The Georgia Army National Guard hosts their State Best Warrior Competition March 9 through 14, 2025, at the Cumming Readiness Center in Cumming, Georgia, the Catoosa Volunteer Training Site, Ringgold, Georgia and Tullahoma, Tennessee. Georgia Army National Guardsmen and country of Georgia Defense Force soldiers strengthened their 30-year partnership through competition while promoting esprit...
Operation Sandcastle is a joint Field Training Exercise, FTX, designed to test Soldiers and their capabilities within a simulated large scale combat operations (LSCO) environment. This exercise consist of components that will ensure proper collective training of unit mission essential tasks while continuing to solidify Soldiers’ competencies of Army warrior tasks (AWTs); to include Tactical...
The 2024 Army Reserve Best Squad Competition is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of “Best Warrior” and “Best Squad” among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focus events that test their...
Vermont hosts the 2024 National Best Warrior Competition at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, VT. NCO and Junior Enlisted Soldiers competing have won their state and regional competitions to make their way to the national competition.
20 Soldiers from across the globe competed in the AMC Best Warrior Competition from July 27 to July 30, 2024, at Fort Novosel. The competition tests the Soldiers’ physical and mental strength through a variety of challenges, including an obstacle course, weapons qualifications, a 12-mile ruck march and more.
The ESB demonstrates individual Soldier competencies and abilities to perform Skill Level 1 Warrior Tasks and brigade commander-selected tasks. Training and testing are expected to be tough, realistic, and mission focused. All who meet the standards will be awarded the Expert Soldier Badge. All Soldiers, NCOs, Officers, and Warrant Officers are eligible to compete for the ESB except those in...
The 2023 Army Reserve Best Squad Competition is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of “Best Warrior” and “Best Squad” among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focus events that test their...
Golden Coyote is hosted by the South Dakota National Guard at Camp Rapid from 3 June – 11 June 2023. Golden Coyote is a four phase - Decisive Action Training Environment (DATE) scenario driven exercise. The Golden Coyote experience enables commanders to focus on unit training objectives, requirements, warrior tasks and battle drills. Execution of this exercise will occur throughout several...
