Competing for Best Warrior [Image 47 of 53]

CAMP SHELBY, MS, UNITED STATES

11.02.2012

Photo by Capt. Andy Thaggard 

155th Armored Brigade Combat Team

Sgt. Daniel S. Gilland, Arlington, Tenn., a member the Grenada, Miss. based Detachment 1, Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, negotiates a water obstacle 10 feet below by pulling himself across on a rope 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 18:01
• Photo ID: 798130
• VIRIN: 121102-A-5051T-077
• Resolution: 1500x1200
• Size: 1.22 MB
• Location: CAMP SHELBY, MS, US