Robins DLA helps customers worldwide Published Nov. 18, 2011 By Jenny Gordon 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services office at Robins operates as a clearinghouse for excess and surplus government property. In fiscal 2010, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Depot storage facility was the leader across the Air Force with a total of $69.9 million worth of items, an amount which reflects a property's original acquisition value. In fiscal 2011, that number totaled $49 million. Two other retail facilities across the base associated with maintenance activities also requisitioned items worth over $1 million in 2010 and 2011. While there may be many other facilities that have reutilized government property on base, if the sum of its original acquisition value didn't reach at least $1 million, it did not appear on the DLA Disposition Services' annual "Million Dollar Board," which is a listing gathered from all service branches. DLA services has a worldwide presence within the Department of Defense, with disposal specialists in 17 foreign countries, two U.S. territories, and 34 states. The organization, which operates a full-service location at Robins in Bldg. 1602, takes excess property from all government entities, and finds disposition outlets for them. DLA's biggest customer is the Department of Defense, followed by other federal agencies, donation agencies and the general public. Items are put into an online inventory system where they can be requisitioned by customers worldwide. So for example if a customer is looking for items that are located at Robins, those can be shipped or transported at no charge to any other DoD customer. "We try to save money and basically extend the supply life of items," said Danny Snow, DLA Disposition Service area manager. "The benefit goes back to the military so they won't have to procure those items." Some of the most requisitioned items for the military include vehicles, aircraft parts, clothing items, tools, individual equipment, electronics, furniture and other supplies. For example, in 2010, there were only 1,133 line items as part of the $69.9 million total for the depot storage account. While the number of items may not sound like a lot, this is due to its high acquisition cost value, which can include expensive aviation electronics or aircraft parts. A single line item could also have included a request for 2,000 pairs of boots, for example. According to Kenneth MacNevin with DLA Disposition Services and DLA Logistics Information Service, overall in the last few fiscal years, the agency has had about $20 billion worth of excess property turned in. About half of this amount was discovered to be not usable; however, the remaining property is getting reused by other entities. The reuse of property totals about $2 billion, MacNevin said. "Before going out and spending budgeted money to get new stuff, it goes to DLA almost-new, and gets used until it's worn out," he explained. He added there's a green aspect as well, citing the environmental value of re-utilizing goods, rather than buying things new to be manufactured.