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Hawaii Airmen Enhance Warfighting Capabilities Through Technology
October 16, 2023 — As part of the largest Talisman Sabre 23 (TS23) exercise to date, held in July and August, Total Force Airmen took part in an experimental Wearables Pilot Program, providing warfighters with a means to increase their battlefield effectiveness through technology.Maintenance professionals and support personnel were outfitted with some of the latest... MORE

In the foreground a woman stands on a tarmac with he rback to the camera, she has protective headphones over her ears. She is wearing a shirt that says "Wearables Experiment" and in the background there is a fighter jet under an open airplane hangar.

JPM CBRN Medical publication featured in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
October 12, 2023 — JPM CBRN Medical published "Strengthening Warfighter Resiliency Using Broad-Spectrum or Host-Directed Therapies within the Rapid Acquisition and Investigation of Drugs for Repurposing (RAIDR) Program" in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. Learn more about the article and the team's work on the RAIDR program... MORE

AL&T Feature - Fail Forward and Pivot
October 2, 2023 — JPM CBRN Medical, BARDA and UTMB personnel during a UTMB site visit. (Photo by Sarah Murtaza, BARDA) Read the full article about the JPM CBRN Medical's VAMP program that takes an agile approach to accelerate the delivery of vaccines against priority threats - https://asc.army.mil/web/news-fail-forward-and-pivot/ MORE

Courage, Commitment, and COVID-19: How the JA2 Team Achieved Success in the Face of a Global Pandemic
September 29, 2023 — "In the face of an unprecedented challenge, the JA2 team united government agencies, contractors, academia and industry experts to rewrite the script of our battle against COVID-19." – Mr. Darryl J. Colvin, Joint Program Executive Officer for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (CBRN). The U.S. held its collective breath this... MORE

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DOD Announces Release of 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
September 28, 2023 — Today, the Department of Defense released the unclassified version of its 2023 Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD). The 2023 DOD CWMD Strategy seeks to account for current and emerging WMD challenges and threats, and provide tailored methods to address them. The Department will account for WMD threats holistically to prevent,... MORE

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ASC Faces of the Force - Public Service Above All
September 27, 2023 — Read the full article featuring JPEO-CBRND's JPM CBRN Medical staff member Wai Kwan Chung - https://asc.army.mil/web/news-public-service-above-all/ MORE

Army AL&T Feature - Expedited Delivery
September 18, 2023 — The naloxone autoinjector is a rescue treatment that will counteract the adverse effects from exposure to opioids and allows impacted service members to remain ambulatory to move to higher levels of care. (Photo provided courtesy of Kaléo, Inc.) Read the full article about how the JPEO-CBRND filled a gap in Europe with rapid delivery of a... MORE

A service member practices administering the high-dose naloxone autoinjector (NAI) as a rescue treatment to counter opioid poisoning.

Phage Selected, Nature Approved: A Biothreat Detection Paradigm
September 15, 2023 — When the Defense Department (DOD) needs to develop tools and equipment to protect the Joint Force, it is critical that these items are put through rigorous testing and validation measures to ensure that they have the proper capabilities to beat the evolving threat. The Defense Biological Product Assurance Office (DBPAO), which is a part of the... MORE

Safety Day 2023: Taking Personal Responsibility for a Safer Tomorrow
September 7, 2023 — On August 31, 2023, the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) hosted Safety Day. The event served as a reminder of the paramount importance of safety inside and out of the workplace. Mr. Darryl Colvin, the Joint Program Executive Officer for CBRN Defense, emphasized in his opening... MORE

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Enhancing Safety and Efficiency: DOD’s Radiological Detection System
August 31, 2023 — A groundbreaking technology that supports the Defense Department’s (DOD) commitment to safeguarding our forces is the Radiological Detection System (RDS). Replacing the current radiation detection, indication and computation (RADIAC) system, the RDS consolidates capabilities across the Joint Force. The RDS represents a transformative response to a... MORE

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