Army Staff Sgt. Stan Shepherd, a flight paramedic with the 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment, instructs flight paramedics at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., during exercise South Strike 2017 (SSTK2017), Oct. 24, 2016. SSTK2017is 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 an

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Army Staff Sgt. Stan Shepherd, a flight paramedic with the 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment, instructs flight paramedics at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., during exercise South Strike 2017 (SSTK2017), Oct. 24, 2016. SSTK2017is 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.

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