Photo by Master Sgt. Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 05.10.2024
U.S. Army Spc. Jalen A. McCoy, a driver with the 287th Transportation Company, stands his post at a checkpoint outside the Central Receiving and Shipping Point Yard at Camp Atterbury, Ind., May 6, 2025, during Operation Guardian Response. Thousands of Reserve, National Guard, and Active Duty troops participated in the multi-week training exercise, which involved service members facing......
Photo by Master Sgt. Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 05.06.2024
From right, U.S. Army Spc. Jalen A. McCoy and Pfc. Kavy Rivas, drivers with the 287th Transportation Company, check a vehicle going to the Central Receiving and Shipping Point Yard at Camp Atterbury, Ind., May 6, 2025, during Operation Guardian Response. Thousands of Reserve, National Guard, and Active Duty troops participated in the multi-week training exercise, which involved service members......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 04.23.2021
U.S. Army Spc. Redell L. Funches, a mechanic with the 441st Transportation Company, fires a M240B machine gun while Sgt. Brian C. Duffee, a squad leader with the 287th Transportation Company, acts as safety during a Combined Training Readiness Exercise April 23, 2021, at Fort McClellan, Ala. The field event, led by the 642nd Regional Support Group, allowed Reserve troops to conduct weapons......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 01.24.2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Manuel F. Valencia, a platoon sergeant with the 287th Transportation Company based in Anniston, Ala., completes a seven-mile ruck march Jan. 24, 2021, as part of the 642nd Regional Support Group Best Warrior Competition at Fort McClellan, Ala. Valencia was the runner up for top NCO spot in the contest. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary A. Witte, 642nd Regional......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 01.23.2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Manuel F. Valencia, a platoon sergeant with the 287th Transportation Company based in Anniston, Ala., negotiates an obstacle course Jan. 23, 2021, as part of the 642nd Regional Support Group Best Warrior Competition at Fort McClellan, Ala. Valencia was the runner up for top NCO spot in the contest. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary A. Witte, 642nd Regional Support Group)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 01.22.2021
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Manuel F. Valencia, a platoon sergeant with the 287th Transportation Company based in Anniston, Ala., is tested on his ability to call for a medical evacuation during the 642nd Regional Support Group’s Best Warrior Competition Jan. 22, 2021, at Fort McClellan, Ala. Other challenges during the four-day event included a seven-mile ruck march, rifle marksmanship, land......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary Witte | 642nd Regional Support Group | 01.21.2021
U.S. Army Sgt. Shannon Haynes, a force protection NCO with the 642nd Regional Support Group, takes the temperature of Staff Sgt. Manuel F. Valencia, a platoon sergeant with the 287th Transportation Company, Jan. 21, 2021, to ensure the brigade’s Best Warrior competitors at Fort McClellan, Ala., were not showing symptoms of COVID-19. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gary A. Witte, 642nd......
Photo by Sgt. Christina Dion | 319th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.08.2014
At the end of the best warrior competition, Sgt. Maj. Philip R. Vance, the 518th Sustainment Brigade operations noncommissioned officer in charge, listens to support staff during the final after action review for the 143rd ESC Best Warrior Competition. As the competition organizer, Vance ensured all the competitors had what they needed, which included everything from billeting and food to......
