Bayonet Soldier wins USAREUR Best Warrior

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Klutts | Cpl. Eric C. Sincore, a Niceville, Fla., native, now a team leader with A Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th IBCT, is the 2010 U.S. Army Europe Best Warrior Soldier of the Year. Sincore will represent USAREUR in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition, Oct. 17-22, at Fort Lee, Va.  

GRAFENWOEHR, GERMANY

08.12.2010

Story by Sgt. Christopher Klutts 

170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – A soldier from 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team was named the 2010 U.S. Army Europe Best Warrior Soldier of the Year during a ceremony in Heidelberg Aug. 12.

“The competition gives soldiers a way to showcase their units at a higher level. It was also good training and it was fun,” said Cpl. Eric C. Sincore, a team leader with A Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th IBCT and the 2010 USAREUR Best Warrior Soldier of the Year.

The 4-day competition consisted of verbal questions and hands-on evaluations covering subject areas ranging from military leadership and counseling to battle focused training. Sincore, along with Staff Sgt. Alicia Anderson, the Best Warrior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year, will represent USAREUR in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition Oct. 17-22 at Fort Lee, Va.

Sincore, a Niceville, Fla., native, said he began his path to top warrior by preparing for his promotion board to sergeant.

“It started off he just wanted to get promoted and the soldier of the month board was just something he had to do and he excelled from there,” said Sgt. Kevin T. Graham, an Oakland, Calif., native, now a squad leader with A Company and Sincore’s direct supervisor.

In less than four weeks, Sincore won a 170th Soldier of the Month Board, passed his promotion board to sergeant, won a 170th Soldier of the Quarter Board and won top honors at the USAREUR Best Warrior Competition. Sincore’s motivation and hard work ethic are nothing new to his peers and leaders in A Company, said Graham.

“He got to us while we were already down range, and you could see his drive right off the bat,” said Graham, who has known Sincore since he arrived to A Company more than two years ago. “He wants to excel. He is my key leader right now and I can tell he has learned a lot from these boards that he can pass down to his Soldiers.”

Although Sincore started off just preparing for the promotion board, Graham said he is confident his Soldier is ready to compete in the Department of the Army competition.

“When he won this board, I knew he really cared about the competition. We’re both pretty excited about it. He just seemed to notice he could win this and go to the next level,” said Graham.

• Date Taken: 08.12.2010
• Date Posted: 08.20.2010 08:13
• Story ID: 54902
• Location: GRAFENWOEHR, DE