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Property, waste disposal effort grows in Poland

Waste liquids at a Polish training site are loaded up for in-country disposal through a DLA Disposition Services-administered hazardous waste removal contract. The agency expects to set all-time highs in hazardous waste disposal for rotational forces stationed there in fiscal 2020.

June 25, 2020 - Major exercises in Eastern Europe mean regular engagements for DLA Disposition Services personnel supporting rotational forces in Poland.

DLA Distribution Europe marks leadership change with ceremony

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Europe leadership changed from Army Lt. Col. Jon Ackiss, pictured left, to Army Lt. Col. Katarina “Katie” Dlugosz during a change of command ceremony June 25.

June 25, 2020 - Army Lt. Col Ackiss awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal For his accomplishments as commander.

ASOC enhances agency capabilities during COVID-19

The Defense Logistics Agency’s new state-of-the-art Agency Synchronization Operations Center opened Nov. 6 at the McNamara Headquarters Complex on Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Photo by Phil Prater

June 24, 2020 - Since DLA’s establishment in 1961, the agency has relied on the many iterations of its operations center as the single point for coordinating agencywide responses during disasters and emergencies.

Change of Command signifies transfer of leadership at largest Defense Department distribution center

Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, leadership transferred from Army Lt. Col. James M Callis to Army Lt. Col. Trenton J Conner in a change of command ceremony June 24.

June 24, 2020 - Defense Logistics Agency Distribution, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, leadership transferred from Army COL James M Callis to Army COL Trenton J Conner in a change of command ceremony June 24.

Fast, easy-to-prepare meals are vital part of DLA Troop Support’s COVID-19 response

Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) move meals, ready to eat (MREs) for Sailors who have tested negative for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic at local hotels in an effort to implement social distancing and stop the spread of COVID-19. Providing easy-to-prepare meals and rations has been a major part of the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s COVID-19 response as dining facilities closed, troops were quarantined and military units rushed to restock shelves during the worldwide pandemic. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julio Rivera/Released)

June 24, 2020 - Quickly providing easy-to-prepare meals has been a major part of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s response to COVID-19.

States receive $4.5 million in excess medical supplies

Snowblowers, cranes, generators - millions of dollars in former military equipment flows to city and state governments through DLA Disposition Services each year. Property donation extends the life of taxpayer-funded items and helps the Defense Department avoid disposal costs and keep valuable items out of landfills.

June 22, 2020 - From syringes to snowblowers, U.S. states have long relied on DLA’s excess military property for everything from rural firefighting vehicles and education technology to pandemic response equipment.

JCASO helps ARNORTH contracting team provide commercial support to medical units assisting U.S. hospitals

Army Spc. Jina Evans of the 47th Combat Support Hospital from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, sorts through linens and hospital gowns as she helps prepare beds at an Army mobilized hospital inside the CenturyLink Field Event Center in Seattle March 31, 2020. A four-member team from the Defense Logistics Agency’s Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office helped U.S. Army North establish contracts for commercial lodging, food and other amenities for medical units that deployed to support national COVID-19 efforts. Photo by Army Sgt. Erica Earl

June 18, 2020 - Military medical teams that augmented U.S. hospital staffs providing COVID-19 care had commercial lodging, food, laundry support and more with help from the Defense Logistics Agency mid-March through May.

DLA Troop Support helps keep lunchtime going during COVID-19

The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, in a partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Nutrition Service, supports the Department of Defense Fresh Program. Through this program, DLA Troop Support buys and distributes fresh produce weekly to schools. At the height of schools closing around the country due to COVID-19 in mid-March, DLA Troop Support’s Subsistence supply chain added 200 schools from Illinois into this program. (U.S. Department of Agriculture photo)

June 18, 2020 - At the height of schools closing around the country due to COVID-19 in mid-March, the Defense Logistics Agency’s Subsistence supply chain added 200 schools from Illinois to a program that would help them get fresh fruits and vegetables into lunches for students and eventually the community.