Spc Paul Ballard provides cover fire during a react to fire exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Lightning Strike 18 is the two-week annual training that ensures the 335th and its Soldiers are trained and ready to deploy on short-notice and bring capable, combat-ready, and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Matthew Drawdy)