POPULAR MECHANICS: Behind The Scenes At A Nuclear Alert Facility.

To visit Malmstrom is to enter a world where even the smallest infractions—like a chef letting salad dressing expire in the barracks-like facilities that guard underground launch crews—are treated like high crimes. Regulations govern every aspect of the mission, from launch sequences to the way kitchens are cleaned in the 24-hour-alert facilities. “Perfection is the standard” is the official motto here; the unofficial motto is “Why? Because it’s nukes!”

Seems like a good reason to me. Read the whole thing.