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Feb. 18, 2020

 Equipment from DLA Disposition Services to the rescue 

                    COLUMBIA COUNTY, Wash.  —                                                Surplus military vehicles from DLA Disposition Services helped in the rescue of a woman, two children and two dogs when they became stranded in a wilderness area in Washington recently.             

Nov. 13, 2019

 DLA: A lot going on below the surface 

                    FORT BELVOIR, Virginia —                                                Most people know the Defense Logistics Agency supports the nation’s warfighters with almost everything they need to execute their missions. What they may not know is that DLA performs about 90 unique roles and missions that go beyond what most would expect of the agency.            

Oct. 13, 2019

 Search and rescue success  

                    BATTLE CREEK, Mich. —                                                A prepared police department and a former military Humvee from DLA Disposition Services saved the day for an elderly Oklahoma man.               

Sept. 27, 2019

 Lives saved with excess equipment in Keystone State 

                    NEW CASTLE, Penn. —                                                First aid kits and tourniquets help police respond to multiple incidents in Pennsylvania.            

Sept. 12, 2019

 Agency helps community prepare for the storm 

                    Camp Lejeune, North Carolina —                                                As Hurricane Dorian approached, police officers from South Carolina received excess military tents and other items to prepare for the worst with help from the Defense Logistics Agency.            

June 25, 2019

 Excess equipment helps deputies battle the elements 

                    Duplin County, North Carolina —                                                Not far from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune lies a county where the sheriff's deputies there also train to serve in "every clime" like their Marine neighbors with some help from the excess military vehicles and equipment they obtain with help from the Defense Logistics Agency.            

April 4, 2019

 Small sites provide big support shipping excess property to new users 

                    Blue Grass Amy Depot, Kentucky —                                                Like the popular 2001 Army recruiting slogan, Disposal Support Representative William Thompson must see himself as “an army of one” as he serves multiple locations from his one-person DLA Disposition Services site at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky.             

March 24, 2016

 DLA Disposition Services helps police raise autism awareness 

                    Tinton Falls, New Jersey —                                                A New Jersey police department is using a Humvee acquired through DoD's LESO program, which DLA Distribution Services administers, to raise awareness of autism among first responders and others.            

Feb. 2, 2016

 DLA equipment helps rescue hikers  

                                The weather was real. The hikers were really lost.  While it wasn’t a reality show there is a star in this story, a cat from DLA.            

Jan. 4, 2016

 Stranded travelers, snowbound residents benefit from ex-military gear  

                    Albuquerque, New Mexico —                                                DLA recently helped local communities deal with emergency snowfall by providing excess military equipment donated by DoD through the Law Enforcement Support Office program.            

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