From camp to castle: 173rd Airborne Brigade, Maryland National Guard compete in Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge [Image 18 of 19]

RAKVERE, ESTONIA

08.09.2014

Photo by Sgt. John Carkeet IV 

U.S. Army Europe and Africa     

Sgt. Nathaniel L. Watkins, a Lexington, N.C., native, and infantryman in Troop C, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, navigates through the last obstacle of the second annual Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge Aug. 9 at Rakvere, Estonia. Watkins and three other Soldiers from Troop C’s sniper team participated in the competition that featured 26 teams from six countries. The three-day challenge tested the teams’ strength, speed, endurance, intelligence and willpower through a series of obstacles and simulations along an 81-mile route through Estonia’s countryside. Paratroopers with the 173rd Abn. Bde. are deployed for training in Estonia as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, an exercise dedicated to demonstrating commitment to NATO obligations and sustaining interoperability with allied forces. (Photo by Seaman Keio Raamat, Estonian Defense Forces) Media Center

• Date Taken: 08.09.2014
• Date Posted: 08.19.2014 07:59
• Photo ID: 1509801
• VIRIN: 140809-A-DB402-020
• Resolution: 1473x982
• Size: 341.21 KB
• Location: RAKVERE, EE
• Hometown: LEXINGTON, NC, US