Support Paratroopers Compete in April Best Squad Competition

Photo By Thomas Cieslak | Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division change a tire during the brigade's April Best Squad competition. The event pitted squad-sized teams of soldiers from the brigade’s Forward Support Companies against each other in friendly competition to determine the month’s top squad. The competition included five stations testing the paratroopers’ knowledge in communication, airborne proficiency, weapons assembly and maintenance spread over a seven-mile ruckmarch route, half of which the soldiers had to wear their M50 Protective Masks.  

FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES

04.10.2018

Story by Maj. Thomas Cieslak 

3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division

Paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division compete in the brigade’s April Best Squad Competition held April 10, 2018.

The event pitted squad-sized teams of soldiers from the brigade’s Forward Support Companies against each other in friendly competition to determine the month’s top squad.

The competition included five stations testing the paratroopers’ knowledge in communication, airborne proficiency, weapons assembly and maintenance spread over a seven-mile ruckmarch route, half of which the soldiers had to wear their M50 Protective Masks.

• Date Taken: 04.10.2018
• Date Posted: 04.11.2018 06:08
• Story ID: 272592
• Location: FORT BRAGG, NC, US