Staff Sgt. Vanesa Rose, 5th Security Forces Squadron member, stands guard at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota Oct. 28, 2016, in support of exercise Global Thunder 17. Global Thunder is an annual training event that assesses command and control functionality in all U.S. Strategic Command mission areas and affords component commands a venue to evaluate their joint operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Evelyn Chavez)