The Mississippi Adjutant General for Air, Maj. Gen. William J. Crisler, left, and Brig. Gen. William Hill, right, Mississippi Air National Guard chief of staff, listen as the leadership of Exercise Southern Strike 15 (SS15) give mission briefs at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., Nov. 4, 2014. SS15 is a total force, multiservice training exercise hosted by the Mississippi National Guard’s CRTC which 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)