Army Reserve Soldiers save dog at Sentry South 26-2
260228-A-OA312-2298.JPG Photo By: Sgt. James Vaughan

GULFPORT, Miss. - 1st Sgt. Jonathan Merck, with the U.S. Army 310th Psychological Operations Company, U.S. Army Reserve, poses with Mr. Welborn and his hunting dog that he rescued during exercise Sentry South 26-2, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, Feb. 28, 2026. Sentry South 26-2 is a large force employment exercise focused on major combat operations and joint maritime opportunities in a contested or degraded operational environment. Sentry South 26-2 applies joint and combined warfighting doctrine against realistic and robust enemy integrated threat systems, all while under safe and controlled conditions. (Courtesy photo 1st Sgt. Jonathan Merck)


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