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2024 National Guard Best Warrior Competition
National Guard Bureau
Aug. 12, 2024 | 0:29
Command Sgt. Maj. John Raines, the command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, presents awards to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kirtley Finnell, a combat engineer with the 20th Special Forces Group, Alabama Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Sgt. Peter Fillion, an infantryman with C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 101st Cavalry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, after they were named the 2024 Army National Guard Noncommissioned officer and Soldier of the Year during a ceremony in Burlington, Vermont, Aug. 8, 2024. Both earned the titles after winning the 2024 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition, a physically and mentally challenging five-day event that tests Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical skills. Winners are named the Army Guard Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Squad Competition, with other Soldiers from the Best Warrior Competition filling out the ranks of their squad. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Master Sgt. Brandy Fowler)
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