Connecticut Army National Guard Spc. Ethan Mounts, a unit supply specialist assigned to the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, stretches prior to practice at the National Training Center athletic fields, Clermont, Florida, Jan. 11, 2024. Mounts, a native of Middletown, Connecticut, has played soccer since his youth. Notably, he has played in the highest youth league in the U.S. for men, Major League Soccer Next, and for the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School’s soccer team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Lucibello)