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In recent years, issues like cheating on exams and marijuana use have plagued Air Force bases in Montana, North Dakota and Nebraska, calling into question whether the quality of life in those areas was taking a toll on troops…….

As the U.S. gets plans underway to upgrade aircraft, missiles, submarines and other systems to deter nuclear threats from countries like China, Russia and North Korea, the people who will take responsibility for them are also a consideration.

“This is one of the things that the secretary wanted to find out,” a senior DoD official said Friday, briefing reporters on background at the Pentagon. “He spoke a lot with the airman and the officers … at STRATCOM and Minot. You know, about 10 years ago, we had a terrible morale problem.”…..  https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/21/pentagon-officials-keeping-an-eye-on-morale-at-nuclear-bases/