Navy Aviation Electricians Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class DeShawn Rooks inspects an EA-18G Growler Fighter Jet assigned to the Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 209, Navy Reserve, after flight during Exercise Southern Strike 2021 at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., April 20, 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. (Temporary unmasking for service members is due to mission requirements.)

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