1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE BALROG PIPELINE
2.1. DESDM Pipeline Emulation
2.2. Injection Framework
2.3. Pipeline Validation

3. BALROG IN DES YEAR 3
3.1. Input Deep Field Catalog for y3-deep
3.2. Input Star Sample for δ-stars
3.3. Object Classification and Differences in Measurement Likelihood
3.4. Sample Selection & Injection Strategy
3.5. Blending and Ambiguous Matches

4. DES Y3 PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE
4.1. Consistency with DES Data
4.2. Photometric performance of δ-stars
4.3. Photometric Performance of y3-deep
4.4. Star-Galaxy Separation

5. APPLICATIONS TO DES Y3 PROJECTS
5.1. Photometric Redshift Calibration
5.2. Magnification Bias on Clustering Samples
5.3. Noise from Undetected Sources
5.4. Accurate Joint Redshift - Stellar Mass Probability Distributions with Random Forests
5.5. Photometric Response Near Galaxy Clusters

6. CURRENT METHODOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

7. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION