European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Id a at your disposals i if toting of  oth nth Htu Tehen and Motif Ting Offin Iro rag area. Stories by Bob Hoyer stall writer. Strict managements  properly is saving taxpayers millions of dollars department of defense officials say. In secure storage areas around the world. Dod watches Over a vast inventory of secondhand equipment. Warehouses Are chock full of usable gear clothing furniture All sorts of hand and Power tools. Electronic communications and office equipment and Many other items that Are offered to military clients. Thousands of line items Worth Many millions of dollars Are available Many of them in prime condition. For customers who have Little of no Money to procure new equipment. Trucks buses cars heavy construction equipment and Mounds of scalable scrap occupy outdoor storage lots. Disposal of used military property has been the responsibility of Dod since 1972 when the army. Navy and air Force relinquished control  equipment. Used property now is handled by the defense Reutita Bizalion and marketing service draws 4.000- employee Agency with Headquarters in Battle Creek. Mich. Known As the defense property disposal service v 1 continued on Page 14