Defense Agencies: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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to maintain operations identif‌ied as

vital to DOD. DSS makes clearance

determinations for industry and

provides support services for DOD

Central Adjudicative Facilities. It

provides security education, training,

and proactive awareness programs for

military, civilian, and cleared industry to

enhance their prof‌iciency and awareness

of DOD security policies and procedures.

DSS also has a counterintelligence

off‌ice to integrate counterintelligence

principles into security countermeasures

missions and to support the national

counterintelligence strategy. Information

on DSS operating locations and centers

is available at http://www.dss.mil/isp/

dss_oper_loc.html.

For further information, contact the Defense Security Service, Off‌ice of Congressional and Public Affairs,

1340 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314–1651. Phone, 703–325–9471. Internet, http://www.dss.mil.

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

8725 John J. Kingman Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22260–5916

Phone, 703–325–2102. Internet, http://www.dtra.mil.

Director JAMES A. TEGNELIA

Deputy Director MAJ.GEN.RANDAL R. CASTRO, USA

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency

(DTRA) was established in 1998 and

is under the authority, direction, and

control of the Under Secretary of

Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and

Logistics. DTRA’s mission is to reduce

the threat posed by weapons of mass

destruction (WMD). DTRA covers the

full range of WMD threats (chemical,

biological, nuclear, radiological, and high

explosive), bridges the gap between the

warf‌ighters and the technical community,

sustains the nuclear deterrent, and

provides both offensive and defensive

technology and operational concepts to

the warf‌ighters. DTRA reduces the threat

of WMD by implementing arms control

treaties and executing the Cooperative

Threat Reduction Program. It uses combat

support, technology development, and

chemical-biological defense to deter

the use and reduce the impact of such

weapons. DTRA also prepares for future

threats by developing the technology and

concepts needed to counter new WMD

threats and adversaries.

For further information, contact the Public Affairs Off‌ice, Defense Threat Reduction Agency,8725 John J. Kingman

Road, MS 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–5916. Phone, 703–767–5870. Internet, http://www.dtra.mil.

Missile Defense Agency

The Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301–7100

Phone, 703–695–6420. Internet, http://www.mda.mil.

Director LT.GEN.PATRICK J. O’REILLY, USA

Deputy Director REAR ADM.JOSEPH A. HORN,JR., USN

Executive Director DAVID ALTWEGG

Chief of Staff COL.DAVID BAGNATI, USA

[For the Missile Defense Agency statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title32, Part 388]

The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA)

mission is to establish and deploy a

layered ballistic missile defense system

to intercept missiles in all phases of

their f‌light and against all ranges of

threats. This capability will provide a

defense of the United States, deployed

forces, allies, and friends. MDA is under

the authority, direction, and control

of the Under Secretary of Defense for

Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.

MDA manages and directs DOD’s

ballistic missile defense acquisition

programs and enables the Services to