US Strategic Command launches Nuclear Commanders Course

Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Adm. Cecil D. Haney, center, stands with USSTRATCOM Nuclear Commanders Course attendees on the command’s missile deck. The course delivered a series of briefings and tours of USSTRATCOM’s nuclear deterrence assets to expand upon the existing training given to nuclear commanders and provide a foundational understanding of USSTRATCOM’s role in building and maintaining the nuclear war plan, its nuclear command and control capabilities, and their unit’s role in the deterrence mission. USSTRATCOM is one of nine DoD unified combatant commands and is charged with strategic deterrence, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electronic warfare, global strike, missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, combating weapons of mass destruction, and analysis and targeting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Cunningham/Released)