DLA Disposition Services

Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director Brad Bunn (far left) talks with DLA Disposition Services staff at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan on August 11, 2026. Bunn received a DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan update from DLA Disposition Services leaders to better understand where the organization is currently at with AOP execution and what deliverables should be built into the next fiscal year plan. (Photo by Abraham Essenmacher)
An airman prepares an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile in Alaska in October. The versatile chemical sodium perchlorate can be converted into a key oxidizer in solid rocket motors for warfighting equipment like missiles and spacecraft. In mid-2025, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate reutilized about $63 million of the inorganic compound through the Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services excess property stores for equipment manufacturing applications.
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Moore, 332d Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment personnel, handles ballistic plates at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in late 2022. The armed services regularly ship the plates to testing facilities to ensure their structural integrity and continued effectiveness in body armor. When they are declared excess, Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services has historically accepted them for demilitarization and...
Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services personnel in Germany are managing the disposal of 190 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles from the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center to support the Army’s divestiture of excess initiative.
A U.S. Army rotational unit preparing to redeploy to Colorado recently completed the turn-in of route clearance vehicles and robotic systems with support from agency personnel in South Korea.

About DLA Disposition Services

DLA Disposition Services is the reverse logistics experts for the Department of War. We are the premiere source for reutilization, transfer, donation, disposal, and turn-in of property and we offer a wide variety of services to accomplish this mission for the warfighter.

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DLA Disposition Services offers a wide variety of serviceable property for Reutilization, Transfer, or Donation (RTD) to DOW units and other additional agencies. Click below for more information on the RTD program.
 

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DLA Disposition Services News

Enterprisewide | Aug. 28, 2026

DLA pushing boron carbide reuse from excess armor plates

For decades, the protective inserts used by U.S. military members for bulletproofing vests were pulverized and landfilled when no longer needed. Today, a cross-agency effort is on the verge of turning that former trash into treasure to help DoW shore

Disposition Services | Aug. 21, 2026

Create a military property reuse want list

Defense Logistics Agency property reuse customers can specify exactly what they need for their organization, avoid procurement costs, and make taxpayer dollars go further by creating a customized “RTD Want List.”

Disposition Services | Aug. 13, 2026

DLA vice director engages with Disposition Services team

Defense Logistics Agency Vice Director Brad Bunn visited the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, August 11, where he received a DLA Disposition Services Annual Operating Plan update.

Disposition Services | Aug. 7, 2026

Tragic Search Prompts Swanton Police to Acquire Off-Road Bikes DLA Dispo...

A difficult search for a missing elderly man last year led Ohio’s Swanton Police Department to strengthen its emergency response capabilities with excess military motorcycles acquired through the Defense Logistics Agency’s Law Enforcement Support

Disposition Services | Aug. 4, 2026

PACE Spotlight: Rebekah Brown

Rebekah R. Brown is part of Pathways to Career Excellence Group 50 and previously worked for DLA Distribution.