Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Kench, a military working dog handler with the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, carries his military working dog Beta towards the end of a three-mile ruck at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, April 20, 2017. The carrying of one’s military working dog across the final stretch was meant to be symbolic of teamwork during the commemorative ruck march.

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