Out of Sight Published June 16, 2015 By Senior Airman Sean D. Smith Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. -- Hidden away in the Pride Building is a small shop with a big job. It's called Squadron Aviation Resource Management, or SARM. The most visible component of a bomber squadron is usually the planes, but they don't fly themselves, and even the pilots at the controls don't exist in a vacuum. "The job as a squadron aviation resource manager is to help aircrew members, jumpers and missileers to know what's needed of them to stay current with all their flight and ground training, as well as publish their flight orders and maintain and track each member's flying hours," said Tech. Sgt. Kristy Wiener, NCO in charge of 69th Bomb Squadron SARM. Put another way, SARM can be seen as a final quality check for the members whose records are in their care. In the complex world of military aviation, there's so much to keep track of that no one can be expected to keep up without help. SARM is where the records are maintained and monitored, and Wiener and her team are the ones to make certain that everything is up to date, and every detail is correct. "Although there are many aspects to our job, one of the most important duties is to let them know if they're coming due for any critical training," Wiener said. "We're the last people to tell aircrew members if they're good to fly on any given day, or if they're not." There are eight people total in the 23rd and 69th Bomb Squadron SARM office, and they're responsible for keeping roughly 190 aircrew members current. An unavoidable byproduct of the mission is an enormous amount of paperwork and records. Most service members know on some level that someone behind the scenes is actually looking after those records; Wiener's people are the ones doing it. It's an enormous workload, but Wiener said that her team always gets the support they need. "Leadership has an open door," Wiener said. "I can go to them for anything. They're always ready to help, and if there's something that needs to be improved, they aren't afraid to implement change." On the surface the role of SARM might appear impersonal, even clerical, but at the end of the day Wiener's team exists to take care of people and to keep them current. "I honestly love my job, and every single one of the members in my office takes pride in the job as well," Wiener said. "It gives us such pride, especially when our customers take pride in making sure that they're current, it's empowering because we know that they care just as much as we do."