Video

Video by Marcelo Joniaux

2023 Defender Challenge/Defender Flag final remarks

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center

Oct. 27, 2023 | 8:22

Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman, director of Air Force Security Forces and Chief Master Sgt. Donnie Gallagher, Security Forces career field manager give final remarks during the Defender Challenge/Defender Flag closing ceremony Oct. 27, 2023 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Background information: following a postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Defender Challenge returned Oct. 23-27, 2023, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The event, a legacy competition between major command teams, tests physical endurance and core operational skills to crown a winning team and several individual award winners. In addition to Defender Challenge, the Defender Flag field exercise was held simultaneously as a realistic assessment and validation of ground defense tactics, techniques and procedures during intense, realistic scenarios. (U.S. Air Force video by Marcelo Joniaux)