Story by Walter Ham | 20th CBRNE Command | 01.05.2023
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Units from the U.S. military’s premier all hazards command trained together during a radiological course at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico....
Story by Staff Sgt. Zach Sheely | 100th Missile Defense Brigade (GMD) | 09.28.2020
The 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) hosted a mobile training team from the Defense Nuclear Weapons School to teach Soldiers the Nuclear Weapons Orientation Course at the brigade’s headquarters Sept. 14-17....
Story by Marty Schaeffer | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 04.12.2019
AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Members of the Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS) at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico recently participated in a unique international training event, Kiwi Resolve, led by the Royal New Zealand Airforce (RNZAF) and the U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)....
Courtesy Story | 377th Air Base Wing | 01.18.2019
The Defense Nuclear Weapons School recently acquired a new piece of decoration in front of their schoolhouse: a full size Mk6 Atomic Bomb trainer, honoring the school’s 72 years of radiological and nuclear teaching excellence at the same location....
Story by Ronald Lovas | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 06.06.2013
The Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS) of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) hosted the third quarter iteration of the Nuclear Weapons Accident/Incident Response Training (NWIRT) course at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM June 4-6....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 05.23.2013
Terrorists planted bombs near the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon killing three people and injuring more than 200, April 15. Some first emergency responders to the attack received prior training on terrorist incident response from Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Defense Nuclear Weapons School Reserve Component located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 04.19.2013
The faculty of the Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS) recently completed their third and final training iteration at the Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant in Veracruz, Mexico....
