Department of Defense news release (Feb. 8, 2005): DoD appoints new director of Defense Threat Reduction Agency.The Department of Defense announced today the appointment of James A. Tegnelia as the new director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (or DTRA) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) whose primary function is to analyze potential threats to the United States, both homeland and abroad, and provide contingency plans for all such . Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs Dale Klein said, "The appointment of Jim Tegnelia as the director of DTRA DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA Dirt Track Racing Association DTRA Deseret Towers Recreation Area (Utah) DTRA Data Terminal Ready A DTRA Defense Technical Review Agency DTRA Defense Technical Review Activity is another significant step in transforming how we defend against the threat of weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or . He brings exceptional talent, skills, and management experience to this new role and responsibility." DTRA is a Department of Defense combat support agency with an annual budget of more than $2.6 billion and a military/civilian workforce of approximately 1,890. DTRA focuses on reducing the threat of weapons of mass destruction through a combination of advanced technology programs and innovative operational methods. Several technologies developed at DTRA have made significant impact in Afghanistan and Iraq. DTRA also has an integral role in several international WMD-related treaty verification programs. Tegnelia is currently the vice president, Department of Defense programs at Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories, which is managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), is a major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratory with two locations, one in Albuquerque, New , Albuquerque, N.M. Under his leadership, this program has experienced an unprecedented growth of 147 percent in the past four years to a budget topping $183 million. Tegnelia also served as chairman of the Army Science Board and as co-chair of the Sandia National Security Advisory Panel. He was a member of the board of directors of the Sandia Technology Park and a member of the National Advisory Panel of The George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904. School of Engineering. Tegnelia earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Georgetown University Georgetown University, in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; Jesuit; coeducational; founded 1789 by John Carroll, chartered 1815, inc. 1844. Its law and medical schools are noteworthy, and its archives are especially rich in letters and manuscripts by and , a master's degree in engineering from The George Washington University, and a doctorate in physics from The Catholic University of America Catholic University of America, at Washington, D.C.; the national university of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States; coeducational; founded 1887 and opened 1889. . He served in the Army from 1968 to 1971 and was awarded the Bronze Star during a one-year tour of duty in Vietnam. DTRA headquarters is located at Fort Belvoir. Va. The agency operates field offices in Alexandria, Va.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and San Francisco, Calif. Overseas locations include Darmstadt, Germany; London, United Kingdom; Almaty, Kazakhstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Moscow and Votkinsk, Russia; Kiev, Ukraine; and Yokota, Japan. |
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