U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Blake Bastien and his squad, assigned to 8th Theater Sustainment Command, compete in the Crucible, the culminating event for the U.S. Army Pacific Best Squad Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23, 2026. The annual five-day event, held July 20-24, features 16 squads from multiple USARPAC units across the free and open Indo-Pacific, testing individual Soldier strength and squad-level cohesion to select the region’s top five Soldiers and NCOs to compete in the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kylee Marshall)
| Date Taken: | 07.23.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2026 20:00 |
| Photo ID: | 9828748 |
| VIRIN: | 260723-A-OO251-6393 |
| Resolution: | 5464x8192 |
| Size: | 11.86 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, US |
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