Competing for Best Warrior [Image 35 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 (bottom), Sebastopol, Miss., a member of Battery B, grapples with Spc. Joseph E. Freeman, Laurel, Miss., a member of Battery A, during the combatives portion of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team's Best Warrior competition, recently held at Camp McCain, Miss. Both are members of the Newton-based 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, and along with 30 other 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 17:28
• Photo ID: 798115
• VIRIN: 121102-A-5051T-926
• Resolution: 900x1261
• Size: 1.54 MB
• Location: CAMP SHELBY, MS, US