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Video by Staff Sgt. Cory Odell

SSgt JT Simmons Interview - Exercise Southern Strike 16

1st Combat Camera Squadron

Oct. 29, 2015 | 1:59

Interview with Staff Sergeant JT Simmons, tactical air control party craftsman from the 238th Air Support Operations Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, Oct. 29th, 2015 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. Exercise Southern Strike 16 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard’s Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss, from Oct. 26 through Nov. 6, 2015. The SS16 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 mobility forces. (U.S. Air Force video by SSgt Cory O’Dell/Released).