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Strategic Communications Wing 1


Lapse in Appropriations: The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30, 2025.
Military personnel will continue in normal duty status, without pay, until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations
are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.”
Please reference resources link for more information:
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Welcome

Our Wing consists of three squadrons and a Wing staff that employs over 1,300 active-duty sailors and 100 contractors to provide maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the E-6 Mercury aircraft fleet.

Our primary mission is to receive, verify and retransmit Emergency Action Messages (EAMs) to US strategic forces. Additionally, OC-ALC airframe artisans perform depot work on the Navy's E-6 Mercury aircraft, which are based on the Boeing 707 airframe. The Wing also operates alert facilities for E-6B aircraft at Travis AFB, California and Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.

More about us

Leaders

  • Captain Zach Brown

    Deputy Commander, Strategic Communications Wing 1

    TagSCW-1 Deputy

  • Command Master Chief Cory J. Ervin

    Command Master Chief, Strategic Communications Wing 1

    TagSCW-1 Senior Enlisted Advisor

  • Captain David M. Gardner

    Commodore, Strategic Communications Wing 1

    TagSCW-1 Commander

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