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PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – Spc. Nicholas Peterson, a healthcare specialist with the 5502nd U.S. Army Hospital, Aurora, Colo., is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious “Best Warrior Competition” here and Camp Blanding, Fla., March 22-30, 2013. He is one of only 10 soldiers of the 9,500-strong AR-MEDCOM Warriors to be selected to compete for this honor.
Peterson, 23, a native of Lakewood, Colo., is representing Western Medical Area Readiness Support Group from San Pablo, Calif., besting more than a thousand soldiers from that command to advance to the next level.
“The main reason I chose to compete in the Best Warrior Competition … against my fellow soldiers as well as myself, and see how far I can push myself,” said Peterson, who is a 2007 Green Mountain High School alumnus, and currently pursuing a Bachelor in Athletic Training at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colo. “It is also a great opportunity to participate in excellent training and hone my skills.”
“A citizen-soldier is a contributing member of the American people who is ready to defend and fight for those same people,” said Peterson, who has served more than four years in the military. “A citizen-soldier stands ready so they may be prepared when called upon.”
The Best Warrior Competition was developed by retired Sergeant Major of the Army Jack Tilley in 2002 as a test of a soldier’s physical endurance, military knowledge, current events, and mental perseverance. The competition is an opportunity for Warrior’s to highlight their military skills in a competitive environment and measures how well they perform under stress.
The grueling five-day event competition taxes each soldier mentally and physically. It includes a timed written exam, physical fitness test, and a number of mentally and physically challenging exercises including a 10 KM road march, M4 rifle qualification, urban warfare orienteering, an Army Combatives Tournament and a Mystery Event.
Peterson began the competition at unit level, rising to command level and continuing on to higher command intended to select the noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier of the Year for AR-MEDCOM. The winner advances to train and prepare through U.S. Army Reserve Command, and upon winning will go on to represent the Army Reserve Command to the Army wide ‘Best Warrior’ Competition to be held later in the year.
The Army Reserve Medical Command has been represented at the top Army event in 2009 by Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler, a medical logistics noncommissioned officer from Three Forks, Mont., at the Department of the Army level competition.
| Date Taken: | 03.24.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 03.24.2013 18:24 |
| Story ID: | 104024 |
| Location: | PINELLAS PARK, FLORIDA, US |
| Hometown: | LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, US |
| Hometown: | THREE FORKS JUNCTION, MONTANA, US |
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