Iron Soldiers compete in 1AD Best Warrior Competition [Image 5 of 11]

FORT BLISS, TX, UNITED STATES

05.15.2020

Photo by Pfc. Matthew Marcellus 

1st Armored Division

FORT BLISS, Texas - Staff Sgt. James Ferrone, a cavalry scout assigned to Troop B, 2nd Squadron, 13th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and native of Naperville, Illinois, climbs a wooden ladder as part of the Fort Bliss obstacle course during the 1AD Best Warrior Competition, May 15. The obstacle course was conducted after a 12-mile ruck march and the Army Combat Fitness Test, pitting the competitors through a final grueling physical event designed to test their physical and mental resiliency as well as perseverance. The obstacle course included climbing ropes, scaling barriers and balance obstacles, most of which included an element of heights in order to test a Soldier’s confidence and resolve. The competitors completed the course in the best possible time, with their results being combined with the other events, and an interview with the division operations sergeant major, which collectively tested their physical endurance, competence, and Soldier skills in order to determine the 1AD Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the year. Ferrone won the competition along with Spc. Gage Paraschos, a native of Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania and cavalry scout assigned to Troop C, 2-13 CAV, demonstrating continued excellence and determination which represents the very best of 1AD. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Matthew Marcellus)

• Date Taken: 05.15.2020
• Date Posted: 05.29.2020 00:03
• Photo ID: 6216389
• VIRIN: 200515-A-QF685-040
• Resolution: 5287x3525
• Size: 9.72 MB
• Location: FORT BLISS, TX, US
• Hometown: BURGAW, NC, US
• Hometown: MOUNT BETHEL, PA, US
• Hometown: NAPERVILLE, IL, US
• Hometown: PASADENA, TX, US