In this year's Veterans Day program video, we bring you a heartfelt message from the DLA Disposition Service Director and hear from several veterans within DLA organizations at the Hart-Dole-Inouye Federal Center. With nearly 60% of the Disposition Services workforce having a background in military service, our agency stands as a testament to the enduring values of duty, honor, and sacrifice.
The video also highlights the legacies of four remarkable individuals with close ties to the building we work in, individuals like Percy Jones, Philip Hart, Bob Dole, and Daniel Inouye.
Breast cancer would alter Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services employee, Krista Nawrocki's life indefinitely, but she would not let it define her.
When I first encountered suicide in my family, it was a subject shrouded in silence ā€“ a taboo that left us grappling with our grief in isolation. But over the years, societyā€™s perception of mental health and suicide has shifted, allowing room for conversations that were once hushed.
Camp Pendleton relies on DLAā€™s hazardous waste removal expertise to avoid disposal costs and rid the sprawling base of hundreds of thousands of pounds in lead acid batteries each year.
The agencyā€™s property disposal team is managing removal of a B-52 Stratofortress brought down by birds during a 2016 mishap at Andersen Air Force Base.
Rail movement across the Korean peninsula remains vital for warfighter support there. DLA recently scrapped 1.6 million pounds of railcar, with more to come.
A shorter, single story covering the high points of a three-part story series that appeared on DLA.mil in 2022. Each year, tens of millions of dollars worth of surplus and excess military personal property is transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs from DLA Disposition Services. This property transfer has a tremendous effect on community outreach efforts targeting homeless and at-risk veterans around the country.
