1. Bedrooms: usually equipped with bunks to sleep 4; bedroom next to bathroom is usually for women. Facility Manager usually has the isolated bedroom in the lower left corner of the diagram as a private room/office. He is also the one who will give you a key to your room, if you are unlucky enough to have to spend the night, and inspect it for cleanliness before allowing you to leave.

4. Kitchen Area: a cook is stationed for the duration with the security/operations personnel for serving meals as required, and delivering meals to the crew underground. All meals are "pre-packaged" heat & serve, with the exception of hamburgers, hotdogs, and breakfast items. While they are supposed to (and usually do) provide round-the-clock service to maintenance crews, it's not unheard of to have to make a few phone calls of "my boss will talk to your boss" to get service in the wee hours.

5. Entertainment & Dining Area: most of the LCF's are equipped with Satellite TV, VCR, carpeted and panelled walls, cushy furniture, and diner style tables. There is also usually some type gaming equipment such as a Billiards or Foosball table. Seems a bit plush until you realize that this is the ONLY form of entertainment for the personnel locked in here for 3 days at a time - whether or not they are on duty.

10. Garage: normally used to house a "Peacekeeper" armored personnel vehicle, equipped with top turret mounted M-60 cannon, and carrying up to 5 heavily armed security personnel. Known as a "Tiger Team", they are stationed with the other security personnel for the normal rotation period.

13. FSC Station: the desk where the Flight Security Controller sits. Equipped with direct line and standard telephones, as well as Missile Network radio equipment, this is the center of security operations for not only the Launch Control Facility, but the entire "Flight" of 10 silos under the LCF's control as well. Because of the heavy responsibility that goes along with protecting so many high dollar and high security assets, FSC's are notorious (after all, it's their job) for double and triple checking all requests for access, information, permissions, or anything else they are called upon for -- often a very time-consuming task. This regular delay when called for service causes the cliche reply they often give over the radio, that is kidded about by maintenance troops (especially when in a hurry):   ".......Stand By......"

14. Flight Security Controller Office: the only "secure" location topside at an LCF. Manned by 1 controller, who requires identification and proper access verification to let you in. To enter the door inside his office to the elevator, the Launch Control Center crew must verify access information as well, and remotely unlock the door for you. The FSC's office contains heavy security safes for temporarily storing high security devices and information, as well as weapons storage and a gunclearing barrel. The office is manned around the clock, and makes regular contact and security status checks with all of the launch facilities under its control that have personnel on site, as well as the Wing Command Post at the base.

21. Freight/Personnel Elevator: critical for getting large equipment into and out of the Launch Control Center or Equipment Building underground. The Wing 6 (Grand Forks AFB) sites had a huge elevator compared with the other Missile Wings, because much of the power generation equipment for the "cadillac" sites was much bigger and heavier. This allowed lowering 4000lb generators, hoists, 1400lb batteries, or a gaggle of people down the 40ft shaft - all at once sometimes. The other Wings' elevators sometimes had to accomodate 1 person squeezed in with a large piece of equipment at a time. An access ladder runs up the entire length of the elevator shaft for egress in case of power or elevator failure.