Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 03.10.2021
FORT BELVOIR, Va.--The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA) traditional “boots on the ground” approach to build security cooperation capacity with partner nations met with the unanticipated COVID-19 pandemic. During normal operations, building partnership capacity (BPC) largely consists of hands-on training and equipment transfer activities, which necessitates a DTRA presence;......
Courtesy Story | NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support | 10.06.2020
NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support hosted Brig. Gen. Douglas S. Lowrey, commanding general, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command, Thursday, Sept. 24. The visit was part of the new commander’s familiarization with NAVSUP WSS’ Joint Consolidation Point, which operates as the primary consolidation and transportation activity for Building Partner Capacity efforts with foreign nations....
Story by Adriane Elliot | U.S. Army Security Assistance Command | 08.04.2020
The U.S. delivered nearly 100 Javelin anti-tank missiles to partner and NATO ally Estonia July 24.
Story by Andrea Chaney | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 01.13.2020
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Director Vayl Oxford gave a guest lecture at the Georgetown University’s School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology for the Defense Threat Reduction Initiatives Course in Washington D.C., Jan. 8....
Story by Andrea Chaney | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 01.09.2020
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) hosted U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) commander Gen. Stephen R. Lyons at DTRA’s Ft. Belvoir headquarters, December 7 for a series of briefs and discussions in an effort to increase collaboration between the commands....
Story by Andrea Chaney | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 11.20.2019
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Director Vayl S. Oxford delivered the keynote speaker at the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Summit and Live Exercise conference in Geneva, Switzerland Nov. 11-13....
Story by Master Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr | 621st Contingency Response Wing | 03.15.2019
Approximately eight Airmen assigned to the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron and a U.S. Air Force Chaplain recently returned from a building partner capacity mission Jan. 25 throughFeb. 10, 2019. This mission was the first time a chaplain accompanied any MSAS team to Cameroon....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Gustavo Gonzalez | 621st Contingency Response Wing | 01.25.2018
In a nation bordered by several countries dealing with international terror groups, the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) helped in the fight against terrorism throughout West Africa....
