The Air National Guard hosted exercise Sentry South-Southern Strike 2025 at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Mississippi and Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from February 06, 2025. Approximately 500 service members participated in the joint combat exercise. A combined force of Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Navy, Marine, and Coast Guard units conducted training missions that prepared personnel for contingency response operations, aeromedical evacuation, security forces airfield protection, specialized fueling operations, and rotary aviation medevac and airlift. This year's exercise placed special focus around improving drill status guardsmen readiness and strengthening joint...
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.”
Earlier this year, the 172nd Airlift Wing initiated Team Magnolia, designed to foster resilience and help create an Airman-to-Airman connection. This new team equips Airmen with the correct resources so they can receive essential services.
