U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Caspian Phillips, 28th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, provides overwatch as his team conducts a patrol of a potentially hostile area during Cerberus Defender 2025, a multi-day exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 15, 2025. During the exercise, teams were tasked with outside-the-wire missions, testing combat skills critical to success in the field. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Kenney)