Red Team tests security awareness Published Nov. 15, 2010 By Tech. Sgt. Dwight Mills 17th Security Forces Squadron GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Over the past few months security awareness around the wing has been tested more than 100 times and the "bad guys" have been far too successful. If we're to stay safe, we must improve our attention to base security. The wing's security Red Team conducts exercises to test Team Goodfellow's security awareness. The scenarios are geared for all personnel and are centered around awareness, detection, reporting and response. Some of the exercises held so far include suspicious personnel gaining unauthorized and undetected entry to controlled access areas and using altered or fake identification to gain access to the base. Other scenarios included people taking photographs around the base perimeter and climbing over the perimeter fence while base personnel drive past, openly carrying weapons around base, obtaining specific details on Operational Security items and leaving suspicious packages at entrances to key locations. To neutralize these threats we all must have a security mindset, be aware of our surroundings and report unusual activity. Be suspicious of probing questions about existing security measures or postures, manpower, deployment rotations and mission operations. Most importantly, we all must pay attention to our surroundings and immediately notify security forces at (325) 654-3504 or 911 and our chain of command when we find something out of place, no matter how small it might appear to be. Remember, every Soldier, Marine, Airman, Sailor, Coast Guardsman and civilian working on Goodfellow are sensors for our security. It takes all of us to make the base safe.
