U.S. Army Spc. Gabriel Ives, left, and Spc. Ian Beers patrol the perimeter of the 850-acre Ground-based Interceptor Missile Defense Complex during a routine security patrol on Fort Greely, Alaska, Dec. 6, 2008.

Ives and Beers are assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard’s 49th Missile Defense Battalion, Military Police Company.

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith