Lt. Col. Jared Nelson, Minot Air Force Base missile wing safety chief, talks to Carol Thurn, Co-Manager of the Traffic Safety Office for North Dakota Department of Transportation, at the McKenzie County Traffic Safety Day in Watford City, N.D., Feb. 24, 2015. Nelson attended the event to spread awareness about driving around military vehicles. The base’s leadership has been meeting with city officials from communities within the missile complex to gain awareness on potential hazards and find solutions to help mitigate vehicle accidents. Since 2003, traffic fatalities have increased by more than 60% in North Dakota oil-drilling counties, many of which are shared with the missile complex. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Brittany Y. Bateman)