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Feb. 8, 2024

(A new) Home on the range: NTC Fort Irwin

Far out in the desert, artillery booms across the ever-shifting sands, punishing DLA-sourced used vehicles, while soldiers sweep through fabricated towns brought to life by actors and set dressed with reused military equipment.

Feb. 6, 2024

Excess equipment to help build special operations capability

A Kaiserslautern-based property disposal specialist recently went the extra mile to transfer a valuable fabricating system from Germany to a stateside customer with an important mission.

Feb. 2, 2024

Small business training takes center stage for Disposition Services

Members of Disposition Services Contracting Division took part in contract development training focused on helping small businesses.

Feb. 1, 2024

A collaboration to share MLK’s legacy observed in Battle Creek

Federal employees gathered at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and remember the civil rights icon’s call to service.

Jan. 30, 2024

(A new) Home on the range: NTTR

Vehicles, equipment and materials sourced from DLA’s surplus equipment stocks provide a crucial element in the realistic training and preparation of America’s combat pilots at the sprawling Nevada Test and Training Range.

Jan. 25, 2024

Major facility upgrade underway at Barstow property disposal hub

The $24 million project will allow DLA Disposition Services personnel to support region warfighters from a single streamlined structure.

Jan. 23, 2024

Environmentalist saves agency customer’s life

Mike Lapine recently received the Superior Civilian Service Award for providing lifesaving response when a property turn-in customer’s heart stopped while dropping off excess material at a DLA facility in Germany in November.

Jan. 20, 2024

DLA Document Services reflects on 30 years of online printing

Technology has dramatically changed since the launch of Defense Logistics Agency Document Services’ first client-server ordering application, “Doc Access,” in late 1993. But that one-time cutting-edge concept eventually led to today’s cloud web-based Document Services Online.

Jan. 18, 2024

Euro team rallies to support colleague’s orchard loss

When a DLA employee-owned generational Sicilian farm was destroyed by wildfire, the DLA Disposition Services Europe and Africa region staff came together to help replace lost olive trees.

Jan. 16, 2024

Montana nabs surplus snowcat for backcountry rescues

Used military equipment “a game changer” for states’ ability to protect residents and manage public lands.

Jan. 11, 2024

Solomon Islands property donation to improve surgical care for citizens

A recent U.S. Navy hospital ship visit to Guadalcanal included the DLA-assisted donation of cutting-edge medical equipment expected to improve health outcomes in the South Pacific.

Jan. 10, 2024

Disposition Services completes CONUS transition to WMS

The final Disposition Services CONUS site goes live with the Warehouse Management System.

Jan. 4, 2024

White House printshop lead retires

Mischelle O’Neal bade farewell to her role as lead production operations specialist for the Defense Logistics Agency’s Disposition Services - Document Services office at the White House, marking the conclusion of an illustrious career in December.

Jan. 2, 2024

DLA Disposition Services supports USDA with solar power

The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services team at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, recently received solar power electric systems turned in as excess, but what was no longer required by the military became a much-needed power source for the U.S. Department of Agriculture unit in nearby Harrisburg.

Dec. 29, 2023

Endless surf ahead for retiring Pacific operations lead

A stalwart property disposal expert gives his final ‘aloha’ to the agency Dec. 30 after a career that began in 1988.