Army Reserve Soldiers save dog at Sentry South 26-2
1st Sgt. Jonathan Merck, with the U.S. Army 310th Psychological Operations Company, U.S. Army Reserve, poses with a hunting dog that he reunited with its owner 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)