William C. Keefer was a member of the 5th Combat Defense Squadron. An elite cadre of Security Policemen with the United States Air Force, Strategic Air Command. (1964-1968)
The mission was security of nuclear weapons aboard "Alert" B-52 bombers. Poised to take off and destroy the enemy, upon nuclear attack of the United States during the cold war.
Keefer, attained the rank of Sergeant, and was transferred to the Torrejon Air Base, in Spain, shortly after the loss of nuclear weapons in a B-52 crash. His duties expanded to Flight commander of law enforcement and security personnel of the 401st Security Police Squadron of the Tactical Air Command. Having 40 security policemen under his command.
Subsequently, after 4 years service, Keefer left the military and was hired by the United States Marshals Service.
Trained by the U.S. Justice Department as well as the U.S. Treasury Department, moreover, training by the U.S. Army bomb school (E.O.D.), Fort MacArthur, as a U.S. Marshal. |