MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — The U.S. Air Force’s top cop, Brig. Gen. Roy W. Collins, director of Security Forces, and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters USAF, met with Airmen during his first visit to Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, April 29 – 30, 2021.
Collins engaged with Defenders from the 820th Base Defense Group, composed of four squadrons who provide high-risk force protection and integrated base defense for expeditionary air forces.
Collins said the security forces career field hasn’t yet adopted the base defense mindset and culture across the entire enterprise, but expressed the importance of doing so. Some Airmen view security forces as just law enforcement, but the range of training for Defenders is vast.
“(Base defense Airmen) are always highly requested for the mission sets that we have that I would say are unique in nature, but should be something that we do daily,” he said. “As we kind of start to move towards the (Agile Combat Employment) construct, the 820th is better suited right now to get after that mission set versus how the rest of the enterprise catches up with organizing, training and equipping to be ready for that particular mission set.”
One of Collins’ priorities for the career field is to build upon the foundation and transcending base defense from “qualified” to “proficient.”
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