagement.

A group of students and active duty military members pose in front of Gilbert Spruance School in Philadelphia on Read Across America Day.

March 4, 2020

Troop Support military visit local elementary school for Read Across America Day

Eleven active duty military members from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support went to Gilbert Spruance Elementary School in Philadelphia to read to students in kindergarten through third grade for National Read Across America Day on Mar. 2, which coincides with Dr. Seuss’ birthday.

March 4, 2020

World Help needs DLA's help

Battle Creek, Mich. — A DLA Disposition Services excess equipment donation customer has distributed millions in obsolete and excess military equipment to high-need nations around the world since 2010.