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The United States government, through the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), partnered with the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) to train Filipino emergency personnel on how to respond to chemical, biological, radioactive, and Read More …
KABUL Afghanistan – Warfighters operating in combat zones are continuously confronted with adversarial improvised threat technologies designed to inflict harm and disrupt operations. Over time, these nontraditional attacks have taken a heavy toll on mission success rates and weighed down Read More …
05-12-2020 Story by DTRA Public Affairs Defense Threat Reduction Agency The research and development arm of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has invested in a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) system capable of identifying and neutralizing underwater improvised explosive Read More …
Members of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency welcomed a new command senior enlisted leader and bid a fond farewell to an Airman, leader and friend. U.S. Navy Command Master Chief Philip Ibanez assumed responsibility as the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Read More …
Three Defense Department contractors — all with special operations backgrounds — were awarded the Pentagon’s highest civilian honor Tuesday for their actions in going into combat mode to support U.S. troops in Afghanistan. At a Pentagon ceremony, Army Lt. Gen. Darsie Rogers, deputy director Read More …
“As an agency, DTRA started 20 years ago, but it wasn’t starting from scratch,” said Vayl Oxford, DTRA director. “It was initially created to focus various C-WMD efforts throughout the Department of Defense, and we’ve been building on those past Read More …
