Story by Tish Williamson | U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence | 08.25.2020
Challenges associated with the 2019 coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, mean adjustments for the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, 2020 Best Warrior Noncommissioned Officer, or NCO, and Soldier. Staff Sgt. Michael Nguyen, the MEDCoE 2020 Best Warrior NCO, and Spc. Jesse Estrada, who is representing the MEDCoE in the Soldier category, are ready to compete in this week’s......
Story by Tish Williamson | U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence | 07.20.2020
Each year the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence, or MEDCoE, plans, coordinates, and executes the Trinity Competition, at Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston and Camp Bullis. After seven days of grueling, evaluated events, the winners were announced in a formal ceremony hosted by Maj. Gen. Dennis LeMaster and Cmd. Sgt. Major Clark Charpentier, the MEDCoE Command Team, on July 20,......
Story by Gloria Montgomery | Medical Readiness Command, West | 05.09.2019
The new 6-part Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) was in full gear recently during Army Medicine's regional Best Warrior Competition (BWC). The ACFT incorporates functional fitness exercises such as dead lifts, pull-ups, sprinting, power throws and other exercises to mimic battlefield tasks such as extracting casualties, pulling vehicles, lifting heavy equipment boxes, jumping across and over......
Story by Staff Sgt. Brittany Crocker | 134th Air Refueling Wing | 04.07.2019
134th ARW Airman competes in statewide Army Best Warrior competition
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Andy Yoshimura | U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) | 11.24.2013
A Northern California Army Reserve soldier defeats odds and was announced as the Department of the Army Noncommissioned of the Year....
Story by Timothy Hale | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 07.14.2012
The past three years have been busy for Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler. From Montana cattle rancher, to 2009 Army Reserve Best Warrior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, to college student, to serving as a sponsor for a competitor this year, Butler sums up his nearly eight years of service in the Army Reserve with a simple mantra. “I never forget that better men have done more and......
