We don't want them to get wet. Security forces who protect the missile sites and capsule, sleep in a launch facility manned by a manager and cook. Gary W. Loper, a facility manager and NCO in charge of launch facilities for an entire squadron, said living improvements have made the launch facilities more homey. A weight room has been added, and there's a paperback book library. In addition, there's a kitchen for preparing food.
Computers allow people to study for correspondence courses.
Airman 1st Class Jon Glauner, a security forces member, uses the computers to study for criminal justice courses. The cops will bring in stuff like hamburgers when they return from checking the sites. Minot, the town Ten miles of divided highway separate Minot, the base, from Minot, the town, population 37,000. The community is a winter wheat center claiming to be the smallest town in the country with a paid symphony orchestra. It also has a performing theater, opera company, art gallery and four-year Minot State University.