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210422-Z-CY132-1005

Soldiers with Company G, 3d Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, conduct MEDEVAC operations training as part of Southern Strike 2021 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, April 22, 2021. Southern Strike is a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise designed to maintain combat readiness, build relationships, strengthen interoperability and prepare for possible future contingency missions (Temporary unmasking for members is due to conflicts with mission requirements) (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Victoria Smith)
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Practice Like You Play - Southern Strike Cyber Integration

(From left) U.S. Air Force Maj. Christina Mayo, cyber operator for the 175th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, pose for a photo with U.S. Air Force Col. Cindy Smith, the exercise director of Southern Strike 21, on April 22, 2021, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Southern Strike is a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Camp McCain Training Center, Naval Air Station Meridian, the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, and other locations around the state. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
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Practice Like You Play - Southern Strike Cyber Integration

(From left) U.S. Air Force Maj. Christina Mayo, cyber operator for the 175th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Stephen Shambra, cyber warfare officer for the 275 Cyberspace Operations Squadron, work on a computer April 22, 2021, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mayo and Shambra served as the project lead and deputy project lead respectively for the cyber component of Southern Strike 21, a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
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Practice Like You Play - Southern Strike Cyber Integration

Members of the 175th Cyber Operations Group, Maryland Air National Guard, pose for a group photo April 22, 2021, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. The 175th COG lead the cyber component of Southern Strike 21, a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise. Temporary unmasking for service members is due to mission requirements. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
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Practice Like You Play - Southern Strike Cyber Integration

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Abeyta, a cyber warfare operator with the 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, wears a Southern Strike 21 exercise patch while working on a computer April 21, 2021, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Abeyta served as a host analyst for the blue cell for the cyber component of Southern Strike 21, a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
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Practice Like You Play - Southern Strike Cyber Integration

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Brian Mohr, the cyber noncommissioned officer in charge for the 175th Cyber Operations Group, Maryland Air National Guard, works on a computer April 21, 2021, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. Mohr served as the for the red cell as part of the cyber component of Southern Strike 21, a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise. Temporary unmasking for service members is due to mission requirements. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
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Practice Like You Play - Southern Strike Cyber Integration

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gianna DeJong-Kaiser, an intelligence analyst for the 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, lists out mission details on a whiteboard April 21, 2021, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi. DeJong-Kaiser served in the blue cell for the cyber component of Southern Strike 21, a large-scale, conventional and special operations exercise. Temporary unmasking for service members is due to mission requirements. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah M. McClanahan)
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210420-Z-QG327-0557

American and Uzbek Special Forces conduct training operations at the Grenada Dam as part of Exercise Southern Strike 2021, April 20, 2021. Southern Strike is an annual training exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard to increase combat readiness across all branches of the U.S. military. (Temporary unmasking for service members is due to mission requirements.) (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jon Alderman)
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210419-Z-QG327-0267

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 119th Wing of the North Dakota Air National Guard, takes flight during Exercise Southern Strike 2021 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., April 19, 2021. Southern Strike is a large-scale, joint and international combat training exercise featuring counter-insurgency, close-air support, non-combatant evacuations, and maritime special operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jon Alderman)
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JDAM Drops on Rattlesnake Range

An inert Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bomb drops at the Camp Shelby Air-to-Ground Range, also known as the Rattlesnake Range, in Perry County, Miss., March 2021.
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Emergency Services

U.S. Special Operations members participate in a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation during Exercise Southern Strike 16 at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss., Nov. 3, 2015. Exercise SS 16 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., from Oct. 26 through Nov. 6, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jamal D. Sutter/Released)
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130618-F-QX786-118

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Staff Sgt. Marshall Varrato, 97th Medical Operations Squadron bioenvironmental engineering NCO in charge of readiness and training, swirls a water sample during a routine water sampling at the main water line on base. Members of the 97th MDOS bioenvironmental engineering flight conduct water samplings twice a month. The samples are collected and then delivered to a lab in Elk City, Okla. where they are tested for contaminants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kenneth W. Norman / Released)
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Emergency Services

An Airman with the 130th Airlift Wing disassembles the bolt carrier group of an M4 rifle Jan. 9, 2018 at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. Airmen must be weapon qualified every 18 months to ensure mission readiness.
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Installation Commanders Council

U.S. Army Col. Rick Weaver, Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center commander, listens to a speaker during a meeting of the Installation Commanders Counsel at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., Nov. 17, 2020. Seated to Weaver’s left are Col. Britt Watson, 186th Refueling Air Wing vice commander, and Col. Tommy Tillman, 172d Airlift Wing Commander.
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Air-To-Ground Range

A range tower that controls flights and communicates with pilots during Southern Strike 15 (SS15) at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Readiness Center, Miss., Oct. 29, 2014. SS15 is a total force, multiservice training exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center which emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melissa Goslin/Released)
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Restriction of Movement

Hundreds of Airmen depart for the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., Nov. 6, 2020 after completing a restriction of movement at Camp Gulfport to become eligible for deployment.
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Southern Strike 2019: Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Adam Grover of the 172d Airlift Wing's Maintenance Squadron inspects the tires of a C-17 Globemaster prior to a flight from the Combat Readiness Training Center, January 18, 2019. Southern Strike 19 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., and Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg, Miss., from Jan. 15 through Jan. 30, 2019. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. (A. Danielle Thomas, U.S. Air National Guard)
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Southern Strike

U.S. Air Force Tactical Control Party Specialists, assigned to the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, 165th ASOS and 284th ASOS, participate in Tactical Control Casualty training during Southern Strike 2020 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., Feb. 2, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Phifer)
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191105-Z-YI114-058

Chief Master Sgt. John Bigham, a Missouri Air National Guard maintenance superintendent with the 139th Airlift Wing, listens to a speaker during a “Resilience Tactical Pause” day at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri. The event was focused on personal resiliency and suicide prevention.
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