by Molly | Oct 8, 2025 | Cancer Narrative
I joined the missile community in 2024 as a Security Forces Defender at Malmstrom Air Force Base. Like every Defender, I was focused on the mission — protecting America’s most lethal weapons and standing long shifts at remote ICBM facilities. DIAGNOSIS It was during...
by Molly | Apr 29, 2025 | News
BEYOND THE PACT ACT On 8 April, leaders of the Torchlight Initiative had the opportunity to brief the House VA Committee, and members of the Senate VA Committee on the disproportionate rate of cancers and illnesses impacting the ICBM Community. Their comments are at...
by Molly | Oct 1, 2024 | Dispatch
September Dispatch Hello Torchlight Initiative subscribers, registrants, and supporters. This periodic dispatch will provide a status update concerning Air Force (AF) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) community cancers and other diseases, illnesses, and...
by Molly | Sep 25, 2023 | Cancer Narrative
JACKIE PERDUE It’s time for me to come forward and give an update on my story. My name is Jackie Perdue. I was a Missile Combat Crew Commander from 2000 to 2004 serving in the, now-decommissioned, 564th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom AFB, Montana. I then served as an...
by Molly | Sep 20, 2023 | Cancer Narrative
JASON BOSWELL My name is Jason Boswell and I want to share my story so that it may help others who are just starting their journey that I have already traveled. My cancer presented quite suddenly on January 1st, 2015. I awoke that morning with a headache and fever...
