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COL Christopher M. Whelan

COL Christopher M. Whelan is the Chief, DNWS Department, Nuclear Enterprise Directorate, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
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DNWS at Kirtland AFB names 2020 top performers

Master Sgt. Brandi Robertson was named the 2020 senior noncommissioned officer of the year for the Defense Nuclear Weapons School at Kirtland AFB, N.M.
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DNWS at Kirtland AFB names 2020 top performers

Tech. Sgt Shaun Ouellette was selected as the 2020 Defense Nuclear Weapons School's junior noncommissioned officer of the year at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.
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DNWS at Kirtland AFB names 2020 top performers

The Defense Nuclear Weapons School's 2020 supervisor of the year for the NE Directorate was Michael Conner.
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DNWS night training advances incident response capabilities

Students from the Defense Nuclear Weapons School at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, participate in the Nuclear Emergency Team Operations (NETOPS) course’s first night exercise in March 2021. The exercise is part of recent curriculum improvements made possible through collaboration with the 58th Maintenance Group’s Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight and the New Mexico Air National Guard’s 210th RED HORSE Squadron. (Photo by John Familette, Defense Nuclear Weapons School.)
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DNWS commandant retires, reflects upon 30 years of service

Col. Mark E. Bowen (right) relinquishes command in 2013 of the 39th Maintenance Squadron at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, after his first command tour. Bowen then assumed command of the 52nd Munitions Maintenance Group at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, before becoming the 30th commandant of the Defense Nuclear Weapons School at Kirtland AFB, N.M. in 2016. Bowen concluded his 30-year Air Force career in a ceremony Aug. 28, 2020, serving the last four as DNWS commandant. Maj. Gen. Christopher E. Craige, commander of the Air Force Personnel Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, presided at the retirement ceremony. Craige (left) also presided when Bowen relinquished command of the 39th Maintenance Squadron in 2013. Bowen said having the opportunity to command twice and be a commandant were highlights of his career. (Courtesy photo)
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DNWS commandant retires, reflects upon 30 years of service

Col. Mark E. Bowen remarks on his 30-year Air Force career at his retirement ceremony Aug. 28, 2020, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. He served the last four years as the commandant of the Defense Nuclear Weapons School, the Department of Defense’s premier multi-service and joint CBRNE training facility at Kirtland AFB.
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barham M. Bratton, instructor at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School, gives Marine JROTC students from El Dorado High School a tour of the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum, a part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Nuclear Weapons School, at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, Nov. 13, 2019. The inaugural visit also included a one-on-one question and answer session with the instructors. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Familette)
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From left to right U.S. Marine Cpt. Scott E. Cameron, U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 3 Aaron J. Rager, U.S. Navy Lt. Gilbert L. Daigle, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Victoria A. Smith, U.S. Marine Cpt. Clayton J. Rue, U.S. Navy Lt. Juanzen Kanada Deloney Jr., and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Barham M. Bratton, instructors at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School, participate in a question and answer session with Marine JROTC students from El Dorado High School in the auditorium of the Defense Nuclear Weapons School at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, Nov. 13, 2019. The inaugural visit also included a tour of the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum. (U.S. Air Force photo by John Familette)
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Master Sgt. Lucas Avery, Defense Nuclear Weapons School instructor at Kirtland, demonstrates techniques in radiological detection to members of the Texas Army National Guard and area first responders Feb. 2 in Round Rock, Texas. Avery is a member of the mobile training team that traveled to Texas to teach the DNWS Introduction to Radiological and Nuclear Incident Response course.
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