Charles E. Cabler retired from a forty-three-year career in financial services which included thirty years' experience managing human resources. His management background is diverse and comprised of compliance and risk management at AmSouth, First Union, Wachovia and Wells Fargo banks; real estate mortgage loan and consumer finance offices; and retail sales- services stores.Charles's is a graduate of the Alabama Bankers School at the University of South Alabama. His manager philosophy and leadership educational background includes the American Institute of Banking, the Center for Leadership Studies, and the Browing Group International. While employed, Charles received the Institute of Certified Banker's Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) designation and the Bankers Administrative Institute's Certified Risk Professional (CRP) designation. He served as an American Bankers Association (ABA) compliance school faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, Indiana University / Purdue University-Indianapolis, and a subject matter expert instructor for the Dallas, Texas, Federal Reserve Bank. Charles was a seminar guest lecturer for the ABA, and several state banking associations for over twenty years. Since 2016, Charles has volunteered to teach for the Launch® Career Development Program (Florence, AL, City School System), and the Southwire 12 For Life® manufacturing partnership helping students acquire a basic understanding of the business environment. Charles has written and published several career development books.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part

The Historical Development of Manzano

¿1.¿La Villa de Alburquerque, New Mexico

¿2.¿Manzano Weapons Storage Site

¿3.¿Sandia Base (Abbreviated History)

¿4.¿Kirtland Air Force Base (Abbreviated History)

Part

Manzano Begins, Code Name "Water Supply"

¿5.¿Site Able Construction

¿6.¿8460th Special Weapons Group

Part III.

The Administrative Area

¿7.¿Access to Manzano Base

¿8.¿The Administrative Area

Part

The Restricted "Q" Area

¿9.¿"Q" Area Access

10.¿Nuclear Weapons Stored at Manzano

11.¿Nuclear Weapon Storage Structures

12.¿The Weapon Maintenance Plants

13.¿The Birdcage for Pit Storage

Part V.¿

Base Security

14.¿DoD Nuclear Weapon Storage Area Security Program

15.¿Security Squadrons Responsible for Manzano

16.¿The Perimeter Fences

17.¿Storage Structure Security System

18.¿Central Security Control and ADT Monitoring

19.¿Patrolling the "Q" Area

20.¿Nuclear Weapon Convoy Duty

Part VI.

Miscellaneous Manzano Information

21.¿Aircraft Crashes at Manzano

22.¿Wildlife and Varmints on the Mountain

23.¿Manzano's Aerial Phenomena

24.¿Abandoned in Place

25.¿Kirtland Underground Munitions Maintenance and Storage Complex

26.¿The 377th Security Forces Squadron

27.¿Manzano Today

Epilogue

Appendix A.¿Aerial View of Manzano Base (Kirtland AFB)

Appendix B.¿Wall Map Displayed in the ADT Monitoring Room

Appendix C.¿Abbreviated Chronological History of Manzano

Appendix D.¿Manzano Base Commanders

Appendix E.¿Department of the Air Force Letter

Appendix F.¿Frequently Used Abbreviations and Acronyms

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index