Subscribe
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Cohen, District of Columbia Army National Guard, observes and evaluates Meshaal Al Nuaimi, a Qatar National Service Academy cadet, assemble a M249 machine gun 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.
| Date Taken: | 02.03.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.08.2025 11:50 |
| Photo ID: | 8862464 |
| VIRIN: | 250203-Z-QC446-1025 |
| Resolution: | 4862x3241 |
| Size: | 9.22 MB |
| Location: | UMM SALAL MUHAMMED, QA |
| Web Views: | 18 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
This work, Best Warrior Competitors complete weapons assembly and disassembly event [Image 7 of 7], by SFC Ariana Shuemake, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright.
No keywords found.
