DLA Troop Support News - Category Disposition Services

May 18, 2020

Ross, Texas — Through the Defense Department’s Firefighter Property Program, Texas’ Ross Volunteer Fire Department recently received an excess military truck and converted it into a tanker for firefighting.

Soldiers wash their hands and social distance.

May 15, 2020

DLA reutilization program supports COVID-19 relief with 2.5 million medical items

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Agency property reuse pros continue to get critical medical goods and equipment to the military units, state governments and first responders that need it.

: Congressman Andy Harris visits the Federal Resources warehouse while workers pack personal protective equipment to be delivered to nursing homes May 7, 2020 in Stevensville, Maryland. The Defense Logistics Agency ordered $134 million of personal protective equipment which will be shipped to approximately 15,000 nursing homes around the U.S. in May and June. The equipment will provide medical staff members with 14-days’ worth of protective eyewear, medical gowns, masks and nitrite gloves. Under the direction of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, FEMA partnered with Federal Resources to coordinate the first of two shipments totaling a 14-day supply of PPE to more than 15,000 nursing homes across the Nation. (FEMA photo by Lameen Witter)

May 13, 2020

DLA orders protective equipment for US nursing homes

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency ordered about $134 million in personal protective equipment for U.S. nursing homes amid COVID-19. The White House Coronavirus Task Force requested the items, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to equip medical staffs at approximately 14,900 Medicaid- and Medicare-certified locations with 14 days of protective gear. Nursing homes will receive the gear in two shipments, each with seven days’ worth of PPE.

Video still with images from workers in different warehouse areas with the words "to the Defense Logistics Agency's frontline team: This shout out is for you,"

May 11, 2020

New ‘Home Team’ video highlights DLA employees continuing agency mission amid COVID-19

FORT BELVOIR, Va. — This video is a shout out to thank all of our frontliners, our essential employees and all of Team DLA for their hard work and dedication in supporting the critical COVID-19 mission while also continuing to support the Warfighter and our Whole of Government partners.

Property Disposal Specialist Eddie Sanders moves some of the $330,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies intended for first responders fighting COVID-19 throughout Florida. The material is from DLA Disposition Services’ site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

May 6, 2020

Agency sends excess medical supplies to Florida

Fort Bragg, North Carolina — First responders fighting COVID-19 in Florida are receiving more than 400 types of excess items from the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services’ site at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

May 4, 2020

First responders use DLA excess for pandemic readiness

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Police and fire organizations around the country are using their access to surplus military equipment to augment healthcare response in their local jurisdictions.

A boy on a school bus smiles after receiving bags of lunch.

April 30, 2020

DLA helps schools provide fresh produce to students, families during COVID-19

Philadelphia — Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support employees are working with school districts, produce vendors and officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program to provide fresh produce for breakfasts and lunches that are normally served to students in school cafeterias.

A Marine does a room check on one of his fellow Marines.

April 28, 2020

DLA sends more protective equipment to Pacific troops

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Marine Corps units on Okinawa get 150k surgical masks from the agency's surplus stock.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. A novel coronavirus, named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, in 2019. The illness caused by this virus has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

April 27, 2020

DLA customer support liaison assists FEMA in national COVID-19 response

PHILADELPHIA — Jim Mead is used to coordinating with federal agencies as a customer support liaison with the

Colin Light (rear), Brian Licht (center) and Paul Turner (front), count pouches for carrying first aid supplies turned in at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during the first wall-to-wall inventory of all DLA Disposition Services sites.

April 27, 2020

Team honored for aiding with strategic goals

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — The team that devised and executed the first wall-to-wall inventory for Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services was recently honored with a Strategic Goals Award from DLA Director Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams.

White flatbed truck with brown stakes parked in a parking structure next to a pickup and an a frame sign

April 27, 2020

Excess military trucks support LAPD during COVID-19 pandemic

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The department has received three flatbed trucks from the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team at Barstow, California, through the Law Enforcement Support Office Program, also known as the 1033 Program.

A Marine puts on a green cloth face mask to protect against the coronovirus

April 27, 2020

DLA buys cloth face masks to protect DOD employees against coronavirus

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency is proactively procuring cloth face masks to protect Defense Department employees against the coronavirus. The agency began working with American manufacturers to award contracts for reusable, non-surgical, cloth face masks in various styles soon after DOD released guidance requiring people to wear cloth masks on DOD property, installations and facilities in early April.

Navy Petty Officer Second Class Alejandro Garcia joins his fellow reservists practice social distancing along with their small arms skills during familiarization and practice training during their deployment supporting DLA Disposition Services operations in Afghanistan.

April 24, 2020

Afghanistan disposal mission continues amid COVID-19 challenges

BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Dozens of reservists and civilian employees supporting Defense Logistics Agency operations in Afghanistan are maintaining critical defense missions during the coronavirus pandemic.

April 23, 2020

Excess property site at Camp Pendleton provides N95 masks to Navy hospital

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Materials Examiner and Identifier Shawn Guy made a valuable find March 26 when he discovered 2,680 N95 masks at the Defense Logistics Agency property disposal site at Camp Pendleton, California.

people standing in an aircraft bay listening to speaker

April 23, 2020

50k surplus surgical masks shipped to 3 U.S. aircraft carriers

BATTLE CREEK, Michigan — Columbus property disposal team expedites delivery of a critical backorder for warfighters in the Indo-Pacific.