Meet Andrae Brooks. While an Army brat and as a service member, he moved dozens of times. Luckily, those experiences make him right at home organizing international radiological training courses with #NNSA’s partners around the world.
NNSA and Cambodia recently collaborated to deliver radiological emergency preparedness and response training to Cambodian emergency response training to Cambodian emergency responders in Phnom Penh last month.
Earlier this year, NNSA’s Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation and the NATO Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Centre of Excellence collaborated to deliver emergency preparedness and response training in Slovenia.
Jay TIlden recently toured the Leonardo Helicopter assembly plant in Philadelphia to see the new aircraft NNSA has ordered.
Meet Jesse Altum. He is a leader in the Department of Energy's Pride awareness group, collects copper cookware, runs 40+ miles for fun, and is a vital director in NNSA's efforts to support Ukraine.
At an exercise held earlier this month in Houston, NNSA’s Office of Counterterrorism and Counterproliferation teamed with its federal, state, and local partners to practice the first steps to responding to a hypothetical act of nuclear terrorism.
Last month, NNSA conducted a refresher course and maintenance training in Yerevan, Armenia, to keep Armenian emergency response personnel prepared and up to date should they need to respond to a radiological incident.
NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Frank Rose visited Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to strengthen cooperation on nuclear security issues and learn more about regional partners’ activities and concerns related to our missions.
With her strong background in counterterrorism policies on radiological and nuclear material, she's a natural fit for figuring out how NNSA should respond to specialized WMD devices using resources like the Nuclear Emergency Support Team.