Mississippi Air National Guard Col. Craig Ziemba, 186th Air Refueling Wing operations group commander and exercise director, listens to information being briefed during the morning battle update at the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) in Gulfport, Miss., Oct. 30, 2014. Exercise Southern Strike 15 is a total force, multiservice training exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard's CRTC Oct. 27 through Nov. 7, 2014. The SS15 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. (Photo by Senior Airman Logan Brandt/Released)