April 6, 2016 Introducing the E-6B Mercury: America's last line of defense The Navy's E-6B Mercury Airborne Launch Control System aircraft, while menacing in stature, serves its mission strictly as America's absolute last line of defense in the face of nuclear war and as a nuclear deterrence and communication platform.Recently, personnel from Malmstrom Air Force Base had
April 6, 2016 Base library offers children services April is recognized as Month of the Military Child, honoring military youth for the important role they play in contributing to the strength of the military family. To help children learn and grow, the base offers reading programs covering various topics such as animals and weather.Every Tuesday at
April 4, 2016 Storytellers: tales of resiliency, empowerment More than 150 Airmen, dependents and civilians joined together for a luncheon April 1 at the Grizzly Bend to hear stories of overcoming an addiction, mental and physical abuse, sexual assault, nearly losing a family member and the effects of a death in the family.Storytellers is a resiliency event
April 1, 2016 Cooking club delights Malmstrom hosted its first ever cooking club March 31 at the Chapel Annex."As soon as the idea was posted, every slot but two was filled within two hours," said Master Sgt. Micheal Filipovich, 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron first sergeant and cooking club coordinator.Along with Filipovich,
March 31, 2016 USSTRATCOM commander presents Omaha Trophy to Malmstrom AFB The 341st Missile Wing received the 2015 Omaha Trophy, intercontinental ballistic missile category, in recognition of the wing's contributions to U.S. Strategic Command's global strategic missions during a ceremony here, March 30.U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, USSTRATCOM commander and David G.
March 30, 2016 Don't be a victim of identity theft Malmstrom's Airman and Family Readiness Center is prepared to help service members and dependents with identity theft."Identity theft is someone taking your personal information, and using it for personal gain," said Tracie Faulk, 341st Force Support Squadron community readiness agent and A&FRC team
March 29, 2016 Periodic maintenance team completes 7,000 overdue tasks Less than one year ago, all the 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron periodic maintenance team knew was they had more than 7,000 overdue periodic maintenance actions to complete.Today, they are one of the only intercontinental ballistic missile teams able to claim the status "zero overdue periodic
March 28, 2016 Youth Center hops into spring The 341st Force Support Squadron held a spring carnival March 26 at the Youth Center for the base's youth and families."The spring carnival is the kick off to the Month of the Military Child," said Stevie Brown, 341st FSS youth and teen programmer, and point of contact for this year's spring
March 25, 2016 Malmstrom youth experience steps before deployment The 341st Force Support Squadron hosted a junior deployment line for children of deployed family members March 23 at the Youth Center.The event was a way for the children to see what their parents go through before and during a deployment."With the amount of stress the families typically go through,
March 25, 2016 FTAC Airmen treated to free lunch First-term Airmen were treated to a free lunch at the First Four Airman's Center March 25 after completing a week-long series of meeting and briefings. Airmen new to both the Air Force and the base attend the briefings at the First Term Airmen's Center to learn about the mission and services