Skip to main content (Press Enter).
 News
    
        Photos

    Week in Photos

    Air Force TV

    Commentaries

    Features

    Art

    About Us
    
        Air Force Senior Leaders
    
        SECAF

    CSAF

    CMSAF

    Biographies

    Fact Sheets

    SECAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library
    
        CSAF Leadership Library 2022

    CSAF Leadership Library 2021

    CSAF Reading List Pre-2020 Archive
    
        2018 CSAF Reading List

    2017 CSAF Reading List

    2016 CSAF Reading List

    CSAF Leadership Library 2023

    CMSAF Leadership Library

    50 Years of the CMSAF

    Adjunct Professors

    Air Force Strategic Documents

    Arctic Strategy

    Empowered Airmen

    State Licensure Portability

    Careers

    AF Federal Advisory Committees

    AF 75th Anniversary

    Policy Updates

    AF Content Management

    Contact Us

    AF Sites
    
        Site RegistrationU.S. Air Force LogoAir Force

        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      An Airman with the 341st Security Support Squadron tactical response force moves through a field during an integrated recapture and recovery exercise June 11, 2019, at an intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility near Simms, Mont.341st SSPTS undergoes name change: meet Missile Security Operations
                        
                        
                        A 341st Security Support Squadron tactical response force Airman moves through a field during an integrated recapture and recovery exercise at an intercontinental ballistic missile launch facility near Simms, Mont., June 11, 2019. The Missile Security Operations Concept transformed the SSPTS from a support squadron to operational, renaming them the 341st Missile Security Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jacob M. Thompson)
                
                Photo Details /
                        Download Hi-Res

Missile Security Operations Concept creates 341st Missile Security Operations SquadronPublished March 10, 2020
                    
                    By Senior Airman Tristan Day
                    
                    
                    341st Missile Wing Public Affairs
            **MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. (AFNS) --**The 341st Security Forces Support Squadron adopted new mission sets over time since implementation of the Missile Security Operations Concept nearly three years ago and is now officially known as the 341st Missile Security Operations Squadron.In October 2017, Twentieth Air Force restructured how missile wing’s security forces groups operated, initiating the MSOC. This new objective created new squadrons and altered current ones.“The MSOC combined site and maintenance support functions of each Missile Security Forces Squadron into three separate squadrons working on rotating schedules, but doing the same tasks,” said Senior Master Sgt. Gregory Cotton, 341st MSOS security forces manager.Before MSOC was implemented, the 341st Security Support Squadron was a 70-person unit responsible for various support functions, which allowed the MSFS units to focus on operational matters.“Now, all the MSFS units do everything and we took on the tactical response force and convoy response force on top of maintaining our mission set of support,” said Maj. Tito Ruiz, 341st MSOS commander. “We took on more missions and ended up becoming more than just a support squadron. We became operational.”Originally, the TRF and CRF sections belonged to the 741st MSFS. By having the SSPTS take on these duties, all three were able to focus on the same thing altogether.“TRF and CRF have unique mission sets and were absorbed into the SSPTS unit, increasing SSPTS from a 70-person to 220-person unit, with the majority of the personnel now operationally-oriented in TRF and CRF,” Cotton said. “Transitioning to the MSOS name better suited the overall new unit.”With the 341st Missile Wing operating the largest missile complex in the Air Force, spanning 13,800 square miles, and the new mission bestowed upon the former support squadron, a name change was due.“The re-designating from the 341st SSPTS to 341st MSOS recognizes the operational importance of this squadron,” said Col. Frank Reyes, 341st Security Forces Group commander.“With the re-designation to MSOS, that name captures the essence of their operational mission, not just one of support,” he continued. “Since its inception, SSPTS served in the role of supporting, but in its new designation, on some days it’s the one supported.”AFWN 



USAF 



AF 



Air Force 



Malmstrom AFB 



341st SSPTS 



revitalize squadrons 



MSOC 



missile security operations concept 



AFGSC 



Air Force Global Strike Command 



341st Missile Security Operations Squadron Featured News
        Senior Leader Priorities
                DAF leaders talk budget, reoptimizing the force
                    
                    DAF leaders speak at National Character and Leadership Symposium
                    
                    DAF members recognized during BEYA STEM awards
                    
                    DAF senior enlisted advisors discuss Airmen, Guardians in the fight
                    
                    SecAF Kendall AFA Warfare Symposium Q&A: Reoptimizing for Great Power CompetitionInnovation
                AFWERX director discusses role of tech startups, quick innovation in Great Power Competition
                    
                    DAF delivers lethality at the speed of data during Project Convergence Capstone 4
                    
                    DAF welcomes industry partners to HQ development program
                    
                    DAF announces Spark Tank 2024 finalists
                    
                    Chief Digital, Artificial Intelligence Office to host hackathon in HawaiiMAJCOM News
                Safety enterprise announces new mission, vision, goals in 2024 strategic plan
                    
                    Air Combat Command welcomes new commander
                    
                    USAFE-AFAFRICA commander discusses Integrated Air, Missile Defense during Munich Security Conference
                    
                    Flosi to AFMC family: Embrace change, make every day count
                    
                    AMC rises to increasing global tension
 Quick Links
AccessibilityContact UsEqual OpportunityFOIA | Privacy | Section 508Information QualityInspector GeneralJAG Court-Martial DocketLink DisclaimerNo FEAR ActOpen GovernmentOSI Tip LinePlain LanguageQuestionsResilienceRSSSite MapVeterans Crisis LineCareers
Join the Air ForceAir Force BenefitsAir Force CareersAir Force ReserveAir National GuardCivilian ServiceConnect
            Get Social with Us
            
            Official United States Air Force Website
    Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil