MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Staff Sgt. Joseph Throgmortin, 5th Security Force Squadron K-9 handler, gives ‘Pepper’ his daily health check-up at the base dog kennel Feb. 12. Sergeant Throgmortin, Pepper and all the men and women assigned to 5th SFS were recently named Best Large Security Forces Squadron in Air Combat Command for 2006.