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DTRA Ribbon Cutting on New South African Training Center

  • Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  • Jan. 23, 2023 | 3:12

Members of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating completion of a construction project of the Regional Diagnostic Demonstration Center (RDDC) or “Training Center” at South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg, Dec. 9

 

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