{"id":26335,"date":"2018-05-23T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/23\/after-loss-of-grenades-and-machine-gun-minot-security-forces-group-commander-fired\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:46:32","slug":"after-loss-of-grenades-and-machine-gun-minot-security-forces-group-commander-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/05\/23\/after-loss-of-grenades-and-machine-gun-minot-security-forces-group-commander-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"After loss of grenades and machine gun, Minot security forces group commander fired"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The commander of the 91st Security Forces Group at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota was fired Wednesday, after the high-profile losses of a crate of grenade launcher ammunition<\/a> and a machine gun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Col. Jason Beers was relieved by the commander of the 91st Missile Wing, Col. Colin Connor \u201cdue to a loss of trust and confidence after a series of events under the scope of his leadership,\u201d including the weapon and ammunition losses, according to a release from Minot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Master Sgt. Nikki Drago, the superintendent of the 91st Security Forces Group, was also removed at the same time and for the same reason, 5th Bomb Wing spokesman Lt. Col. Jamie Humphries said in an email the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Col. Jason Beers was removed from command of the 91st Security Forces Group at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota after a string of incidents, including the loss of a crate of grenades and a machine gun. (A1C Jonathan McElderry\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A container of ammunition<\/a> for an automatic grenade launcher fell off a Humvee on a Native American reservation May 1, Minot said, and about two weeks later, a weapons inventory on the base found an M240 machine gun was missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t