Aliah Acosta-Mercado, a junior at Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School, and Marc Hussey, an administrator for the Connecticut Technical High School System, taste a meal prepared by Connecticut National Guard culinary specialists during a cooking contest at Camp Nett, Niantic, Connecticut, April 28, 2023. This brand-new competition pit culinary specialists from around the Connecticut National Guard against one another as the capstone to their annual Military Operational Specialty training.