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FORT CAVAZOS, Texas – The 1st Cavalry Division held a Best Squad Competition on Fort Cavazos, Texas, May 27-30, to select the team that will go on to represent the division in a follow-up competition being hosted by III Armored Corps (III Corps) later on in the year.
Infantrymen from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team and 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, were selected to compete based on their physical readiness, marksmanship, depth of knowledge, and their ability to perform a wide range of tactical and technical skill subjects.
Leading up to the competition, the selected First Team Troopers underwent rigorous training in order to excel on the challenges presented by the competition, which started on May 27, 2025.
By the time the competition concluded on May 29, the teams from both brigades had executed the following: A U.S. Army Fitness Test, weapons qualification range operations, both day and night land navigation, vehicle identification, written exam, and concluded with a 12-mile ruck march.
“It is a perfect opportunity for service members to demonstrate their physical strengths, mental agility, and overall readiness," said Master Sgt. Thomas Campbell, the 1st Cavalry Division master gunner and noncommissioned officer in charge of the competition. “During the better part of a week, I watched these two squads push themselves to accomplish great things.”
On May 30, a day after the final event concluded, the winners of this Best Squad Competition were selected by the First Team command team to represent the division going forward.
“I was very proud to see the overall outcome of what they accomplished,” said Campbell. “I am excited to see how the 1-8 Cav squad performs at the III Corps competition.”
The chosen team from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, are slated to compete in the Best Squad Competition being hosted by the III Armored Corps from June 7-12, 2025, at Fort Riley, Kansas.
A wide range of III Corps’ subordinate units will participate in that competition for the chance to represent the Phantom Warriors in the U.S. Army Forces Command’s Best Squad Competition later in the year.
| Date Taken: | 05.29.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 06.04.2025 11:21 |
| Story ID: | 499566 |
| Location: | FORT CAVAZOS, TEXAS, US |
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