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    Best Warrior Competitors complete weapons assembly and disassembly event

    UMM SALAL MUHAMMED, QATAR

    02.03.2025

    Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ariana Shuemake 

    153rd Public Affairs Detachment

    Meshaal Al Nuaimi, a Qatar National Service Academy cadet (center) assembles an M249 machine gun during the weapons assembly and disassembly event while U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Crumlin, (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Cohen (right), District of Columbia Army National Guard, evaluate his performance during the Best Warrior Competition at the National Service Academy in Umm Salal Muhammed, Qatar, Feb. 3, 2025. 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: 02.03.2025
    Date Posted: 02.08.2025 11:49
    Photo ID: 8862462
    VIRIN: 250203-Z-QC446-1011
    Resolution: 5224x3483
    Size: 9.34 MB
    Location: UMM SALAL MUHAMMED, QA

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