On May 16th 2025, Montana’s 1-163rd Combined Arms Battalion hosted over a dozen British Army Soldiers of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY) at the Limestone Hills Training Facility in a joint training event to help their armored crewmembers transition to the Challenger 3 tank which is currently in production. Training involved British armored crewmembers serving in their assigned roles on the M1A2 Abrams alongside our Montana National Guard Soldiers. This kind of joint training serves to enhance British Army readiness, build stronger allied partnerships, and project lethality on the battlefield.
Video courtesy of the 103rd Public Affairs Detachment
First ever Montana Guardsman placed 13th at the 2023 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia April 14 through 16. 2nd Lt. Nathanael LaCorte and teammate 1st Lt. Copeland Zaunbrecher's grit, determination, and stamina placed them in the top 25% of the competing Best Ranger teams.
