Competing for Best Warrior [Image 28 of 53]

CAMP SHELBY, MS, UNITED STATES

11.02.2012

Photo by Capt. Andy Thaggard 

155th Armored Brigade Combat Team

Staff Sgt. Cody W. Espinoza, Sebastopol, Miss., a member of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, mounts a portion of an obstacle know as the "Tarzan" during the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team'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 17:22
• Photo ID: 798108
• VIRIN: 121102-A-5051T-345
• Resolution: 1200x1500
• Size: 1.38 MB
• Location: CAMP SHELBY, MS, US