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    Qatar National Service Academy staff host Best Warrior Competition welcome ceremony

    UMM SALAL MUHAMMED, QATAR

    02.02.2025

    Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ariana Shuemake 

    153rd Public Affairs Detachment

    (From left to right) U.S. Army Cdt. Ayden Norcross, West Virginia Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kaden Salmons, West Virginia Air National Guard, and Master Sgt. Amber Monio, National Guard Bureau, test their camera settings in preparation for filming and photographing the Best Warrior Competition welcome ceremony at the theater located at the Qatar Armed Forces National Services Academy in Umm Salal Muhammed, Qatar on Feb. 2, 2025. The West Virginia Army National Guard is hosting its annual Best Warrior Competition in partnership with Qatar Armed Forces from February 2-5, 2025, at the National Service Academy in Doha, Qatar. This year’s competition is the first to be hosted jointly with a partner nation outside the continental United States, and the first time that partner nation’s military members have competed alongside U.S. service members. The competition features a multitude of core competencies ranging from the Army Combat Fitness Test and weapons lanes; to a foot march and detailed individual warrior tasks and battle drills. The West Virginia National Guard and Qatar Armed Forces partnered in 2018 through the State Partnership Program, the National Guard’s flagship international affairs and security cooperation initiative. Years of combined training and development of enduring relationships between the militaries has led to this event, meant to foster more capable and interoperable partners and pursue shared objectives.

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    Date Taken: 02.02.2025
    Date Posted: 02.08.2025 08:49
    Photo ID: 8860021
    VIRIN: 250202-Z-QC446-2008
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    Location: UMM SALAL MUHAMMED, QA

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