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Photo by Spc. Jaidon Novinska | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.17.2023
Sgt. Bradley Capps, from Camarillo, California, a Soldier with Operations Group, National Training Center competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition adjusts rounds during the mystery event, which was a Call for Fire, Aug. 17, 2023, on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Call for Fire is when Soldiers request support through a radio from field artillery units, or a Fire Direction......
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
Photo by Pvt. Zachary Brown | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.17.2023
Sgt. Bradley Capps, from Camarillo, California, Operations Group, National Training Center engage in the M240 Transition Fire, M240 machine gun qualification Aug 17, 2023 on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The M240 is a belt-fed, air-cooled, gas-operated, fully automatic machine gun that fires from the open bolt position. The competition tests the squad’s proficiency in their warrior tasks and......
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
Photo by Pvt. Zachary Brown | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.17.2023
Spc. Javier Hernandez, from Lompoc, California, a Soldier with the 1st Battalion (Airborne) 509th Infantry Regiment, Joint Readiness Training Center competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition, does a water jug carry as part of the Expert Physical Fitness Assessment Aug 17, 2023 on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The EPFA is a combat-focused physical assessment and is conducted......
Hometown: Lompoc, CA
Photo by Spc. Samuel Bonney | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.16.2023
Javier Hernandez, from Lompoc, CA, representing the 1st Battalion (Airborne) 509th Infantry Regiment, Joint Readiness Training Center competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition 2023 clears a M107 Sniper Rifle, Aug. 16, 2023 on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. It is essential that Soldiers are able to qualify their weapons to remain a lethal, fighting force, ready to defend the......
Hometown: Lompoc, CA
Photo by Spc. Jaidon Novinska | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.15.2023
Sgt. Bradley Capps, from Camarillo, California, a Soldier with Operations Group, National Training Center competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition applies camouflage face paint during a situational training exercise (STX), Aug. 15, 2023, on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. STX are used for training, evaluation and sustainment of task proficiency. The Warrior Ethos states, “I......
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
Photo by Spc. Jaidon Novinska | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.15.2023
Sgt. Bradley Capps, from Camarillo, California, a Soldier with Operations Group, National Training Center competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition catches his breath after completing a helocast, Aug. 15, 2023, near Dover, Tennessee. Helocasting is an insertion technique developed by airborne troops where Soldiers step off the aircraft's ramp at a low altitude and low......
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeffrey Kempton | USS Carl Vinson | 08.14.2023
230814-N-MD461-1184 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 14, 2023) Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Luis Esguerra, a native of Oxnard, California, assigned to the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113, conducts maintenance on the propeller of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson, Carrier Strike Group......
Hometown: Oxnard, CA
Photo by Pfc. Elijah Campbell | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.14.2023
Spc. Javier Hernandez, (right) from Lompoc, California, and Spc. Matthew Smith, (left) from Niceville, Florida, competitors representing 1st Battalion (Airborne) 509th Infantry Regiment, Joint Readiness Training Center, competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition 2023, prepare to conduct Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction System operations at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Aug.......
Hometown: Lompoc, CA
Photo by Pfc. Elijah Campbell | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.13.2023
Sgt. Bradley Capps, from Camarillo, California, a competitor representing the National Training Center, competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition, participates in cold and hot load training with instructors from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) on Aug. 13, 2023, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The training involved the competitors entering and exiting the helicopter......
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
Photo by Spc. Jaidon Novinska | U.S. Army Forces Command | 08.12.2023
Spc. Adrian Ehmann (left) and Sgt. Bradley Capps(right), Soldiers with Operations Group, National Training Center competing in the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition prepare to begin the equipment removal phase during a Combat Water Survival Assessment, Aug. 12, 2023, on Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The U.S. Army Forces Command’s Best Squad Competition expands upon the established......
Hometown: Camarillo, CA
