The 2024 Region II Best Warrior Competition, hosted by the Maryland Army National Guard, features soldiers and non-commissioned officers from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. The intense four-day competition tests competitors on various tactical and technical skills relevant to today's combat environment. Each competitor was pushed to their limits and graded across multiple disciplines, including physical fitness, a combat water survival test, an obstacle course, marksmanship, land navigation at night, 18.6-mile ruck march and military knowledge.