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When answering the phone with, “DLA Disposition Services Kaiserslautern, this is Mike. Can I help you?” I often first hear silence and then the question, “Is this DRMO?”
This scenario happens more often during the day than we care to count. DLA changed its name many years ago from Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office to Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, and now to DLA Disposition Services, which has not really helped its brand marketing.
Providing needed disposition of all excess military material, DLA Disposition Services has tried to get away from the notion that it is the military’s “junk yard.” It offers a wide range of reverse logistic solutions to all services within Europe and Africa.
Reverse logistics is the process of planning, implementing and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw materials, in-process inventory, finished goods and related information from the point of consumption to the point of origin for the purpose of recapturing value or proper disposal.
So why go through all the trouble to turn material in when you can just visit the refuse lot or the nearest dumpster and toss it in? DLA Disposition Services is the provider of choice for disposal solutions, which helps control the following:
• Preventing unauthorized releases of material that could harm our forces.
• Reutilizing as much material as possible.
• In the long run, the above two points protect national security.
Are you in need of something? Come on down, make a short visit to the RTD office and see what’s on the shelves.
Got excess property? Call for an appointment to turn it in. The members of DLA Disposition Services Kaiserslautern are ready to assist you and your unit. Turn-in and pick-up hours are from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and are open for pick-ups from 8 a.m. to noon Fridays. For turn-ins, call 483-8346; for the reutilization/transfer/donation office call 483-8692; or for a military liaison call 483-7221. The civilian prefix for all numbers is 0631-411-XXXX.
(Courtesy of DLA Dispos-ition Services Kaiserslautern)
