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Airman Joins California National Guard Best Warrior Competition
November 1, 2023 — CAMP SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The California Army and Air National Guard jointly hosted their annual Best Warrior competition Oct. 23-26 at Camp San Luis Obispo. This four-day event brought together...

North Dakota Army Guard Soldiers Compete to be Best Warriors
August 28, 2023 — DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - Twenty North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers from across the state pushed themselves through a grueling four-day gauntlet of events, testing their physical and mental limits in...

Army National Guard Determines Best Warriors for 2023
July 17, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska—The 2023 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Alaska National Guard saw 14 Soldiers and noncommissioned officers named Army Guard Soldier...

Army Guard Soldiers Compete in Alaska to be Best Warrior
July 10, 2023 — JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Fourteen Army National Guard Soldiers from across the nation are competing in the 2023 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Alaska Army...

Virginia, West Virginia Guardsmen are Regional Best Warriors
June 2, 2023 — FORT BARFOOT, Va. - Virginia National Guard Staff Sgt. Dan Abbott and West Virginia National Guard Spc. Bret Williams took top honors in the five-day Army National Guard Region II Best Warrior...

Iowa, Minnesota Guardsmen Win Regional Best Warrior Title
May 8, 2023 — NEWTON FALLS, OHIO – Soldiers from across the Midwest and from Hungary and the Republic of Serbia tested their mental and physical fortitude in the five-day regional Best Warrior Competition at Camp...

Arizona Guard, Partner Kazakhstan Compete to be Best Warrior
May 1, 2023 — PHOENIX - Early mornings, long days and late nights were all part of the grueling three-day experience of over 30 Arizona National Guard members and Republic of Kazakhstan soldiers who competed to be...

Tennessee, Georgia Guardsmen are Southeast’s Best Warriors
April 24, 2023 — FORT STEWART, Ga. - Tennessee and Georgia Guardsmen were named the Army National Guard’s best warriors in the Southeast after a grueling, week-long competition April 16-21.U.S. Army Spc. Jackson...

Texas Best Warrior Competition Supports Partner Program
April 3, 2023 — BASTROP, Texas – The Texas Military Department’s Best Warrior Competition brought together the Texas Army and Air National Guard and Chilean and Czech Armed Forces to challenge their tactical and...

Indiana Guardsmen, Slovak Partners Compete to be Best Warrior
March 20, 2023 — CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. - Indiana National Guardsmen and Slovakian service members competed in this year’s Best Warrior Competition March 17-19. The three-day competition tested basic Soldier skills like...

Georgia National Guard Women Compete to be Best Warrior
March 8, 2023 — FORT STEWART, Ga. – Eighteen National Guardsmen compete in the Georgia Army National Guard 2023 Best Warrior Competition March 5-10 to determine the state’s best Soldier and noncommissioned...

‘Keep Truckin’: Army National Guard Finds its Best Warriors
August 1, 2022 — TULLAHOMA, Tenn. – Right before a rope climb, Sgt. Tyler Holloway, a fire support specialist with the Wyoming Army National Guard’s 115th Field Artillery Brigade, decided to add some levity to what...

Tennessee Hosts Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition
July 25, 2022 — SMYRNA, Tenn. – The Army National Guard will find its best warriors this week in the 2022 Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition. Fourteen Soldiers will battle it out to see who will earn the...

Utah National Guardsman is Regional Soldier of the Year
June 3, 2022 — GUAM – Seven states and the territory of Guam sent their strongest, fittest and most capable Soldiers to compete in the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on Guam, May 23-26. The competition crowned...

Minnesota Guard Soldier, NCO are regional Best Warriors
May 17, 2022 — CAMP RIPLEY, Minn. – Twelve noncommissioned officers and Soldiers from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin competed in the Region IV Best Warrior Competition at Camp...

Pennsylvania Army Guard Soldiers compete to be Best Warrior
April 15, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Fifteen Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers from around the state competed in the 2022 state Best Warrior Competition April 11-14.The Soldiers competed in nine events...

NYNG Soldiers compete to be Best Warrior in Empire State
April 14, 2022 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. - Heavy rain and cold winds descended on Camp Smith, and gunfire echoed across the wood line as six Soldiers competed to be the New York Army National Guard 2022 Best...

National Guard members compete to be ‘Best Warrior’
March 9, 2022 — WASHINGTON – National Guard members across the nation demonstrated their Soldier skills in three days of grueling competition for the coveted “Best Warrior” title.Soldiers and noncommissioned officers...

Arizona, Mississippi Soldiers are Best Warriors
September 21, 2020 — HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Soldiers from the Mississippi and Arizona National Guard won this year's premier Army National Guard Competition, known as the National Best Warrior Competition. Staff Sgt...

NY Army Guard adapts Best Warrior Competition to COVID-19
July 30, 2020 — CAMP SMITH TRAINING SITE, N.Y. – When they weren't running, they wore masks and temperatures were being taken constantly, and anything they touched was cleaned and disinfected.But nine New York Army...

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