Embedded with the Florida National Guard for 25 days at the National Training Center (Fort Irwin, CA), our team was tasked to produce the culminating film that ties together the full arc of the rotation, urban clearance, night movements, live-fire ranges, command-post synchronization, logistics convoys, and MEDEVAC drills against a realistic near-peer opposing force. This rotation was more than training, it was a milestone in military mobility, marking the Florida Guard’s largest movement of equipment and vehicles since World War II and the transport of thousands of Soldiers and their gear from Florida to California, a feat that underscores readiness at scale. The NTC mission is purpose-built to prepare organizations for large-scale combat operations in an austere environment, and we built our narrative around that reality.