The District of Columbia Army National Guard holds its annual state-level Best Warrior Competition from Apr. 21-23 at Camp Dawson, West Virginia. The competitors competed in three days worth of events consisting of a six-mile ruck march, land navigation, swim test, obstacle course, conducting combat casualty care, weapons qualification, and other Army Warrior Tasks (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Richard Trinh)
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U.S. Army Spc. John Shields, an combat medical specialist assigned to the Iowa Army National Guard, representing Region IV, climbs a rock face during the 2023 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Black Rapids Training Area, Alaska on July 10, 2023. The Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition tested the adaptiveness and lethality of our forces. National Guard Citizen-Soldiers remain ready and resilient to meet the nation’s challenges. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kinsey Geer)
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Guardsman from Arizona and the Republic of Kazakhstan work together to transport a casualty in the mystery event during the Arizona Best Warrior Competition on April 25, 2023. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Tinisha Mellein)
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Army National Guard noncommissioned officers and Soldiers representing five states and Washington, D.C., compete 13-mile ruck march event at the Region II Best Warrior Competition May 18, 2023, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. The Soldiers and NCOs of the Year from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia are competing at the regional level for the right to represent the region at the national-level competition. Staff Sgt. Dan Abbott, assigned to Fort Barfoot, and Spc. Jared Bergman, assigned to the Virginia Beach-based 329th Regional Support Group, are representing Virginia in the competition after winning the state-level competition in March 2023. (U.S. National Guard photo by Cotton Puryear)
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A California Army National Guard Best Warrior competitor drags a mock-casualty doll on a skid during a medical casualty care challenge at Camp San Luis Obispo, California, Dec. 14, 2022. 13 candidates from units across California were selected to compete at the state level to garner the title of California’s Best Warrior and servicemember of the year at the junior enlisted and non-commissioned officer categories. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Amanda H. Johnson)
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