A crew chief with the 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, secures his protective gear prior to boarding a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Oct. 24, 2017, at the Combat Readiness Training Center - Battlefield Airmen Center in Gulfport, Mississippi. This year, CRTC-BAC hosts Southern Strike 18, an exercise that provides service members a cross-training environment that will prepare our joint force for the uncertainty of combat operations. ( Army National Guard photo by Pfc. Jarvis Mace)

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