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Uniformed personnel representing the U.S. Joint Forces, participated in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA), 2021 Chemical and Biological Operational Analysis (CBOA) at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Va., from 24-28 May 2021. - JOINT EXPEDITIONARY BASE LITTLE CREEK – FORT STORY, Va. - Uniformed personnel representing the U.S. Joint Forces, participated in the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA), 2021 Chemical and Biological Operational Analysis (CBOA) at the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek – Fort Story, Va., from 24-28 May 2021. The annual CBOA exercise equips end-users with the most up-to-date defense prototypes to assess in a simulated chemical and biological threat environment. This event provides technology developers with the opportunity to observe how their prototypes perform when used by front-line warfighters in a variety of threat-based scenarios. The feedback provided will guide product development and inform investment strategies that directly address warfighter requirements.

DTRA Sponsors Strategic Dialogues with Partners to Advance Common Interests and Address Mutual Threats - The Defense Threat Reduction Agency delivers strategic integration support by providing insights into emerging threats, while focusing on delivering operationally relevant, credible, timely, and actionable research for the Joint Force community. This effort is aligned to National Defense Strategy priorities and can inform future operations, activities, and investments.

chemical weapons storage facility inspections at Pueblo, Colorado and Blue Grass, KY. - Despite strict COVID-19 operating parameters, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) supported several chemical weapons storage facility inspections at Pueblo, Colorado and Blue Grass, KY. In addition, DTRA conducted the Final Engineering Review of Static Detonation Chambers at the U.S. CW Destruction Facility in Pueblo, CO. These activities supported efforts exercised by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Inspector Escort, a team that exercises the responsibility to observe and verify chemical munition destruction though continuous on-site monitoring.