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Mission
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is a combat support agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. Founded in 1998, the agency headquarters is located in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. DTRA employs 2,000 men and women, both military and civilian at more than 14 locations around the world.
The threat of weapons of mass destruction is real and growing. Weapons of mass destruction can be chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological or high-explosive. DTRA is the go-to part of the Department of Defense to counter these weapons.
Mission
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency safeguards America and its allies from Weapons
of Mass Destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives)
by
providing capabilities to reduce, eliminate, and counter the threat, and mitigate
its effects.
Vision
Our agency's vision is to make the world safer by reducing the threat of weapons of mass
destruction.
Values
We provide excellence in all we do by embracing these values:
- Integrity: We are an agency with the highest ethical standards. Truth, honesty and courage are important to us and are crucial to our performance and success. We are faithful stewards of the public trust.
- Service: We are proud to serve. We are dedicated to our mission and to meeting the needs of those we support. We are accountable for our actions.
- Excellence: We are the Department of Defense expert in combating weapons of mass destruction. We deliver quality, timely, and operationally relevant solutions.
- Innovation: We are bold, creative, and adaptive. We explore, evolve, and anticipate solutions to make the world safer from weapons of mass destruction. We manage risk, not avoid it.
- Teamwork: We are a diverse workforce, empowered to achieve results through building teams and operating as a dynamic team. Everyone is respected and has an equal opportunity to contribute. We collaborate across the Agency, and with our partners and customers, to ensure integrated and synchronized solutions.
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