Our combting wepons of mss destruction (CWMD) efforts re driven by the threts we fce tody. terrorist ttck utilizing WMD cn result in enormous loss of life, negtively impct economies, constrin ntionl budgets, crete politicl unblnce in geogrphic regions, nd most certinly promote dditionl prolifertion nd terrorist ctivity round the world.Our focus is to keep WMD out of the hnds of terrorists nd other enemies by locking down, monitoring, nd destroying wepons nd wepons relted mterils. We lso ssist Combtnt Commnders with their plns nd responses to WMD events nd develop nd deliver cutting-edge technologies to ssist with ll of these endevors. There is no other country or government tht is solely focused on combting wepons of mss destruction 24 hours dy, 7 dys week. Every dy, 2000 people from our orgniztion come to work in loctions round the United Sttes nd round the world focused on one thing, nd tht’s sfegurding the mericn people ginst these threts. Our success is determined by wht didn’t hppen –wht we prevented, wht we helped to interdict, wht we eliminted, wht we mitigted, nd how prepred we re to respond. Tht is the bsis of the shield tht we cn provide cross the full thret spectrum — chemicl, biologicl, rdiologicl, nucler nd high yield explosives (CBRNE).s Combt Support gency, we support the Combtnt Commnders nd Services in responding to ny WMD thret. This requires us to not only ddress current needs but lso to nticipte future threts to our wrfighters. In our Defense gency role, we mnge reserch nd development portfolio to develop tools nd cpbilities. s USSTRTCOM Center, we support USSTRTCOM’s synchroniztion of Deprtment of Defense plnning efforts to counter wepons of mss destruction. nd the complementry Stnding Joint Force Hedqurters for Elimintion provides both stedy stte CWMD plnning support nd cn be deployed to provide direct opertionl support for US Militry tsk forces in hostile environments
