MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. — Dangerously chilly climate circumstances haven’t stopped the 341st Safety Forces Squadron from fulfilling their critically essential mission, 24/7 set up assist, in climate circumstances dropping to a low of adverse 30 levels.
The defenders of the 341st SFS are the primary line of protection to Malmstrom’s crucial intercontinental ballistic missile mission, which is one essential leg of the nuclear triad and acts as a world nuclear deterrence towards world adversaries.
Defenders authenticate credentials for people getting into the bottom and act as regulation enforcement specialists to maintain the well being and security of personnel dwelling and dealing on the set up daily.
In line with Airman 1st Class Jillian Walden, 341st SFS defender, when climate circumstances put the squadron into troublesome conditions, teamwork and resilience are what get the mission completed.
“We now have to depend on one another to get the job accomplished as a squadron, particularly throughout these extraordinarily chilly days,” she stated. “All of us lean on one another, as a result of we all know the mission is simply too essential for the chilly to cease us from getting the job accomplished.”
Walden additionally stated the Malmstrom group got here collectively this week to offer scorching drinks to the defenders in any respect hours of the day, offering espresso and scorching chocolate as they entered and exited the bottom.
“We undoubtedly acquired our justifiable share of scorching drinks this week, which we actually appreciated,” she stated.
Defenders on the gate aren’t solely scanning badges and offering safety, however are largely the primary level of contact the bottom has with the Nice Falls group and personnel heading to their every day work-place.
“They’re the primary impression to anybody who comes via the gates of Malmstrom Air Power Base, so when folks see them working this difficult, particularly when it is this chilly, it means one thing particular,” stated Grasp Sgt. William Taulbee, 341st SFS flight chief.
“What they do right here on the gate day-in and day-out is extraordinarily essential and there’s all the time one other defender keen to step as much as help when it’s wanted,” he continued.
