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91st Security Forces Group

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Country
  
United States

Role
  
Missile Defenders

Type
  
Air Force Infantry

Garrison/HQ
  
Minot Air Force Base

Branch
  
United States Air Force

Current commander
  
Colonel Raymund M. Tembreull

The 91st Security Forces Group is a unit of the 91st Missile Wing based at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. The 91st SFG consists of the 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron, the 791st Missile Security Forces Squadron, and the 91st Security Support Squadron. As of 18 December 2008, the 91st SFG includes the 219th Security Forces Squadron of the North Dakota Air National Guard. When fully manned, the 219 SFS will be the largest Air Guard Security Forces Squadron.

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These units are the largest military police contingent at Minot Air Force Base, being primarily responsible for maintaining the security of the Minuteman III missile silos in the surrounding area. When added together with the 5th Security Forces Squadron, Minot AFB has more Security Forces Airmen than any other installation in the Department of Defense.

Lineage

  • Constituted 25 September 1973 as 91st Security Police Group
    • Activated 1 October 1973 Redesignated 91st Missile Security Group on 15 December 1992 Inactivated c.. 1 July 1994
  • Redesignated 91st Security Forces Group and activated c. 2003

    • Assignments

  • 91st Strategic Missile Wing (later 91st Missile Wing, 91st Space Wing, 91st Missile Wing): 1 October 1973 - c.. 1 July 1994, c. 2003–present

    • Components

  • 91st Security Police Squadron (later 91st Security Forces Squadron): 1 October 1973 - c.. 1 July 1994, c. 2003–present
  • 91st Missile Security Squadron (later 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron): 1 October 1973 - c.. 1 July 1994, c. 2003–present
  • 92d Missile Security Squadron: 1 October 1973 - c.. 1 July 1994
  • 219th Security Forces Squadron (attached): 18 December 2008 – present

    • References

    References

    91st Security Forces Group Wikipedia
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