Air Force Staff Sgt. Vanessa Rose, assigned to the 5th Security Forces Squadron, stands guard at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota Oct. 30, 2016, in support of exercise Global Thunder 17. Global Thunder is based on a notional scenario designed to exercise the ability of Strategic Command and its component forces to deter, and if necessary, defeat, a military attack against the United States and its allies and employ forces as directed by the President and the Secretary of Defense. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)

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