U.S. military personnel work at Cheyenne Mountain, a Cold War-era facility built into a Colorado mountain, where a team of about 130 service members cloistered from their families and the broader military community are now operating an air defense and watch mission for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
The Hour/Washington Post: To protect 'no-fail' mission, U.S. military unit moves into mountain bunker
In late February, Brig. Gen. Pete Fesler prepared about 130 troops under his command to mobilize for a new mission, one that would take them away from their families and involve extensive precautions to keep service members safe.
Tapping his experience from deployments in Asia and the Middle East, the former fighter pilot made plans for adapting the unit's sensitive mission to new hazards over an unknown period of time, as authorities scrambled to anticipate the moves of an unpredictable adversary.
The difference from his previous assignments: At the end of the day, instead of being halfway around the world, Fesler can look out from the base where he's lodging and see the neighborhood where his wife and kids are hunkered down during the coronavirus pandemic.
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WNU Editor: They are not in the mountain bunker complex 24/7. But they can be if the situation demands it.
