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July 19, 2021
DNWS at Kirtland AFB names 2020 top performers

Each year, the Defense Nuclear Weapons School (DNWS) Quarterly and Annual Awards Program recognizes the agency’s top civilian and military performers. The award categories allow personnel from the upper, middle and junior levels of the workforce to be recognized for excellent performance. The
May 21, 2021
DNWS night training advances incident response capabilities

In the event of a nuclear weapons accident or incident, the safety of our military and the public relies on the specially trained Incident Response Force to provide emergency assistance and establish safe command and control of the site.
Oct. 7, 2020
DNWS commandant retires, reflects upon 30 years of service

The Defense Nuclear Weapons School, established in 1947 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., said goodbye Aug. 28, 2020, to its 30th commandant.Col. Mark E. Bowen, who entered the Air Force in 1990 as an intercontinental ballistic missile launch officer, ceremonially retired here after 30 years of
Nov. 29, 2019
El Dorado High School Marine Corps JROTC students first in Albuquerque Public Schools visit to the Defense Nuclear Weapons School

Local JROTC students from El Dorado High School recently got a personal tour of the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum, a part of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and had a chance to chat one-on-one with the instructors in a question and answer session, in the auditorium of the Defense Nuclear

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