Readiness and Leadership in the Nuclear Enterprise; a Family Tradition [Image 1 of 2]

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA, UNITED STATES

07.10.2018

Photo by Master Sgt. April Wickes 

U.S. Strategic Command

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Daniel McVay (left), 22nd Operations Support Squadron commander, is greeted by his father Patrick McVay, director of U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Joint Exercise, Training and Assessments Directorate, at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., July 10, 2018. Daniel McVay attended USSTRATCOM’s Nuclear Commanders Course (NCC) from July 12 – 13, 2018. NCC is a two-day course designed to provide new nuclear enterprise commanders with a foundational understanding of USSTRATCOM’s role in building and maintaining the nuclear war plan, nuclear command and control capabilities, and their unit’s role in the strategic deterrence mission. USSTRATCOM has global responsibilities assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, nuclear operations, space operations, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, global strike, missile defense, and analysis and targeting. (USSTRATCOM photo by Master Sgt. April Wickes)

• Date Taken: 07.10.2018
• Date Posted: 07.16.2018 17:33
• Photo ID: 4562507
• VIRIN: 180710-F-WA802-001
• Resolution: 4928x3280
• Size: 3.35 MB
• Location: OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, NEBRASKA, US
• Hometown: BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, US
• Hometown: CANTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, US
• Hometown: OMAHA, NEBRASKA, US
• Hometown: SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, US
• Hometown: WITCHITA, KANSAS, US