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Sgt. 1st Class John Melson, assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s D Company, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, ascends the climbing tower at the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 5, 2016, in the run up to compete in the Best Ranger Competition. Melson is one of eight Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard selected to take part in the upcoming competition, which tests Ranger-qualified Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical tasks over a physically and mentally demanding course. Competitors from the Army Guard have been training at the WTC for the past several months in preparation for the competition.
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Fort Benning, GA - Sgt. 1st Class John Melson, assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s D Company, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, ascends the climbing tower at the Warrior Training Center at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 5, 2016, in the run up to compete in the Best Ranger Competition. Melson is one of eight Soldiers from throughout the Army Guard selected to take part in the upcoming competition, which tests Ranger-qualified Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical tasks over a physically and mentally demanding course. Competitors from the Army Guard have been training at the WTC for the past several months in preparation for the competition.


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