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Video by Sgt. Benjamin Tomlinson

Southern Strike 2024-1

102d Public Affairs Detachment

March 15, 2024 | 3:43

The Mississippi National Guard hosted exercise Southern Strike 2024-1 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center and Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, from March 4-15, 2024. Approximately 425 service members participated in the joint combat exercise. A combined force of Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard units conducted training missions that prepared personnel for contingency response operations, aeromedical evacuation, security forces airfield protection, specialized fueling operations, and rotary aviation medevac and airlift. This year's exercise placed special focus around improving drill status guardsmen readiness and strengthening joint military partnerships to enhance collaborative responses to any threat.
(U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. Benjamin Tomlinson, Sgt. 1st Class Shane Hamann, Staff Sgt. Connie Jones, Staff Sgt. Shawn Keeton; U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Harrison Matheny; and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Derek Harkins)