A young resident of Juneau, Alaska, right, reads her script prior to playing an injured citizen seeking assistance at an Alaska National Guard medical team field hospital at the Palmer Fairgrounds in Palmer, Alaska, March 28, 2014, during exercise Ardent Sentry 2014. Ardent Sentry is a NORAD and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)-directed exercise focusing on defense support of civil authorities in response to simulated weather, security and disaster contingencies. While Ardent Sentry is primarily a command post exercise, several field training events were conducted at various locations within the USNORTHCOM area of responsibility.