Story by Airman 1st Class Kylee Tyus | 62nd Airlift Wing | 06.04.2024
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – As a part of the 62d Airlift Wing’s Human Performance Program and with the help of funding provided by the Mission Execution Excellence Program (MEEP), a group of 12 Airmen were selected to be some of the first to be issued and selected to distribute wearable human performance tracking devices in the form of rings at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington,......
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 03.31.2021
American forces and our allies face potential but real symmetric and asymmetric Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) threats during forward deployed operations. As such, it is vital to possess capabilities to protect, mitigate, and understand these threats to facilitate effective decision-making so that the force can continue operations within a hazardous environment....
Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency | 02.10.2021
FORT BELVOIR, Va. - In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Defense (DoD) offers a new tool in the fight against the disease -- the ability to warn of an infection up to 48 hours before overt symptoms appear. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is developing an early infection-warning system that is grounded on the clinical fact that when a person is exposed to a pathogen,......
