PLUM, New Caledonia - The platoon sergeant for 1st Platoon, E Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, 9th Mission Support Command, directs his Soldiers to their sectors of fire during a live-fire training in Plum, New Caledonia, May 15. The Soldiers spent several days training before the start of Croix Du Sud, a large scale multi-national exercise hosted by the French military, which combined air, land and maritime operations amongst several nations.