Solitary Sentinels: Guarding America's ICBMs

The Cold War ended over 25 years ago, yet the threat of a nuclear attack has not disappeared entirely. Airmen of the US Global Strike Command still maintain a constant vigil, always on alert and making sure America's nuclear arsenal is secure and combat ready. However, despite its importance to national security, it's not really a glamorous job. TSgt Nicholas Kurtz travelled to a missile field outside of FE Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming to give us this rare glimpse of the daily duties of the Airmen who guard and operate America's Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
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[@roger201288]

When you're playing on an empty server

[@MrDK0010]

god damn haha

[@kav2000]

MrDK0010 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@easygroove]

rofl

[@Nox1234567891011]

HAHAHHAHAHHA

[@donotcareatall]

Jack Burton Fallout 3 is a single player there's no servers 😂😂😂 dumbass

[@diegodelizsoto]

Missileers when the cameramen leave: alright you can turn the ps4 back on

[@JohnRidersoldoutforjesus]

That's what it would take for me to do it.

[@doommuffinz5276]

Lol I was wondering what they do for the remaining 7 hours of shift after checking all the systems

[@somenathdas8]

🤣🤣🤣

[@predator7088]

Doom Muffinz I think they have 12-24h shifts

[@edofluit6568]

@@predator7088 why the hell would they give people that have to be on high alert, ready and focused 12 - 24! hour shifts

[@amistrophy]

It really feels like these guys are a “tripwire force”. Doesn’t seem enough to stop an attack but enough to observe movement and sound an alarm.

[@TheChaosJohnson]

I agree. At they very end they said if something was wrong, they could/ would call heavily armed guards from the base that would show up in helicopters within a few minutes.

[@AMG-316]

Thats exactly right

[@richardsmith1331]

If a silo was more than 20 minutes away, we used a helicopter. Our farthest site was 1/4 mile from the Canadian border.

[@ferngss]

True true

[@jamesclouse9947]

I mean that's pretty obvious and I don't think anyone's trying to hide that fact

[@fishermanoflight]

I love how everyone has their own opinion of these guys. Yet in reality, 99% of those guys didn't join to be at these silos and would rather be anywhere else. 100% of the special badasses mocking these guys don't know what it means to serve their country.

[@Vandicoup]

Amen to that.

[@5o223]

@@Vandicoup took the word out my mouth

[@markmathews547]

F-ing A correct Christian. My son serves as a Missilier in these silos, and truly appreciates the men and women protecting these sites.

[@holdendavid9025]

False. Very few pass the mental health screening to even be near this place. Period. Few soldiers are actually mentally capable of and responsible enough to work there.

[@ethanf5441]

Sorry. No. 3 days a week??? They call that challenging 😂😂

[@condorhigh2310]

Imagine getting paid just to walk around and act like you're playing on a empty server

[@johnnysins8353]

I bet a lot of them commit suicide lol. it seems so boring

[@armorers_wrench]

@@johnnysins8353 Nah dude thats a sweet job. It might be boring but I doubt they have a huge suicide problem and if they do its most likely from previous combat deployments.

[@armorers_wrench]

This guy gets it. This job looks sweet.

[@samueljosephgarza]

Being in the career field I can tell you when this assignment is handed to you it’s almost like a death sentence

[@antdx316]

If it's your dream then apply.

[@elgringo4918]

Airman "I joined The Air Force to see the world!!!" Friend "So where did you get stationed???" Airman "Nebraska..."

[@alphabeta898]

Chris Coté for 3 days.

[@AbdiAli]

Joins Nasa... Stationed in Nevada

[@robertdawg4754]

69 69 be like me, join the army, ended up in afghani.

[@ThePagoy]

Joined the Navy....Stationed in Chicago patrolling “the Lake”

[@HarleyQuinn_93]

Joined any branch.... stationed in my hometown....

[@phunnyfill]

Narrator: “That patch of land is some of the most heavily guarded real estate in the world” Airman: “There could be a protester beating on the launcher with a hammer. It’s happened!”

[@richiebeard994]

I was Security Police in the Missle Field of Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota in the early to mid-'80s. It's boring until it's not... I lost my Security Police buddy Berry Holmes (we were both from South Florida) in May of 1986 when the Huey helicopter he was riding on escorting a convoy (Airborne Fire Team) crashed close to Sturgis in a field across the road from Bear Butte. Glad to see these young people carrying the torch with pride, lookin' sharp ya'll. R.I.P. my friend!

[@ericwilson6994]

Serpent being cast out... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute. I'm the CIA, I'll erase your memory! We run Montana's nuclear arsenal. E=MC2 Time relative to the speed of light. fold space and time back upon itself up to one minute out and voila! No Russian/Chinese ICBM lands on U.S. U.K. or Canadian soil... September 1949 MAD no longer applicable.... No zombie apocalypse.... Serpent being cast out.... ration blood.... stay out of hell.... worship with the Word... moderation, temperance, self control, self discipline.... FC faith in Christ.... trillions of souls from hell avicci through limbo --> back to Heaven judged by the standard you are judging... protecting humanity with overt warning... demonstrate underworld/overworld... will be overtly baptizing/protecting humanity.... be careful what you wish for... 'it all ends in Peru'... that ends the world.... We run Montana -Michael

[@DustDevilRage]

My older brother was Security Forces up there at the 28th Bomb Wing. Rapid City a great town. Plenty of beer to be drank.

[@russvoight1167]

I was in the 28th FMS welding shop Ellsworth AFB August 1976 to December 1979

[@Jariid]

List of main threats to security of the ICBM complex: 1) Anti-war Hippies 2) Russian Spetnaz Infiltration Units 3) Pokemon GO

[@jaydeneverett4414]

Макиавелли принц lmao

[@Jariid]

Wacky Ninja How's that?

[@wackyninja9259]

Макиавелли принц Because hes the only one who has the power to use these nukes and if he can't handle his own twitter what makes you think he can handle weapons of mass destruction

[@Jariid]

Wacky Ninja What would he have to gain by having nukes used? Mutually assured destruction prevents the need for them to be used, even by someone like Trump. You make it seem like ordering for nukes to be fired would be an easy decision that someone could make on the fly by mistake.

[@wackyninja9259]

Макиавелли принц I'm sorry I never knew you were a government official who knew everything about how the corrupt government works, if Trump won the election, he has no problem using anything/everything to gain even more power, even if that includes the use of such weapons, blocking you and leaving it there

[@MrDaddynomates]

"Nobody wants a Nuke in their back yard". How does he know? Maybe i want one in my back yard. Something for the kids to play with.

[@jamesbarnard9710]

Most of the ranchers in Montana appreciated having an LF in their backyard. The roads off the main highways, although gravel had to be maintained to hold a 100,000 lb. transporter/erector with a missile in it. Air Force kept the roads in great shape and plowed them out in the winter. At times when the snow was so deep, the ranchers couldn't feed their cattle, AF helicopters dropped bails of hay on request! Never heard any complaints in the late 1960's.

[@thegeth4293]

none of the neighbors would fuck with you.

[@SurlyRider2019]

Daddy I found a nice shinny red button

[@andresramirez5233]

They're not your dad. They don't know your life. Lol

[@samd7476]

They get paid for it too.

[@leaningforward]

If the Army or Marines were in charge of securing the missile fields there would be five dudes with guns setting up camp at each silo hating life and living in squad tents on a 1 year assignment.

[@user-DrJoe-Future]

I spent a number of years in the ICBM nuclear missile fields in North Dakota overseeing technical missile electrical and mechanical teams actually working on the missiles in the silos and Launch Facilities. At the same time, the security forces are also there to guard the site and protect the teams. Security has a very difficult job for many reasons. While maintenance teams are working underground, the security teams are topside in the harsh weather. It can get very cold out there (up to -70 degrees below zero) depending on the time of year or day or night. There were times our vehicles were chased by American Indians who don't like "Feds," or they may play around with the sites. It can also get pretty boring out there standing guard for many hour or an entire day and night. I have to give the security forces a lot of credit for a tiring and difficult job securing these isolated places.

[@patriot03062]

How True. Thanks for sharing that info. I was stationed at Malmstrom AFB, Montana in Security. Made lots of trips to the missile sites for routine Maintenance, targeting, pulling war heads or who missile out of the silos which took days on site.

[@foresttaniguchi3168]

That was my job in 93 SS Minot ND

[@lazerkeyboard]

"It could be a team of foreign commandos... or just a jack rabbit" It will never be a team of foreign commandos. It's always a jack rabbit.

[@aierune8201]

Who knows maybe one day it'll be a team of Foreign Jack Rabbit Commandos.

[@zeroelevens4957]

Lazer Keyboard he was being sarcastic

[@lazerkeyboard]

@@zeroelevens4957 it might feel like sarcasm because of the overly serious and dramatic tone for something we all know will never happen. however its not sarcasm

[@theRPGmaster]

@@lazerkeyboard However if everyone acted like it can't happen, then it might actually happen.

[@coyotemoonc3258]

Naruto Runners ... maybe

[@michaeldobson107]

"Stealing one of these nukes would be like robbing Fort Knox. It's just never going to happen." Well, they are really, really heavy.

[@alimustafa4753]

Michael Dobson it’s more disabling nuclear capabilities that’s the issue if we can’t launch a retaliatory strike nuclear deterrence won’t be a thing

[@michaeldobson107]

@@alimustafa4753 Was just making a funny ha-ha here, Pee Poo. Sorry you missed that. Cheers.

[@codybuchman823]

Having been to Fort Knox I can tell you 1000% that you stand a better chance breaking through that missile silo fence and whipping cookies in your yee yee truck on their gravel and busting out of there without a trace than you do even snapping a picture of the gold vault at Fort Knox without men in dark SUVs and suits coming to have a chat with you and threatening to take your device you took the photos with.

[@vertie2090]

@@codybuchman823 Money > nukes

[@redwolfexr]

@@codybuchman823 "threatening" to take? More like pulling it out of your cold dead hands.

[@sbmcvp4525]

It amazes me that all this information is on the internet, books, etc. When I was a SAC SP pulling my time in the missile field, we didn't discuss any of this outside "the need to know," PERIOD. My my, how times have changed.

[@voyloa]

Exactly, so much for ‘need to know’.

[@wavedog23]

There's literally almost 100% chance that they see zero action/all alarms are false, but goddamnit, I get hyped seeing them boys take it 100% seriously. That's the kind of person you want keeping an eye on something like this!

[@promiscuouscrab4040]

“Some of the most heavily guarded real estate in the world” *literally a dozen soldiers who rotate patrolling a field with a wire fence*

[@LukusCannon]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@rune.theocracy]

@@LukusCannon When I got this assignment I was hoping for more gambling.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Promiscuous Crab I was at Minot ND talk about desolate

[@promiscuouscrab4040]

Deborah chesser I’m sure the stars are amazing though

[@hexxbans3726]

Its a nuclear bunker and its nuclear proof. Who do u think would can go in to damage or steal the weapon. It is just for warning to stay away i guess.

[@EvilWhiteGuy7.62]

I bet Russia's security is just a Babushka sitting in a rocking chair on top of the silo hatch...

[@ilickyourtoesatnight9535]

Used to be kgb if you guys didn’t know

[@edirt]

And she would still do a better job than these guys.

[@timothyhv2193]

no slavs squat at the silos

[@EvilWhiteGuy7.62]

@@timothyhv2193 between a group of slavs and a Babushka, I'd say their nukes are safer than ours.

[@timothyhv2193]

@@EvilWhiteGuy7.62 i guess so, because they are busy drinking vodka or kvass

[@mtevilone]

You forgot Montana. I used to live in Lewistown and loved seeing the men and women of our USAF as they secure our nukes. I watched many times as they passed through towns in convoys moving missiles back and forth from the sites and Malmstrom in Great Falls. Thank you all for your service, you are greatly appreciated for keeping our nuclear deterrent secure!

[@DVX755]

Yeah I did that at Malmstrom AFB......

[@ericwilson6994]

Serpent being cast out... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute. I'm the CIA, I'll erase your memory! We run Montana's nuclear arsenal. E=MC2 Time relative to the speed of light. fold space and time back upon itself up to one minute out and voila! No Russian/Chinese ICBM lands on U.S. U.K. or Canadian soil... September 1949 MAD no longer applicable.... No zombie apocalypse.... Serpent being cast out.... ration blood.... stay out of hell.... worship with the Word... moderation, temperance, self control, self discipline.... FC faith in Christ.... trillions of souls from hell avicci through limbo --> back to Heaven judged by the standard you are judging... protecting humanity with overt warning... demonstrate underworld/overworld... will be overtly baptizing/protecting humanity.... be careful what you wish for... 'it all ends in Peru'... that ends the world.... We run Montana -Michael

[@daveray44]

I was an EMT trooper who always felt sorry for our two cops that always accompanied us to the silos. AND, I did like Lewistown, especially in 1979 for the solar eclipse!

[@daveray44]

Funny when the ART team sees cattle inside the locked site gates

[@mtevilone]

LOL I bet!@@daveray44

[@dpeagles]

I once had to guard stinger missiles at a guard shack at White Sands missile range overnight. I was a helicopter crewman on a OH58c. We were there to fire a side mounted stinger missile. Well, being an enlisted E-4 I got voluntold to perform guard duty on the stinger missiles that still hadn't been fired. So that night I was alone in the middle of the desert in what amounted to a phone booth guarding very prized weapons. Terrorists would kill for these weapons. I wasn't what you would call a soldier's soldier. More like, a shammer. Well I had an M16 and about 10 rounds. Late that night a vehicle approached. I could see it for miles because after all, it was the desert. I started running scenarios of haji coming up behind me and slitting my throat. I ran through each option in my head. I finally decided the phone booth wasn't a tactically superior option so I ran out into the desert and laid prone. I had the vehicle in my sights the whole time it approached. Eventually the vehicle got close and stopped. His lights shown on me. The door opened and voice shouted "Hello, DCA Security" or something to that effect in a Mexican accent. He was nervous, and I was nervous. We exchanged a few "everything is ok" and he went on his way. When you guard something like that it really messes with your head, especially when all alone. I was a serious soldier that night.

[@JA37Viggen]

Cool, but why would iraqis come to america to capture Stingers?

[@dpeagles]

@@JA37Viggen This was 1993

[@Jarandjar]

What's it like firing a stinger?

[@davo1093]

started off by looking up a song ....... 3 and a half hours later I end up here. Completely in the dark. Tired, hungry and confused.

[@tommym321]

Hahahahaha we’ve all had this happen hahahahaha

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Don't panic I called Pizza hut and they are coming Stay with us

[@UziSaysHigh]

James Farrell not all heroes wear capes

[@Richardjohnson6969]

Sounds like an entire military career... Tired, hungry, confused.

[@derekcastillo949]

Johnny Jackson 😂😂

[@RozenHusky]

Air Force: Sometimes Airmen can be away from their home and family for up to 3 days at a time... Navy: *laughs in 3-year deployment*

[@JeffSpehar-ov1cn]

Really. I'm retired Navy. This clip made me laugh. 3 whole days a week? Cry me a fucking river.

[@aeioubaikal1540]

Story - we are at Marine Detachment at Lackland AFB, Texas, base where they train to make Airmen. Its cold, windy, early December, we are out there doing out PTs at 5am/0500, and comes around 6am or so, we see about few hundred of trainees run out to the paved training yard wearing sweats in all whites while sounding off to commands. The 13 or so marines there, we are taken aback by it and ofcourse Gunny gets even madder as our attention drifts away briefly so back to more pushups. As few minutes passes, it starts to drizzle, and all of a sudden, we hear sounding off and then everyone runs back into the building. Meanwhile we are still warming up for the events lay ahead. Another story, Few individuals from other branches were late to class, the Navy instructor got upset and asked them to spend a day in our shoes if they thought their day was hard. I remember he specifically said, "what you are assigned to do is their break time." No one was late ever again.

[@gittyupalice96]

@@aeioubaikal1540 your exact description is why I had a Marine in my platoon who switched to the AirForce, plus they weigh your shoulders down if your above E5 ;)

[@dillry6423]

You guys think Korea and Japan are “Deployments”. This is just their homestation mission. Not their deployments.

[@johnsala5330]

@@dillry6423 ok then we get underway for 3-6 months to the Persian Gulf... think that counts as a deployment

[@Uromastyxfanatics]

Imagine if he started returning fire to an invisible enemy because "You can never be too cautious"

[@sheastephens562]

Anyone else see him hold up the map, exposing every silo location of the 90th wing?

[@twinturbo9113]

Ok now go do something with that knowledge. Let us know how it turns out. Or we can just watch the local news. One or the other.

[@ZULU5-3]

@@twinturbo9113 OK Edge lord. Good work.

[@zZ55442]

"these guys take their security briefing seriously" Msgt in front row is heads down in his cell phone

[@Flemdragon]

And everyone's face says fuck my life.

[@allesschwarz_liebe5871]

Matthew C lmfaooo y’all are killing me with these comments!😂😂😂😂

[@josephastier7421]

@@Flemdragon Too much training in their brains. No space left for them.

[@dsandoval9396]

Yo, That Candy Crush is a time killer.

[@I_Rove_Rice]

Hiding his phone in his beret 🤣😂

[@memehaus]

"An intensive sweep of the area" *proceedes to run 10 laps around the snow while his friend watches*

[@QuickLode]

"Area clear, hooah?" "Let them know i'm going in." *walks 3 laps while his friend watches.*

[@Deadlyaztec27]

12zeroup This is secretly what the military does with all the track stars that they get.

[@pronegonewrong1505]

12zeroup 😂😂😂😂

[@jacoblowe7962]

Those fuck-fuck games look fun!

[@AtrociousAK47]

makes sense, he treats it like it were a real emergency, looking for explosives or other signs of tampering (i.e. anything out of the ordinary), then with the emergency confirmed as a false alarm, his buddy walks around to double check for anything the first guy may have missed and reconfirm the first guy's assessment.

[@wendellswendell2001]

I love how your country's Nukes are guarded by a chain link fence with a padlock.

[@BoredAmerican]

There is more to it

[@someguy1907]

Heavily guarded Two guys one truck One guy running around an open field with no cover

[@twc-o-7847]

I'd feel so badass if the U.S Military put a Nuclear ICBM in my backyard. I'd be walking around shirtless.

[@Magero2000]

😂😂😂

[@skindianu]

3edEyehuman, got a few nearby where I'm from. Too bad the local ladies weren't as enthusiastic as you are

[@pthombeaux]

But you're a target. In a real shooting war, inside of a few short minutes your shirtless ass would be reduced to its constituent atoms, distributed evenly across the glassy surface which would be all that would be left of your neighborhood.

[@pthombeaux]

@Mya Buttreeks And if you want to know what that could look like, check out what happened to Louis Slotin, the physicist who was working in Los Alamos back in 1946. He had an accident lowering a beryllium shell over the plutonium core of a Mark 3 implosion bomb. It didn't end well for him, poor guy.

[@TheDeepsix13]

@@pthombeaux and his famous, flathead screwdriver

[@tolvajkergetok]

You can tell this is an American video because within ten seconds something was measured in football fields.

[@kingsempire4270]

Soccer but yeah

[@kishascape]

bahahahaha

[@aurboda]

@@kingsempire4270 so what's football then? the sport where you throw a ball with your hands?

[@kingsempire4270]

@@aurboda the video literally says soccer fields 0:25

[@Bradyvilleboy]

Hah! Lol. Yep.

[@V4NLIFE_CANADA]

"They leave nothing to chance" I almost died choking on a donut haha

[@skier259]

Thank you, SF! Your dedication is appreciated!

[@universal_wisdom3416]

“HeAvIlY gUaRdEd” *2 thicc bois pacing around the gates*

[@josephastier7421]

@God is the way A little heavy, but in an attractive way.

[@Postman2007]

Universal _Wisdom there is a lot they don’t tell you.

[@StevenTheAristolianNerd]

Emphasis on heavy.

[@bagelbob3979]

it actully probally is come to think off it this probally is a decoy not to metion they can radio in reiforments

[@cipher88101]

Ever heard of QRF. I hope you don't think they outlined their entire security protocol on YT.

[@willeniumfalcon]

"That patch of land is some of the most heavily guarded real estate in the world". Alarm goes off* Response : Two guys in a Hummer using a map to find the missile Edit: Gah damn, ty for the likes. Also this is a joke so simmer down armchair generals.

[@SDeww]

cant pay for gps huh? or tom tom maybe?

[@willeniumfalcon]

Lol im just poking fun. I'm sure the reason is that they need to be able to navigate without electronics which are prone to failure. However you'd think they use this opportunity to show off some kind of hardware.

[@rexbernard8549]

Well, that's only the initial response. Soon there will be a heavily armed augmentation force of 44 guards for back up with more on the way if necessary

[@layyouin6860]

wmak492 No, you cannot show off the hardware. I really hope people don't see this video and think, 'that's it?'. Just like with any scenario, there is much, muchhhhhh more, then anyone or any foreign power needs to know.

[@rune.theocracy]

@@rexbernard8549 exactly, they're just first responders, still an important thing, every little bit counts.

[@WhiteLightnin67]

*Deer sets off alarm “Dinner served! Urm.. mission complete! Area secure!”

[@worldwanderer91]

Airmen: *pretends to be badass guarding missile sites* Bell: *heh heh* Perseus sends his regards

[@soerensteiniche]

“Yeah so I was on 52 deployments in one year”

[@user-ri5oc5rw5b]

Holy shit man....

[@jeppepedersen7006]

nice profile pic!

[@christofferarthurschier3041]

@@jeppepedersen7006 ja ik

[@jeppepedersen7006]

@@christofferarthurschier3041 jo

[@watchableraven3517]

Once a week!

[@USN1985dos]

Lmao, when the Air Force tries to make their incredibly dull jobs seem high speed.

[@edledskal9147]

If you like security checks then I implore you to look into joining the Air-force. I did no less than 5000 of them in 6 years. It was half of my job (not really, but really).

[@chadnoland5438]

I mean sure, they aren't Delta Force kicking in a door in a country nobody knows we are in but in all reality, next to guarding the president, those guys have a pretty serious job. lol

[@andrewhirschhorn660]

So grateful for our dedicated men and women, thank you for your commitment and service!

[@joeyreamer1431]

Excellent. Thank you for your service.

[@rasdread0989]

"Nobody knows where it is.. It could be anywhere" *films the location*

[@thr0ne1997]

So do you know where it is?

[@rasdread0989]

@@thr0ne1997 Wyoming,Colorado and Nebraska... Just 2 hours from the nearest AFB Or that's what he said

[@alexdonahue6521]

@@rasdread0989 They missed Montana at Malmstrom. You can Google the MAPs too. You can go drive by these sites too and nothing will happen to you. You can see some of them from the highways.

[@torkdork69]

And with this film did it reveal its exact location? Even if you knew it's exact location through word-of-mouth of the locals a possible satellite images it would behoove you do not engage it.

[@bwacuff169]

Before the fall of the USSR, there was a map the US Government updated and printed in the newspaper once in a while that showed all the areas of the US Communist Block nationals weren't allowed to travel. One of the areas was a perfect outline of where I lived, Humboldt County, California. I sat there thinking, "Wait a minute.....we have Redwood trees....we grow world-famous pot...and 90% of the county is uninhibited, low laying mountain range. You can't even drive to 80% of it. So.....there has to be nukes hidden somewhere in these valleys....there's something....somewhere......I'm a local and I don't have a clue what it is...why are they telling the world to come look here?"

[@ThatswhatIthought2]

I mean it's secured with a chain and a fence so I think we're good

[@Jariid]

stupid people don't get ideas. they can be extremely loyal

[@birthdwt8859]

Brian Schwind the Wall just got 10ft higher

[@fubhobama]

LOL, the fence and the guards are just the tiny tiny tip of that security system. Trust me, there is no way to get in those silos undetected and make it out alive.

[@mkrump9403]

JakeJunker hahha yeah they are system prof... ButWe dont know for the fallout *game* automatic turrets...

[@straightouttaLA69]

didnt u hear and see all the security they have its bomb proof all the cameras they have on top of that the moment the heat sensory picks u up helicopter and troops. will be there plus I think they didn't tell us every thing

[@rogersmith3909]

Thank you for your service. To a fellow veteran I sleep very well at night thank you.

[@mikebunner3498]

I want to THANK EACH and EVERYONE of these dedicated men and women. May GOD watch over and keep them safe. They are some of America's BEST.

[@xassassinx8758]

lol god bless.... this dude running around like he is in combat... bet when the cameras aren't rolling he aint doing that same shit lol.

[@sedicibrah2025]

xassassinx hahaha so true

[@sedicibrah2025]

God damn Air Force is retarded

[@kennethreed8646]

Just a casually walking around saying "Is anyone here?"

[@williamwisener5778]

@@sedicibrah2025 That is why you couldn't get in the USAF. You're IQ was under 10 ! LMAO at you!

[@tonyfromaccounting56]

William Wisener the air force is almost the military lmao

[@davidplumstead2104]

Most realistic part of all of this was the guy in his phone during a brief 😂

[@sjones8738]

Those people do a great job keeping their area of responsibility secure. It is too much transparency. Hostiles should be taken by surprise. The unknown protection force should always be unknown to an adversary. Great video.

[@alaminnxt6281]

Bravo well done and I'm impressed with the teams

[@expert_fretwork]

"...SPRINTS up the access road to the site.." if that was a sprint, I'm Ghengis Kahn.

[@vibodygaming5154]

Lmao

[@JohnJohnson-ze1gg]

Things have changed so much. I was a Security Specialist back in early to mid 80's. That attitude you see comes from a culture of not enough training and just enough to get by. We would always talk about how its mostly deturance. If something does happen, those two SRA that roll up are sacrificed. Their bodies are first indication of direct threat to facility. That was first thing that I learned from my supervisor as a young jeep. That is why their team is men responding and woman dispatching. Doubt me? Look to see how many women deploy to the alarm? At any facility. Zero. USAF spends their money on high priority projects. SF are not seen as high priority. That's why the motto is "First in the fight, last to leave."

[@barthsimpson3]

Let's be honest, without a camera they would simply drive to the gate and take a look out the windows.

[@aidankennedy6587]

They have so much gear on

[@Cesar-kw9ce]

OperatorJack literally

[@jaredison2708]

I feel like there are national parks more heavily guarded than this place.

[@tede3124]

I was AF LE K9 back in the 1980's. Stationed in Germany and GFAFB. You would be wrong. Then they were called Security Specialist back then. It was a boring job, but they did it with pride. And all HELL would be brought upon you.

[@99hockeynhl]

@@tede3124 60$ says a park ranger commando team could beat these guys...

[@recon_ron7746]

That's exactly what they want you to think, and its working.

[@99hockeynhl]

@@recon_ron7746 to be fair, if I had 5 men and the element of surprise i could take them, no backup ready. sloppy.

[@99hockeynhl]

@J. Gomez if they have more security hidden than yes, id probably die. but those 2 men are in a humvee, one IED, a couple of men on either side firing on them via multiple directions. its a no win scenario for those two men, in the short term. anyone could pull it off.

[@scootersplace9324]

I was an SP stationed at Minot AFB then Ellsworth AFB from 85-88 worked in the missle field... Loved it

[@robertdipaola3447]

Great job, to all, thank you for your service, -- the price of freedom is constant diligence,-- your doing it daily!!! Thanks!!!

[@axydona]

protecting 10 ICBMs.. pulls out a road map

[@Kilo__Bravo]

I know, right... I was like...Bruh!!!!

[@coolHawk_]

Bruh it’s so secure they don’t even know where they be going to protect what they need to protect!

[@bullldog00]

If u know how to use a map ur good our soldiers use maps all the time half of americans can't use a map or know why the mile markers are there

[@tezz19937]

AxydonA 😂

[@dylan4kt565]

@@bullldog00 I bet you can't either with that grammar 😂

[@MarkArandjus]

God DAMNIT! * _throws plans to steal a nuke written with crayons in the trash_ *

[@ronnelmonroe8599]

*picks paper out of trash can* why not just set them off then instead of stealing them 🤔 they are already preprogramed

[@izlosthope1295]

@@ronnelmonroe8599 *takes paper out of hand and throws it away again* what you gonna break into the White House to launch it?

[@bluecaptainIT]

*takes crayon from trash can* Dinner!

[@BIackCadillac]

@@bluecaptainIT Ah I see the marines have arrived.

[@maddiehypers]

Mark Arandjus marines be like

[@nole8923]

Yeah, broadcast to the world this information. Great move ace.

[@ao6536]

keep up the good work, thank you

[@wdwvideos270]

Wow two guys in a humvee with a roadmap guarding the ICBMs

[@SgtDuster]

And not really knowing where they're supposed to go...It's flat around here you know...:/

[@daveh2612]

WDW Videos this video was shot in 2013. They have since upgraded to Mapquest printouts.

[@promiscuouscrab4040]

Narrator: “Some of the most heavily guarded real estate in the world” “Like trying to rob Fort Knox”

[@michaeldobson107]

The Air Force can't afford an iPhone with a GPS app. I wonder if the map says, "Brought to you by the Shell Oil Company and the American Automobile Association." lol.

[@holidayeveryday550]

Surprising not locked in a GPS?

[@RandomGRK]

These have been some of the most entertaining comments to date. Thank you for your service to KZbin

[@csn6234]

Totally agree, was thinking the same thing

[@OlSgtLove]

I'm sure glad they are there !!!!!!! Thank-you for what you do on behalf of Our Country......

[@andybiggs6850]

I am glad to know that mad is still active, keep up the good work ladies and gentlemen

[@stevenoverlord]

Why does this have the look and feel of a mockumentary lol

[@loganfrancel9275]

"There could be wildlife" 😂

[@RR-gw2uj]

Legit looks like Super Troopers, Air Force style

[@valiatus6719]

It'd be funny if some guy did walk up with all seriousness and said "Hi I'm here to steal your atomic bomb"

[@terribleskullanimates1439]

*lets in*

[@MrTangent]

“looks legit, sir”

[@matthewgillespie2835]

They’d probs fuck them up too just to follow protocol...

[@gabenewell3955]

Scolar Visari hail helgan

[@MrRooibos123]

Step right through sir

[@petesneeringer599]

First of all thank you to all the wonderful men and women of this service keeping us safe God bless you and God bless America

[@cohenbryan8822]

Much appreciated.

[@CHThornton]

Thank you, brothers. I spent eight years in the Air Force as a B-52 gunner. You guys served as point sentries on the aircraft I flew on. I appreciate what you do. God bless you.

[@HarvestTexas]

As an SP on the ground at Grand Forks and Carswell, I envied you got to fly as part of the aircrew. Thank you for your service. USAF vet '80-'84.

[@thehunterstruck]

I have a question. Do you have to use a wheel barrel to carry your balls around?

[@grizzlycountry1030]

If I heard correctly they did away with the guns on the B52 now.

[@Coldwarrior7781]

Yep. Took the guns off. It was G mods at my base. Quad 50s. The last guy who was ever a gunner has retired.​@@grizzlycountry1030

[@Coldwarrior7781]

​@@HarvestTexasSame here brother. Barksdale.

[@TheWaywardWinter]

"Sprints up the access road" *Jogs 4 miles/hour, "Provides cover from the humvee" *rifle aimed at ground, leans up against humvee*

[@josephkinser7974]

there was a time when the u.s. depended solely on the minute man scenario depicted here. however, a modern day u.s. nuclear submarine carries more firepower than most countries can put together. the minute man missiles are in the northern midwest because they were designed to shoot into the soviet union. straight across the polar cap. the shortest route.

[@CrezOG]

Currently doing this job and have been for over a year and i love it!

[@dircesalazar7193]

can your family visit you?

[@TheBoostedDoge]

2:37 I can see guilt in her eyes. My spidey senses tell me there's a Jody

[@mickfunny4185]

Boosted Doge Damn the three day Jody

[@NiceTry469]

“Most secured areas in the world” *one dude walking the fence*

[@misterslegend]

Within the time it takes to open such missile silo and take the missile out, you could probably build brand new barracks around there. It's nearly impossible to actually get to the missile..

[@shyryTsr2k]

You really think they will show you everything?

[@redwolfexr]

do something that triggers a Tactical response... let us know how that works out for you...

[@masterjedifunkolobstah4836]

The 2-person team is just the initial security response element. If they need more, another team will be dispatched if necessary. If it's a shit hits the fan scenario, more elements from the sister missile alert facilities will also be dispatched.

[@NiceTry469]

Daniel Sifrit I’ll let the Democrats handle that one bud

[@robertbiondo9381]

Doing a great job , thank you

[@fjoshua710]

thank you for your service

[@bhbluebird]

I was stationed at Warren for almost 3 years back in the early 80s; doing security in the missile field and WSA. Very boring and mundane -- the hardest part was staying awake; caffeine was my friend. I will say that the sky on a clear night was incredible and there was a lot of time to think. Seems that things have not changed much.

[@Cesar-kw9ce]

Blake They’re secure, nobody would ever be able to steal a nuke no matter how hard they tried

[@randyballweg6079]

My uncle was one of the 2 men in a min man ICBM site in the 60s. He sat in a chair all night long for hours and days on end. There were password after password to get in. Either that or fly combat missions into Vietnam. He actually was relieved when he found out. He said we were losing planes bigtime at this time. Boring job but safe mostly.... Compared to flying combat missions... Lol. Good day.

[@randyballweg6079]

@Blake Man what goes on is top secret so trust me... There are password after password just to get in... Then there is a elevator that takes you down that's password sensitive. Locks Guards Passwords. No-one is getting in there even if they did nothing would happen the security is more than you can imagine.

[@Cesar-kw9ce]

Odinsrage 14 You are correct

[@Deutschutch]

@R L oh get bent

[@ericdavis999]

"Provides security.." *doesn't even have his weapon at the ready*

[@simDIY1981]

Being recce for 7 years I mutated to MP. I was ordered on a mission for 2 years - protecting the Royal Palace in Belgium as Military Police. Hated the affectation, but always did very thorough, because that's what duty is. I died inside while doing so. For me this was harder then any mission abroad with the troops or any commando training I ever did. Would have changed for a combat mission any day but had no luck. That's what some of these guys in this video also go through. They have the mindset to go all in and serve while getting looked down to by others who are 'lucky to join the fight'. Good job guys, you have my respect!

[@jswann721]

My son is based in the missile fields in Montana but wants to be in the fight so bad. I hope he knows how proud I am of him. He tried special forces after basic for Sear training but failed in the pipeline. They sent him to Montana 😢

[@simDIY1981]

@@jswann721 I really hope he gets a transfer to a more suitable unit. He has to keep trying

[@travisselner3476]

I dont have any words for this

[@usnva5638]

Why don't they just put up a sign telling everyone in the nearby community: "There are no nuclear missiles here"?? smh

[@kevin6988]

Because they would use the land. Not knowing theirs missles right beneath them

[@hazardgaminghg122]

You are quite dumb.

[@hasbulwafi1214]

It's satire for the big brains

[@1988dgs]

Like the van signed saying “no tools left in this van overnight” some people are so dishonest, I found lots of tools in vans with those stickers (satire 😉)

[@richardsmith1331]

We would go through the little towns and blow the siren at the girls

[@Synplicity]

9:31 walks away saying ''good to go'', gate left unlocked

[@wallymcguire2033]

Sean_675 - Number two guy has to repeat the same inspection for redundancy. His partner needs to go in still.

[@masterjedifunkolobstah4836]

That was the initial check. The other team member has to conduct a check as well.

[@NA-me6sh]

Thank You !!!!!

[@safetymikeengland]

I met a couple guys that were in the Air Force 30 years ago or more - back in the mid-late 80s. . . their job included driving around from one silo to another, in a Cadillac Gage armored car. I think they had some kind of a 5-days-on-duty - 5-days-training - 5-days-off-duty. . . sounded like a good gig to me. The reason I met them is, they used to come to a drop zone where I jumped sometimes. They seemed like good guys.

[@whitecollarairsoft]

I lost my shit when this dude was sprinting back and forth in this field LOL.

[@ronnie_5150]

Seems like a job you're given to be punished for doing something wrong.

[@USN1985dos]

Literally this. All of the people in this video look like they got off-loaded from some other unit for being too fat, too dumb, or just all-around too 'meh' to keep them around.

[@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV.]

When I was in Security Forces School...our class honor man (highest GPA) on purpose failed the Psyc. interview/test to get out of having to guard nukes......smart guy for sure......

[@kurtb9458]

This reminds me of a extra duties job you'd get as punishment on basic.

[@dsandoval9396]

I don't know, I wouldn't mind the job, you get paid for almost zero responsibility. Have you seen the mass public, Walmart poster childs all over the place, I only see the upside to being away from them, no one bitching to you, fresh air, sure you may get a nuke dropped on you but with those chances you might as well NOT fly in planes as that would have more probability. As far as Jody, well, here's an idea, don't be trying to turn a hoe into a housewife. It's a chance you'll have to take, I know, just go with me on this for a second. If you met yur bitch at a bar, if you met her WHILE she was seeing someone else, if she keeps in contact with male friends or her ex's, if she be dressing like a who'a after you put a ring on it, if she's on the phone all the time and when you get close she hang up, if she dressed like a hoe when you FIRST met her, ...she just might be a hoe. In that case, I'll be the first motha' fucka' on your front porch when you're gone. Just don't be tryin' to be Captain Save a' Hoe and you'll be alright.

[@Primarycore]

@Joseph Gutierrez Looking at a 100 billion square km empty field with nothing to hide behind. "hmmm where are those foreign commandos, are they hiding in the gravel underneath my boots? No. Are they hiding in the air? No. Are they hiding in a parallel universe? *checks No.". Repeat. Lmfao.

[@chickenpermission]

This video was posted as if Truck Driving didn't exist. But thank you for your service! very educational and subscribed!

[@guzvier]

I am ready to enlist. This is the life for me. Yes Sir!

[@DarylSolis]

*THIS IS THE MOST ADVANCED SECURED FACILITY ON U.S SOIL* 9:30 forgets to lock the gate

[@jayp4772]

I like how you actually saw them drive off with the gate open, or maybe you didn't.

[@kmagentbolo]

Probably getting a lock and key in the hummer

[@ikeb9367]

Dude sprints up road without cover while his buddy is sitting in an armored humvee. Dude sweeps a wide open area. Every infantrymen laughs at the chair force.

[@Arklay_Ishimura]

Yeah former Army Infantryman here...why the fuck would the first guy not be WALKING so he can actually clear the area?

[@bakerthree6r]

I’m infantry too. Zero security whatsoever, no sectors of fire.

[@sauceboyjordan5128]

@@Arklay_Ishimura after seeing y'all comments now i cant stop thinking laughing in infantryman

[@RadeUeMasq]

@@Arklay_Ishimura Hooah!! Brother.

[@gonzaar243]

Now everyone is laughing at the army for having their weapons taken away from the mexican army at the border

[@leonardpearce4512]

As an elevator mechanics helper, 50 years ago, my mechanic and I showed up to do a repair on one of the three elevators in the control silo. We stopped 100’ from the gate. We were 20 minutes early, the commotion we stirred up could have been a hornet’s nest. Our day was over as soon as the men in blue surrounded us, rifles drawn. They knew who we were and that we were scheduled to be there. Didn’t matter, we were twenty minutes early. After an hour of separated interrogation, we were told to leave, no repairs today. To add insult to injury, they kept my pocket knife!

[@seyumaiayami3536]

We had something almost happen to us when we were doing survey work and came to close to the missle site here in CO.

[@ericwilson6994]

Serpent being cast out... I'm 9, upside down, inside out, and one minute ahead of time. d 6 I M M I 6 + 1 minute. I'm the CIA, I'll erase your memory! We run Montana's nuclear arsenal. E=MC2 Time relative to the speed of light. fold space and time back upon itself up to one minute out and voila! No Russian/Chinese ICBM lands on U.S. U.K. or Canadian soil... September 1949 MAD no longer applicable.... No zombie apocalypse.... Serpent being cast out.... ration blood.... stay out of hell.... worship with the Word... moderation, temperance, self control, self discipline.... FC faith in Christ.... trillions of souls from hell avicci through limbo --> back to Heaven judged by the standard you are judging... protecting humanity with overt warning... demonstrate underworld/overworld... will be overtly baptizing/protecting humanity.... be careful what you wish for... 'it all ends in Peru'... that ends the world.... We run Montana -Michael

[@FlyinGecko]

As a Titan II launch crewmember, I always liked having security on the site, they usually bring pizza. Titan's where even more isolated so anything to break up the day helped.

[@manx3096]

me and my homie revisiting battlefield bad company in 2019

[@vashes4729]

Your not alone

[@K1Nd0m]

FPS Zer0 *your*

[@jmjn916]

Best FPS of all time

[@Mister_Belvidere]

That missilier is half Kevin from The Office, and half Elmer Fudd.

[@valoni9.3.35]

What you expected to look like RAMBO from the first blood movie 😂

[@briandressel1344]

Mister Belvidere I love it!!!! Love it love it love it!!!! LMAO

[@briandressel1344]

All I can think of is the soldier running away from the bio chem facility at the beginning of Stephen King’s The Stand while everyone else is dead and rotting inside

[@rawblow4512]

Mister Belvidere I wonder how long it takes to pick that massive nose?

[@jojack1234567890]

And he controls the end of the world.

[@richardsmith1331]

I started out in the Air Force in missile security at Grand Forks and Minot AFB. We had outer zone security and inner zone security. Outer zone went off and a strike team responded. As they got close to the missile site, a large oblong UFO slowly left the area. They had to get Lockheed to come re-set the electronics in the missile.

[@chewie9876]

THIS VIDEO GIVES ME ALOT OF STRESS

[@9nickdaquick7]

9:30 *casually leaves gate unlocked and open to a nuclear launch site* lol

[@ChocolateMilkyYummy]

The first guy who opens the gate and does a sweep is the same guy who is gonna be made to lock up. That other guy is the leader or idk for some reason hes not the guy who does the sweep.

[@AtrociousAK47]

but they have a humvee with a machine gun guarding it and can summon helicopters within minutes, and they probably staged alot of this for the documentary.

[@Hitman1978]

That's a little overstatement on their part at least for the missile field in Montana. Most sites are at least 30 minutes by chopper with some being over an hour away. That's a long time to be in a fire fight with only 210 rounds of ammo

[@mgavin7451]

"Good too go" 😂

[@Cesar-kw9ce]

Hitman1978 210 rounds plus the 800 rounds you get with a 249/240 and the eggs you get for your 203/320

[@mutley66]

America's ICBMs. ...guarded by a guy that was playing with his iPhone even as cameras filmed him in ICBM training.

[@juliustan09]

They're pretending to do "training" to look the part for the cameras, so no one gives a shit. Also, Airforce.

[@rachelslur8729]

The Airforce being "a joke" is the oldest American military gag relating to the Airforce having the easiest training of all the branches.

[@captainpinky8307]

@@rachelslur8729 But you have to be smart, like you have to have a pretty high iq.

[@cynicalentity3313]

This is probably the toughest Airforce assignment I ever heard of

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

Systema is what keeps the nukes safe. Based ruttun goes over the hand to hand combat techniques in his videos in detail.💪

[@davidgarwood1571]

I died laughing when he started sprinting around 😂

[@ronski5940]

@K probably because he's an e3 SF... just boot things man.

[@rune.theocracy]

@@ronski5940 lmao come on guys, I mean we cringe but it's their job hahhahaah

[@allesschwarz_liebe5871]

David Garwood 😂

[@andezong9565]

K it looks like a mag pouch

[@Hittawatches]

Lol gotta get that excersise

[@TheJackKohler]

8:38 look at that hand placement, shes got steam on that computer for sure

[@chillix118]

Well spotted, she’s probably playing cs go

[@pvtjoker3616]

@@chillix118 no arma 5

[@xDawhite]

@@pvtjoker3616 fck arma lol

[@jbed6]

Dawhite no no ArmA good big fun indeed

[@theuberman7170]

Shes cute

[@LAPDDetFrost]

Stop calling them cops, they're airmen. They do their job and they do it well.

[@ct2368]

Important job. Honored to have y'all watching our backs.