Guardian Challenge kicks off with opening ceremony
Snark the Shark, the mascot of the 45th Space Wing, based at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., rallies his team’s members May 8 during the Guardian Challenge 2008 opening ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The teams descended on Peterson May 7 as they prepared for three days of GC events, including a golf tournament, space and missile forum and awards and dinner banquet May 9. The Guardian Challenge competition pits the command’s several space wings against each other to see whose the “best of the best” in areas of expertise, including security forces, communications, missile combat or satellite operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Larry Hulst)