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Spc. Zrebiec Wins Best Soldier at Region II Best Warrior Competition 2026

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Zrebiec, an intelligence analyst with the 629th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, wins the Best Soldier category in the Region II Best Warrior Competition hosted by West Virginia National Guard, at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia, May 6, 2026. Finalists from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia participate in the Region II Best Warrior Competition at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia, May 4-7, 2026. The annual competition tests participants on a range of warrior tasks, including physical fitness, marksmanship, and land navigation, to identify the top Soldier and noncommissioned officer who will advance to the National Best Warrior...

Taken: 05.07.2026 | Video by Staff Sgt. Lindiwe Henry

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Lithuanian Drone Operators Conduct Reconnaissance

05.21.2026 | Photo by Sgt. Joshua Whitaker

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1100 TASMG Award Ceremony

05.17.2026 | Photo by Spc. Andrew Crowl

Distinguished guests enter the awards ceremony for the 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (1100th TASMG), at Major Gen. Warren...

Take Cover - Exercise Spring Storm 26

05.16.2026 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Kimberley Glazier

Maryland Army National Guard Spc. Jeremy Heil (left) and Sgt. Trevor Fitch, (right), 1-107th Field Artillery Det 1, take cover during the Estonian...

Operation Sword 26, Exercise Immediate Response

05.13.2026 | Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Elise Moore

Maryland Air National Guard Master Sgt. Charles Vinson, assigned to the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group (left), and Maryland Air National Guard...

Exercise Sword 26, Exercise Immediate Response

05.12.2026 | Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Elise Moore

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Operation Sword 26, Exercise Immediate Response

05.12.2026 | Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Elise Moore

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MDARNG 2025 Best Warriors

05.07.2026 | Photo by Staff Sgt. Lindiwe Henry

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Stress Shoot- Region 2 Best Warrior Competition 2026

05.06.2026 | Photo by Sgt. Danyelle Lanford

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Spc. Zrebiec Wins Best Soldier at Region II Best...

05.07.2026 | Video by Staff Sgt. Lindiwe Henry

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Zrebiec, an intelligence analyst with the 629th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, wins the Best Soldier...

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05.05.2026 | Video by Staff Sgt. Lindiwe Henry

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Army National Guard 2025 National Best Warrior...

07.19.2025 | Story by Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Ames

BALTIMORE – After five days of intense competition, Sgt. Michael Fouts and Sgt. Luke Cloward were named the Army National Guard’s 2025 Best Warriors in the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer categories during a closing ceremony held in Annapolis, Maryland, on July 18, 2025.