JAPAN
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Juan De Dios Loredo-Ceballos, 374th Dental Squadron dental laboratory technician, runs during the Norwegian Foot March Samurai Challenge at Yokota Air Base.

(Airman 1st Class David S. Calcote/U.S. Air Force)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Juan De Dios Loredo-Ceballos, 374th Dental Squadron dental laboratory technician, runs during the Norwegian Foot March Samurai Challenge at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 15, 2025. The Norwegian Foot March is a military endurance test, created in 1915, where participants complete an 18.6-mile ruck march in full uniform while carrying a 25-pound rucksack within four hours and 30 minutes.

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