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# Leaders meet to discuss expeditionary workforce

By Tim Hoyle  DLA Disposition Services

                November 7, 2015  –              
Senior leaders from DLA Disposition Services met with DispositionServices Unit leadership and other for the annual Expeditionary WorkforceLeadership Huddle from Nov. 7 to 8.

Expeditionary leaders had the chance to receive training,complete a transfer of duties between outgoing and incoming leaders, and updatecommand representatives. While the training and other opportunities areimportant, Expeditionary Operations Branch Chief Tim Walters stressed the eventwas also important for the visiting leaders to get better acquainted with eachother. 

“Let’s face it, there are people coming and going and youare spread out across the country, so it’s really important to work on new buildingrelationships.

Among those changing duties were outgoing Joint Team LeadNavy Capt. Michael Krieger and his replacement Navy Capt. Jay May. For Krieger,it was a chance to thanks all of the people he was worked with for theirsupport while May said he was “looking forward to getting reacquainted with oldfriends.” 

DLA Disposition Services Director Mike Cannon thankedeveryone for attending and talked about the integration of the military reservepersonnel with the rest of the workforce as one of DLA Disposition Services’greatest strengths. In fact, Cannon said the goal was to do even more as hetalked strategic engagement and working with customers like the Army to addressupcoming large scale reductions in equipment. After describing plans to acquiremore space on the Army installation to allow a contractor to demilitarizeequipment on site, he talked about how the assembled leaders could use theirrelationships with the services to do more of this kind of event.

Finding ways to integrate Disposal Services Units with thefiled sites where they are located was also discussed. Cannon said reservistscould be a big help in reducing backlog because he knows how much work he canexpect on a site annually, but he cannot predict where the surges will come.

“So you should be having a cup of coffee monthly with yoursite leads to see where you can help,” Cannons said. “The key iscommunication.”

Other topics discussed included a briefing on the UniformedServices Employment and Reemployment Rights Acts, and Expeditionary OperationsProgram update as well as talks on the Civilian Expeditionary Workforce and militaryservice updates. 

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