Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant speaks to U. S. Service members about the importance of military training exercises like Southern Strike 2017 (SSTK2017) at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., Nov. 3, 2016. SSTK2017 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. 24 through Nov. 4, 2016. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with

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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant speaks to U. S. Service members about the importance of military training exercises like Southern Strike 2017 (SSTK2017) at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., Nov. 3, 2016. SSTK2017 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. 24 through Nov. 4, 2016. The exercise 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 National Guard

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