Southern Strike is a large scale joint and international combat exercise which features counter insurgency, air supremacy, close air support, enroute casualty care, non-combatant evacuations, and maritime and riverine special operations. The event is held at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss.
As the Sentry-South Southern Strike exercise roared over the Gulf Coast and south Mississippi January 26 – February 6, 2025, an unassuming building at Combat Readiness Training Center Gulfport was at the center of the action. The Combat Training Systems building is colloquially called the LMOC for “Live Mission Operations Capability.”