Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Alston, senior enlisted leader for the United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., coins two Airmen from the 91st Security Forces Group during his visit to a missile alert facility in North Dakota, Feb. 11, 2015. Alston is the senior enlisted leader for the United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)
Staff Sgt. Joshua Gibson, 742d Missile Squadron alert facility manager, gives Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work and Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick Alston, senior enlisted leader for the United States Strategic Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., a tour of a missile alert facility in North Dakota, Feb. 11, 2015. During their visit to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., they also received tours of the weapons storage area, a B-52H Stratofortress and Uniform-01. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)
A missileer from the 742d Missile Squadron gives Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work a briefing before entering the launch control center of a missile alert facility in North Dakota, Feb. 11, 2015. During his visit to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Work also received tours of the weapons storage area, a B-52H Stratofortress and Uniform-01. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work speaks with a missileer from the 742d Missile Squadron at a missile alert facility in North Dakota, Feb. 11, 2015. During his visit to Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Work also received tours of the weapons storage area, a B-52H Stratofortress and Uniform-01. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany Y. Bateman)