The most influential level of leadership is at the Squad — where the majority of our Soldiers reside. "Squad" extends beyond a traditional infantry squad to any small-unit group of Soldiers, connected by a squad leader, who has the most direct impact on their lives. Soldiers never fight alone, the unbreakable bonds forged through shared hardship and unending support for one another are the...
U.S. Army Pacific's Best Warrior Competition is an annual competition where USARPAC subordinate units send their best qualified soldiers to compete against each other to become the USARPAC Best Warrior. The winners of the USARPAC Best Warrior Competition will go on to compete in the U.S. Army's Best Warrior Competition.
The 2023 Best Squad Competition is a single event used to select the U.S. Army Best Squad of the Year, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and Soldier of the Year.
The most influential level of leadership is at the Squad – where the majority of our Soldiers reside. "Squad" extends beyond a traditional infantry squad to any small-unit group of Soldiers, connected by a squad leader, who has...
U.S. Special Operations Command hosts the 2023 Warrior Games Training Camp at the Short Fitness and Sports Center, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 24-28, 2023. Team SOCOM consists of 40 wounded warriors who are collectively training and conditioning together, and will compete in the 2023 DoD Warrior Games Challenge at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California in June.
The U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition is the pre-eminent path to earning the right to be called the best. It serves as the definitive measure of the Army’s number one priority – readiness. Those who have embarked on this path sought to overcome the deafening principles of fear, fatigue, mental exhaustion, uncertainty and a host of attributes that would otherwise prevent success on the...
Women in all branches of the military soon will have unprecedented opportunities to serve on the front lines of the nation's wars.
Leon Panetta, in one of his last acts as President Obama's Defense Secretary, announced the policy change, which would open hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war, the Pentagon...
The Army’s finest Warriors, representing 14 commands from across the Army, will gather at Fort Lee, Va., to compete in the 2014 Best Warrior Competition. The four-day intensive competition will determine the 2014 U.S. Army’s Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year.
The Best Warrior Competition promotes espirit de corps and recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to the...
The U.S. Marine Corps stands ready and eager to answer the call, whatever and wherever the mission. Marines are forged in hard training made wise through years of combat, and imbued with an expeditionary mindset. They train and live hard, thrive in austerity and embrace innovation. America’s Marines are ethical warriors; courageous in battle, always faithful to the Marine Corps’ proud...
