Competing for Best Warrior [Image 5 of 53]

CAMP SHELBY, MS, UNITED STATES

11.02.2012

Photo by Capt. Andy Thaggard 

155th Armored Brigade Combat Team

Sgt. Justin Atkins (top), Columbus, Miss., of the Amory-based Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 98th Cavalry Regiment, works inside the guard of Sgt. Cody Odom, Lucedale, Miss., of the Camp Shelby-based Detachment 1, Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, as part of combatives during the 155 BCT's Best Warrior competition, recently held at Camp McCain, Miss. Over a three-day period, 32 Soldiers from throughout the MSARNG were challenged by an Army physical fitness test, land navigation course, combatives (hand-to-hand combat), six-mile road march with 30-pound rucksack, individual weapon qualification, confidence course, written test, and an interview panel composed of brigade command sergeants major. First place and runner-up winners in the Soldier of the Year and Non-Commissioned Officer of the year categories from each major command will compete in the Mississippi Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition to be held Feb. 18-22, 2013, at the Camp McCain Training Site. (Photo by Capt. Andy Thaggard, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard)

• Date Taken: 11.02.2012
• Date Posted: 12.10.2012 16:28
• Photo ID: 798077
• VIRIN: 121102-A-5051T-669
• Resolution: 1500x1200
• Size: 2.05 MB
• Location: CAMP SHELBY, MS, US