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    Joint Operations Center  **New! Director's
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 Dr. Rhys Williams, DTRA ExDIR was invited to participate as a keynote speaker at the Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum. This event focused on achieving seamless sensor-to-shooter connectivity
                        on the battlefield by emphasizing combined interoperability with global partners. Dr. Williams was joined by top military leaders, defense experts and policymakers that directly impact international security.
 DTRA Director and senior leaders were thrilled to host Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ambassador Nicole Shampaine for insightful discussions on future arms control strategies. Her expertise enlightened
                        our mutual approach to global security. Welcome, Ambassador!
 Amanda Richardson, Acting Director DTRA Research and Development, stopped by the DTRA booth at the 2024 Pacific Operational Science & Technology Conference to engage with Navy Junior Reserve Training Corps. Cadets.
 Congratulations to the entire DTRA organization for winning the “Best CFC Campaign for 2023” for a medium sized agency.
 Congratulations to Robert Trau-Massey for winning the CFC John L. Moreland Loaned Executive Award for Excellence 2023. #Givehappy
 DTRA Partners Participates in Groundbreaking Ceremony for African Union Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Center in Ethiopia Members of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) participated in a ground-breaking ceremony for the new African Union (AU)-Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Center (PANVAC) laboratory and training center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. Read more...
 Director's Strategic Intent Director Rebecca Hersman recently announced the release of her Director’s Strategic Intent Revision 2024. Central to the revision is a list of five initiatives that continue to focus on the key priorities, core functions while adjusting
                        for changes in the environment in which the agency works. Read the Director's Strategic Intent...
 US. Army COL Scott Smith, Commandant of DTRA’s Defense Nuclear Weapons School, served as the guest speaker at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) at Carlisle Barracks on 31 Jan 2024. COL Smith discussed the history of nuclear weapons, nuclear operations activities, conventional nuclear integration, and shared details with the future leaders about DTRA’s nuclear enterprise opportunities. During the visit COL Smith
                        spoke with the National Security Policy Program (NSPP) students, who are part of a USAWC Special Program designed to provide competitively selected resident students with a detailed understanding of the contemporary US Government
                        national security policymaking environment.
 Discussions with DTRA Podcast Episode 9 - Science, Facts and Common Sense A conversation with Dr. Rebecca Dunfee on the false bio lab narratives targeting DTRA Listen...
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                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction program recently sponsored a training event in Thailand that focused on updating participants in the latest Competitive- Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (C-ELISA) techniques.
                
                DTRA Sponsors Training Event in Thailand

                    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction program recently sponsored a training event in Thailand that focused on updating participants in the latest Competitive- Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (C-ELISA) techniques.
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                The World Health Organization gives introductory remarks at the BTRP-supported zoonotic workforce development workshop
Almaty, Kazakhstan
                
                DTRA’s Biological Threat Reduction Program and the Tripartite Health Organizations conduct workshop on Zoonotic Workforce Development.

                    In partnership with The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Biological Threat Reduction Program and the Tripartite health organizations (World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH)), conducted a workshop aimed at fortifying and mobilizing Kazakhstan's workforce for effective preparedness and response to zoonotic disease outbreaks Jan. 23-25 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
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                The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) met with the Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) and representatives from the American Embassy to Moldova and the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to discuss the Moldova National Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) Network (MNTTN) project.
                
                Providing A Secure Border: The Department of State Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and The Government of Moldova Partner Together to Improve Border Security

                    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) met with the Minister of Internal Affairs (MIA) and representatives from the American Embassy to Moldova and the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to discuss the Moldova National Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) Network (MNTTN) project. Since 2014, DTRA has worked with the Government of Moldova (GOM) and is currently working with both MIA and INL to complete a communications network that will provide 100% secure communications for border security in Moldova.
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                Members of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) participated in a ground-breaking ceremony for the new African Union (AU)-Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Center (PANVAC) laboratory and training center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia Feb 21.
                
                DTRA Partners Participates in Groundbreaking Ceremony for African Union Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Center in Ethiopia

                    Members of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) participated in a ground-breaking ceremony for the new African Union (AU)-Pan-African Veterinary Vaccine Center (PANVAC) laboratory and training center in Bishoftu, Ethiopia Feb 21.
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 Science, Facts, and Common Sense: A conversation with Dr. Rebecca Dunfee on the false bio lab narratives targeting DTRA  Listen to podcast
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 Dr. Robert Kristovich, Ph.D. on Progress, Potential and Possibilities Show Our Director of DTRA JSTO, Robert Kristovich, Ph.D. had a compelling discussion with podcast host Ira Pastor on "Progress, Potential, and Possibilities." They covered a range of topics including science and technology, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Emerging Threats, and much more. Watch Progress, Potential and Possibilities
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