Exercise Southern Strike 17 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi, from October 24 through November 4, 2016. The SSTK 2017 exercise emphasized air-to-air, air-to-ground, and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and...
Southern Strike 2018 is a large-scale, joint multinational combat exercise that provides tactical level training for the full spectrum of conflict. It emphasizes air dominance, maritime operations, maritime air support, precision engagement, close air support, command and control, personnel recovery, aero medical evacuation, and combat medical support. Submit media requests to Major Thaggard:...
Southern Strike 2020 is a large scale, joint and international combat exercise, which features counter insurgency, close air support, enroute casualty care, non-combatant evacuations and special operations. The event will be held at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss. from 30 January to 13 February 2020.
Southern Strike 2023 is an exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. Approximately 2,000 service members from both the active and reserve U.S. military service components are participating in the joint international combat exercise. A combined force of Air National Guard, Army National Guard, Air Force, Navy, Marine, and...
Exercise Southern Vanguard 2022 is a live-fire, air assault exercise between U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Brazilian army 5th Battalion, 12th Infantry Brigade. Exercise Southern Vanguard is the largest deployment of a U.S Army unit to train with the Brazilian army forces in Brazil and is designed to increase readiness, interoperability and shared military understanding...
Exercise Southern Vanguard is an annual U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) sponsored exercise at the operational and tactical levels to increase interoperability between the United States and Western Hemisphere forces. This year’s iteration of the exercise, Exercise Southern Vanguard 23 (ExSV23), will take place throughout November, in Tolemaida, Colombia with U.S. Army personnel training...
SOUTHERN VANGUARD (SV) is an annual U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) exercise at the operational and tactical levels to increase interoperability between U.S and Western Hemisphere forces, in this instance, Brazil. This year’s iteration, Exercise Southern Vanguard 24 (ExSV24), will take place throughout November, in Belem, Macapa, and Oiapoque. U.S. Army South (ARSOUTH) and 101st Airborne...
National Guard personnel were activated to assist
local and state authorities in the aftermath of severe weather that struck
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas starting Dec. 26, 2015.
