JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, – U.S. Air Force Col. Kirsten Aguilar, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Lee Mills, JBER and 673d ABW command chief, participated in a 673d Security Forces Squadron immersion tour at JBER, Alaska, Feb. 2, 2021.
The tour kicked off at the base defense operations center, or BDOC – the command-and-control facility for all security and law enforcement operations on the installation.
Pacheco explained the Airmen manning the BDOC share background information with patrolmen encountering an individual, such as if that individual has warrants for their arrest or multiple DUIs.
BDOC Airmen also communicate with outside agencies such as the Anchorage Police Department, Pacheco noted, and monitor alarm and security systems.
The tour continued within the building at the armory, where armorers are responsible for outfitting all Air Force weapons carriers. Body cameras, radios, Tasers, batons, rifles, pistols, magazines and pepper spray are some of items a defender might carry during a shift.
Aguilar and Mills had the opportunity to deploy Tasers on a target dummy, and learned when a Taser is most appropriate to gain control of an individual.
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