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Aug. 22, 2023

 Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Professionals 

                                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's (DTRA) Chemical and Biological Technologies Department in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for Chemical and Biological Defense, an integral component of the Chemical and Biological Defense Program (CBDP), sponsors the Joint Science and Technology Institute (JSTI) East and West residential programs, which are fully funded for all students who attend.            

Aug. 14, 2023

 DTRA partners with FBI and DHS to support Multilateral Workshop to enhance CWMD capacity with Singapore and Brunei  

                                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s, Building Partner Capacity Department led a CWMD Multilateral Workshop, with key partners in the Indo-Pacific region, enhancing their ability to counter the proliferation of WMD.            

Aug. 4, 2023

 Mighty Ninety, DTRA conduct mock New START inspection 

                    F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. —                                                Members of the Mighty Ninety’s treaty office and members of both the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s East and West Coast teams conducted a mock treaty inspection on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, July 12 - 14, 2023.            

July 13, 2023

 Air Force Special Operations General begins   new role as Deputy Director of DTRA 

                                Ms. Rebecca Hersman, the Director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, welcomed U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Matthew Wolfe Davidson aboard as the agency’s new Deputy Director on July 13, 2023.             

June 30, 2023

 Completion of Chemical Agent Destruction at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant  

                                A stockpile of obsolete chemical weapons stored at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) since the 1950s has been safely eliminated.             

June 16, 2023

 DTRA DIR Participates in Signing Ceremony at Bluegrass Army Depot 

                                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Director, Rebecca Hersman, participated in a signing ceremony alongside the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Fernando Arias, as part of her visit to Bluegrass Army Depot in Berea, Ky., June 12. DTRA and the OPCW work together on innovative capacity-building and training programs rooted in strengthening international norms against chemical weapons.            

May 22, 2023

 DTRA repatriates usable radioactive materials in Guatemala, marking their first engagement in the U.S. Southern Command 

                                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) global reach recently played an integral role in the successful repatriation of two Cobalt-60 radioactive sources.  In close partnership with Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines and the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE-NNSA), DTRA facilitated logistical efforts for the safe removal of the sources from the Liga Nacional Contra el Cáncer/Instituto de Cancerología (LIGA/INCAN) in Guatemala City, Guatemala in April 2023.              

May 18, 2023

 DTRA Director Attends ChemTech Center Inauguration 

                    THE HAUGE, Netherlands —                                                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Director, Rebecca Hersman, recently attended the inauguration of the new Centre for Chemistry and Technology (ChemTech Centre) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hauge, Netherlands on May 12.            

May 8, 2023

 DTRA to the U.S. Joint Forces...We have the Technology! 

                    Camp Dawson WV —                                                As the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threat continues to evolve at an unprecedented rate, so does the need to continually shape the U.S. Joint Force’s counter-threat capabilities.  The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in its role as the Joint Science and Technology Office (JSTO) for the Chemical and Biological Defense Program meets this challenge by sponsoring the Chemical Biological Operational Analysis (CBOA) field experiment.  This large-scale user assessment provides an opportunity for government organizations, Industry, and Academia technology developers to hand off their science and Technology (S&T) prototypes to U.S. Joint Forces members to use while conducting real-world CBRN-contested training scenarios at Camp Dawson, West Virginia, beginning on May 8.            

April 27, 2023

 DoD Leaders Observe 'Nearly Invisible' CWMD Training Mission 

                                A highly specialized team from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) trained Special Operations Forces during a countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) scenario with an almost-impossible task: to operate completely in the open in a busy civilian setting – while being completely unnoticed by everyone around them.            

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