Defense Threat Reduction Agency

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is a multifaceted organization, providing expertise to America and our allies in order to reduce the potential threat of weapons of mass destruction. This organization was developed to mitigate the potential threat, providing reach-back capabilities, eliminate, and reduce the usage of any chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives. We will discuss the creation of the organization, the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO), the DTRA reach back capabilities and the In the mid 1990’s, terroristic attacks became an issue of the Department of Defense. Acts of terrorism were occurring all over the world. These attacks like from the bombing of the World Trade Center…

The Center for Defense Information (CDI) was a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, DC. It specialized in analyzing and advising on military matters.[1] CDI was founded in 1971 by an independent group of retired military officers including Adm. Gene La Rocque and Adm. Eugene Carroll.[2] Center for Defense Information Abbreviation CDI Merged into Project on Government Oversight Formation 1971 Founder Adm. Gene La Rocque, Adm. Eugene Carroll Extinction 2012 Location…

intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. Within this maze there is a direct line of authority and a line of coordination connecting these elements into a manageable soup. The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States, leads the IC. Although this office is not listed as a member of the Intelligence Community, the DNI exerts leadership of the IC primarily…

the current situation or a presupposition on the future course of events, either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof, necessary to enable the commander in the process of planning to complete an estimate of the situation and make a decision on the course of action.” Currently, there is no single known process to determine how assumptions are formulated by intelligence professionals. How we should make assumptions in the future and codify them is open for debate, but it…

The Intelligence Community is responsible for analyzing mass amounts of information mainly for the safety of citizens. With that, there has to be an overall process for how these steps are carried out. The information that the intelligence community brings in is important to the security of our nation and they must follow the correct process to make sure it is being carried out properly. The seven phases of the intelligence process are (1) identifying requirements, (2) collection, (3) processing…

The intelligence process/piece when it comes to homeland security is a vital component to identifying, deterring and keeping the homeland safe. Without intelligence it would be very hard to assess the threats and know what actions to take to prevent such incidents whether it be international or domestic terrorists attacks. There are many different facets of the complex intelligence gathering and support process. There will a room for improvement in everything we do as a Nation, especially…

Military spending in the U.S has been a widely debated issue for years; should we spend more, or spend less? We are in the 21st century and the world is becoming a scarier place to live in. Our military needs to grow to keep citizens safe, restore peace, and protect allies. So why wouldn’t we increase military spending, what good would come of that except not spending as much, but at what cost? Our safety? The rest of the world is growing in technology and ways to harm the US. We need to be at…

Randall Harold Cunningham (“Randy”) was a Vietnam war hero and a Republican Congress member who represented the 50th Congressional District from years 1991 to 2005 (Stern, 2005). Moreover, he held a spot on the House Intelligence Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (“DAS”). DAS is responsible for making drafts of bills that set appropriations for defense programs (Stern, 2005). On November 28, 2005, in federal court at the age of 64, Randy…

America’s Greatest Threat Do you want to know what’s like to listen and evaluate the director of one of the most important sectors involved in America’s defense? On Monday, November 8th, the director of The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) came to Virginia Tech and spoke to a large audience in Mcbryde room 100. The audience consisted of mostly students, ranging from cadets to the ordinary student, who listened intently as Kenneth A. Myers III spoke about the purpose of defense against…

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is a DOD agency whose main mission is to prevent the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs). DTRA is able to accomplish its mission by partnering with other nations who also want to prevent the proliferation of WMDs. Moreover, DTRA also ensures that other countries are abiding their WMDs treaties by conducting inspections in their facilities, they also work with inspectors from other countries so that they can inspect U.S. facilities so…