91st SFG GSC team announced

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  • By Capt. Genieve David
  • Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs
The 91st Security Forces Group announced the names of their selected team members for the 2011 Air Force Global Strike Command Global Strike Challenge, during their annual team rally here, Oct. 19.

Competing for the 91st SFG are: Tech. Sgt. Kyle Andino, Senior Airman Richard Ste Croix, Senior Airman Steven Whaley, Senior Airman Ryan Fontaine, Senior Airman Paul Olmos, Airman 1st Class James Chen, and Airman 1st Class Andrew Lintelman.

Team members were presented with a lineage Bully stick by Col. S.L. Davis, 91st Missile Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. John Hoffman, 91st MW command chief.

The 91st Security Forces Group held tryouts Sept. 21. Airmen participating in the tryouts completed a variety of mental and physical events. The skill-sets being evaluated were their knowledge of tactical maneuvers as a team and as individuals, weapons familiarity and overall job knowledge.

The tasks required for completion included a lot of physical fitness work, testing their overall body endurance in different scenarios such as response capabilities in small unit and individual tactic maneuvers.

"We hope that the Airmen selected to compete come home victorious, proving that Minot is in the best in the nuclear fight," said Master Sgt. Duke McDuffie, 91st SFG tactical response force member.

The GSC is a competition where Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and bomber forces compete against one another to be recognized as the best at what they do in the command. The score posting event will be held at Barksdale AFB, La. in November.

Members from the 91st SFG and 5th Security Forces Squadron will compete at the Global Strike Challenge beginning Nov. 3-10 at Barksdale AFB, La. The challenge is scheduled to end with a score posting event and an announcement of the winners from Air Force Global Strike Command Headquarters.