DTRA News

Oct. 17, 2024

DTRA Trains Indonesian Military on Epidemiology and Health Security

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) conducted an Intermediate Epidemiology Health Security Training for Indonesian Armed Forces Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) clinical and laboratory professionals from September 17th to 19th 2024. The event was held at RSAL Dr. Ramelan Navy Hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia, and provided 30 Indonesian personnel an expanded understanding of epidemiology principles and best practices, including skills that can be immediately applied at individual TNI military medical facilities. The training event incorporated lectures, interactive sessions, breakout group exercises, epidemiological analysis mentorship sessions and was part of a series of events which established an in-house cadre of trainers that will increase TNI training capacity and sustainability.

Oct. 3, 2024

DTRA and Government of Armenia Strengthen Partnership with Culminating FTX

YEREVAN, Armenia — Members of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in continued partnership with the Government of Armenia (GoAM), conducted a five-day, multiple-location, Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction Field Training Exercise (FTX) Sept. 19-24 throughout Armenia.

Sept. 20, 2024

Collaboration is key to Safety

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — On 18 September 2024, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health office held an open house at their new facility on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The Air Force Safety Center partnered with the 377th Air Base Wing Safety Office to brief over a hundred participants on the dos and don’ts and hazards of riding a motorcycle. They explained the different

Sept. 19, 2024

Arms Control and Verification Policy Development Seminar [KFN]

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) joined the Korea Arms Control & Verification Agency (KAVA) at its annual policy development seminar in a global scale. The topic was ‘Security environment of the Korean Peninsula and Nuclear/WMD Threat Reduction” in celebration of its 30th years anniversary.

Sept. 18, 2024

DTRA WEST GRABS an Opportunity to remove UXO's

The U.S. Total Force remains poised at the foremost level of mission readiness through “Safety First, Mission Always.” The Defense Threat Reduction Agency-West (DTRA-West), partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District (USACE-Albuquerque) and Kirtland Air Force Base (KAFB), New Mexico, to clear the Giant Reusable Air Blast Simulator (GRABS) site of unexploded ordnance (UXO). This effort allowed Service and Civilian personnel to safely conduct research and development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts in a safe environment, free from inadvertent explosive or contamination hazards.

Sept. 3, 2024

DTRA Conducts Transfer of Property and New Equipment Training Ceremony with Kenya Defence Forces

Nairobi, August 23, 2024 –The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), in continued partnership with U.S. African Command and the Kenya Defense Force's (KDF) Disaster Response Battalion (DRB), conducted a Transfer of Property (TOP) ceremony at the DRB facility, Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 23, 2024.

Sept. 3, 2024

DTRA and Jordanian Armed Forces Sign Joint Requirements Implementation Plan

Amman Jordan — The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Royal Medical Services (RMS) of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) signed a joint requirements implementation plan (JRIP) on August 4th, 2024.

Amman, Jordan Aug. 28, 2024

DTRA and Jordan's MoA Conclude EIDSS Project with Ceremony in Amman: A Milestone Achievement

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) conducted a ceremony observing the formal conclusion of the Electronic Integrated Disease Surveillance System (EIDSS) project in Amman, Jordan on August 5.

Aug. 21, 2024

DTRA Commemorates Decade Since Syrian Chemical Weapons Destruction on the Cape Ray

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) leadership attended the Chemical and Biological Weapons Elimination Showcase on August 14 in Aberdeen, Maryland, honoring the 10-year anniversary of the historic rapid destruction of the declared Syrian chemical weapons stockpile aboard the U.S. naval vessel MV Cape Ray.

July 31, 2024

Air Force Major General Lyle K. Drew 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. Lyle K. Drew to the agency as the new Deputy Director on August 1, 2024.