F.E. Warren Air Force Base

Kidnapped colonel

Master Sgt. Joseph Gaddis, 90th Space Wing, kidnapped Col. Mike Morgan, 90th Space Wing vice commander, during a security surety exercise June 5. Colonel Morgan was taken to an alternate location where he was held hostage by two armed kidnappers (Photos by Airman Alex Martinez).

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Members of Warren’s security forces negotiation team set up a work station close to the hostage location to negotiate with the kidnappers and help defuse the situation.

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Tech. Sgt. William Murphy and Staff Sgt. Douglas Bolton, 90th Security Forces Group, play the roles of kidnappers during the exercise, testing negotiators and response forces.

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Members of the 90th Tactical Response Force gear up, get ready and enter the hostage area to deliver a telephone requested by the hostages.

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The hostage situation came to an end when Master Sgt. Jeffrey Rosinski and Senior Airman Derek Stafford, 90th Security Forces Squadron apprehended kidnappers Sergeant Murphy and Sergeant Bolton while they were trying to flee the location.

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The case of the kidnapped colonel

Published June 19, 2007