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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Airman 1st Class Reese Dreyer, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron missile security operator, splits firewood using a batoning technique March 20, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. Batoning wood with a knife involves using a sturdy baton to repeatedly strike the spine of a fixed-blade knife, forcing the blade into wood to split it along the grain, useful for creating kindling or preparing wood for a fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora McCutcheon)
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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Airman 1st Class Zeke Rodriguez, left, Airman Aryanna Kulp, center, and Airman 1st Class Reese Dreyer, missile security operators assigned to the 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron, warm their hands over a fire March 20, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. The Airmen were part of the first iteration of Malmstrom Air Force Base’s beta winter survival course and spent two nights in the Little Belt Mountains at a primitive campsite they built as a team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)
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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Airman 1st Class Reese Dreyer, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron missile security operator, left, observes a fire-building lesson March 20, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. The lesson informed Dreyer and other participants from Malmstrom Air Force Base how to identify dead standing trees and fell them safely to use as fuel for building a fire in wet conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)
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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Airman 1st Class Zeke Rodriguez, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron missile security operator, left, and 2nd Lt. Martin Montanez, 341st Communications Squadron cyber warfare officer, take a break following a fire-starting lesson March 20, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. The lesson was part of a three-day beta winter survival course that challenged eight participants to construct temporary shelters, secure food and water, build a fire and execute a ground-to-air smoke signal, all the while battling sub-freezing temperatures as low as 15 degrees and wind speeds up to 20 mph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)
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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Airman Aryanna Kulp, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron missile security operator, extinguishes a fire by covering it in snow March 19, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. Kulp and other 341 MSFS personnel participated in a three-day beta winter survival course to learn skills like how to start a fire, build a shelter and purify water to prepare them in the event they get unexpectedly stranded while traveling throughout Montana’s 14,000 square-mile missile complex. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)
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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Second Lt. Martin Montanez, 341st Communications Squadron cyber warfare officer, cuts branches from a fallen tree March 19, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. As part of a three-day beta winter survival course, Montanez learned how to build a fire in dry and wet conditions by collecting available resources like twigs, branches and other natural materials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)
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Malmstrom Airmen complete 3-day beta survival course in central Montana

Airman 1st Class Jack Escamilla Rodriguez, 341st Missile Wing public affairs apprentice, left, and Airman 1st Class Reese Dreyer, 341st Missile Security Forces Squadron missile security operator, dig up blocks of snow and small tree roots to create a fire pit March 19, 2025, near Monarch, Mont. Rodriguez and Dreyer were two of eight participants who completed a three-day beta winter survival course conducted by the 582nd Operations Support Squadron Detachment 4, a tenant unit at Malmstrom Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon)
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K-9 Veterans Day: Honoring Our Canine Heroes

Senior Airman Michael Andruch, 90th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Coudy conduct detection training with environmental stimuli at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, March 10, 2025. Detection training is conducted to test and enhance MWD’s performance capabilities in simulated hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)
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K-9 Veterans Day: Honoring Our Canine Heroes

Senior Airman Dariel Gonzalez Ramos, 90th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, carries MWD Rex after being fired at by opposing forces during detection training with environmental stimuli at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, March 10, 2025. Detection training is conducted to test and enhance MWD’s performance capabilities in simulated hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)
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K-9 Veterans Day: Honoring Our Canine Heroes

Senior Airman Dariel Gonzalez Ramos, 90th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, rewards MWD Rex with his toy after doing well at detection training with environmental stimuli at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, March 10, 2025. Detection training is conducted to test and enhance MWD’s performance capabilities in simulated hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)
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K-9 Veterans Day: Honoring Our Canine Heroes

Coudy, 90th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, chews on a toy after completing detection training with environmental stimuli with 90 SFS at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, March 10, 2025. Detection training is conducted to test and enhance MWD’s performance capabilities in simulated hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hunter Kirkland)
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K-9 Veterans Day: Honoring Our Canine Heroes

Senior Airman Michael Andruch, 90th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Coudy conduct detection training with environmental stimuli through green smoke at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, March 10, 2025. Detection training is conducted to test and enhance MWD’s performance capabilities in simulated hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hunter Kirkland)
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K-9 Veterans Day: Honoring Our Canine Heroes

Senior Airman Dariel Gonzalez Ramos, 90th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and MWD Rex take cover from incoming simulated fire while conducting detection training with environmental stimuli at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, March 10, 2025. Detection training is conducted to test and enhance MWD’s performance capabilities in simulated hostile environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hunter Kirkland)
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Missile maintenance: scaling heights for mission readiness

Airman 1st Class Vincent Rymar, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile management team cage man trainee, removes the hoist straps from a trainer Minuteman III missile March 3, 2025, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. As part of their certification process, Malmstrom’s missile management and handling teams are required to complete a training at the T-9 training silo, involving the collaborative removal and subsequent reinstallation of a training missile, simulating critical operational procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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Missile maintenance: scaling heights for mission readiness

Senior Airman Christion Bartlett, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile handling team team chief, climbs a transport erector March 3, 2025, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. While doing a routine training exercise, the MHT suspected a malfunction in one of the hoist mechanisms responsible for lowering the training missile back into the silo. To visually verify this, Senior Airman Bartlett was required to access the hoist sensor panel located at the top of the TE. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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Missile maintenance: scaling heights for mission readiness

Airman 1st Class Vincent Rymar, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile management team cage man trainee, lowers himself into a trainer missile silo March 3, 2025, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Earning certification as an MMT technician requires six months of intensive training, combining classroom instruction with hands-on experience in the missile training silo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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Missile maintenance: scaling heights for mission readiness

Senior Airman Christion Bartlett, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile handling team team chief, climbs a transport erector March 3, 2025, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Missile handling teams are the "hands" that carry out the specific tasks related to missile maintenance and operation, while missile management teams are the "brains" behind the operation, ensuring the missile force is ready to respond to any threat. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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Missile maintenance: scaling heights for mission readiness

Senior Airman Christion Bartlett, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile handling team team chief, climbs a transport erector March 3, 2025, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Constant training is essential to maintaining proficiency on MHT teams. Airmen practice loading procedures, emergency responses, safety protocols and familiarize themselves with all system updates. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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Missile maintenance: scaling heights for mission readiness

Senior Airman Christion Bartlett, 341st Missile Maintenance Squadron missile handling team team chief, buckles himself into a harness March 3, 2025, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Missile maintenance teams regularly inspect missiles, launch equipment, handling equipment and support systems. This includes visual checks, testing connections and potentially swapping out components on a rotating schedule. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mary Bowers)
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90 CES EOD Takes On Operation Wyoming Bullworm 2025

Airman 1st Class Nathan Condado, 90th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance demolition technician, hammers in a stake during Operation Wyoming Bullworm at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming, Feb. 25, 2025. The exercise was a five day simulated deployed environment, where airmen trained on weapons firing and handling, operations around unexploded ordnance and night operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Landon Gunsauls)
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