Mississippi Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer

Mississippi Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Stevens, 1-185th Aviation Regiment pilot, conducts a pre-launch inspection on a UH-72 Lakota on the ramp at the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) flight line in Gulfport, Miss., prior to departure after participating in Exercise Southern Strike 15 (SS15) Oct. 31, 2014. SS15 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gregory Brook/ Released)