WEBVTT 00:01.720 --> 00:04.053 My name is Sergeant Hunter Leroy . Bruh . 00:04.179 --> 00:06.389 I'm in 11 Charlie or indirect fire 00:06.400 --> 00:08.178 infantryman murder men with the 00:08.178 --> 00:11.939 Montanaro National Garden . This 00:11.949 --> 00:14.500 week we've been conducting the National 00:14.510 --> 00:16.510 Best Warrior Competition . It's a 00:16.520 --> 00:19.559 competition with the winners of every 00:19.569 --> 00:21.625 region throughout the US . And we're 00:21.625 --> 00:23.569 all coming to compete against each 00:23.569 --> 00:25.680 other to see who's number one . I'm 00:25.690 --> 00:27.746 doing pretty good . Um , glad we put 00:27.746 --> 00:29.634 out the scores first day . Uh , I 00:29.634 --> 00:31.857 haven't really gotten any updates since 00:31.857 --> 00:33.746 then . I'd imagine . I'm probably 00:33.746 --> 00:32.939 somewhere right in the middle of the 00:32.950 --> 00:34.790 pack , but I'm happy with my 00:34.799 --> 00:36.855 performance . I'm leaving it all out 00:36.855 --> 00:39.188 here . Everybody here is very qualified . 00:39.188 --> 00:41.132 It's no , no shame in being behind 00:41.132 --> 00:43.243 anybody here . The all seven NC OS we 00:43.243 --> 00:45.243 have here are very capable people . 00:45.619 --> 00:47.770 It's only I , my favorite event would 00:47.779 --> 00:50.669 have been the land navigation . Um , I 00:50.680 --> 00:52.736 really like land . NAV , pretty much 00:52.736 --> 00:54.902 anywhere I go and what I do , it's one 00:54.902 --> 00:57.013 of my strong suits in the army as far 00:57.013 --> 00:58.958 as being tested on Vermont is very 00:58.958 --> 01:01.069 different in their terrain than a lot 01:01.069 --> 01:00.970 of other places have done land . NAV , 01:00.979 --> 01:03.201 it's very mountainous . I'm used to the 01:03.201 --> 01:05.035 mountains in Montana , but these 01:05.035 --> 01:07.201 mountains , there's trees everywhere . 01:07.201 --> 01:06.849 You can't see anything , everything's 01:06.860 --> 01:08.980 wet . Uh , it was quite challenged , 01:08.989 --> 01:11.100 quite the gut check . Uh , I ended up 01:11.100 --> 01:13.045 getting off course several times , 01:13.045 --> 01:15.211 having to correct myself . Going cross 01:15.211 --> 01:17.378 train over cliffs , up cliffs . Just a 01:17.379 --> 01:19.546 lot of fun . Go out and see the actual 01:19.546 --> 01:21.268 Vermont , you know , untouched 01:21.268 --> 01:23.490 countryside . I also really enjoyed the 01:23.490 --> 01:25.601 spread shoot . We did . It was very , 01:25.601 --> 01:27.657 just applicable to what we do in the 01:27.657 --> 01:29.768 army . You start out running with the 01:29.768 --> 01:31.823 gas mask , then pretty much start en 01:31.823 --> 01:33.657 engage targets while closing the 01:33.657 --> 01:35.601 distance , which is exactly how we 01:35.601 --> 01:37.657 train . Um It wasn't something super 01:37.657 --> 01:39.712 scripted and like uh two shots , one 01:39.712 --> 01:39.019 shot . It was just very much like 01:39.029 --> 01:41.489 here's your mo here's your target go . 01:41.809 --> 01:44.031 So I really enjoyed both those events . 01:45.069 --> 01:47.180 If I had a soldier come up to me that 01:47.180 --> 01:49.347 was gonna try to do this competition , 01:49.347 --> 01:51.458 I'd encourage it . I'd recommend that 01:51.458 --> 01:53.680 these studies because most of the stuff 01:53.680 --> 01:55.847 we do here is just basic soldier tasks 01:55.847 --> 01:58.069 that we should already know how to do . 01:58.069 --> 01:59.847 It's just having them memorized 01:59.847 --> 02:01.902 essentially and knowing how to do it 02:01.902 --> 02:01.660 step by step by the book , by the 02:01.669 --> 02:03.836 numbers . It's nothing crazy . They're 02:03.836 --> 02:06.002 not going to ask you to get in and try 02:06.002 --> 02:07.891 to fly a helicopter or you know , 02:07.891 --> 02:10.113 perform brain surgery on anybody . It's 02:10.113 --> 02:09.929 going to be things from your order 02:09.940 --> 02:11.940 skills . One manual that you should 02:11.940 --> 02:14.051 already know how to do . But I mean , 02:14.051 --> 02:16.107 we get complacent and you drill only 02:16.107 --> 02:16.059 one week in a month . So I just 02:16.070 --> 02:18.126 recommend studying and going through 02:18.126 --> 02:21.220 everything . The competition has made 02:21.229 --> 02:23.396 me a better guard surgery by making me 02:23.396 --> 02:25.229 realize that I'm actually pretty 02:25.229 --> 02:27.285 knowledgeable in a lot of things . I 02:27.285 --> 02:29.451 would think . I wouldn't be , uh , you 02:29.451 --> 02:29.190 start testing yourself on this stuff . 02:29.199 --> 02:31.310 It's crazy what you actually remember 02:31.310 --> 02:33.366 versus what you think . You remember 02:33.366 --> 02:35.588 when you get to the moment you have the 02:35.588 --> 02:35.389 stress , your brain just goes to what 02:35.399 --> 02:37.510 it knows and you know how to do these 02:37.510 --> 02:39.621 tests already . Uh I've learned a lot 02:39.621 --> 02:41.510 about myself , how far I can push 02:41.510 --> 02:43.621 myself or how far we're willing to go 02:43.621 --> 02:45.843 to , to get through these things . I've 02:45.843 --> 02:48.279 worked miles upon miles since the state 02:48.289 --> 02:51.020 level competition and now I've swam in 02:51.029 --> 02:53.251 the army , which I don't think I've had 02:53.251 --> 02:55.251 done at all before this . They keep 02:55.251 --> 02:55.149 throwing me in pools and making me do 02:55.160 --> 02:57.327 all types of stuff . They just show me 02:57.327 --> 02:59.327 I'm capable a lot more as a soldier 02:59.327 --> 03:00.771 than I would have thought 03:03.320 --> 03:05.376 I joined because I was kind of bored 03:05.376 --> 03:07.709 with what I was doing . Uh , beforehand , 03:07.709 --> 03:09.876 I had graduated college and I was just 03:09.876 --> 03:09.589 kind of pounding nails , doing 03:09.600 --> 03:11.822 construction . It was around the time . 03:11.822 --> 03:13.989 There was a lot of kind of conflict in 03:13.989 --> 03:15.989 that country on 2021 . Um , kind of 03:15.989 --> 03:18.211 just motivated me , decided to enlist , 03:18.211 --> 03:20.433 um , had a girl friend at the time that 03:20.433 --> 03:22.656 said she wouldn't be there if I weren't 03:22.656 --> 03:22.419 active now . My wife . So it was a 03:22.429 --> 03:24.485 great call . Uh , so I decided to go 03:24.485 --> 03:26.485 the National Guard route . Ended up 03:26.485 --> 03:28.540 going to o I doing all that and I've 03:28.540 --> 03:30.873 loved it ever since I can see you , sir . 03:30.873 --> 03:33.207 It was awesome . Have fun with it still . 03:33.207 --> 03:35.429 Um , all those other things I think you 03:35.429 --> 03:37.262 get burned out on eventually . I 03:37.262 --> 03:39.151 haven't got there yet . I've kept 03:39.151 --> 03:38.979 finding ways to reinvigorate myself 03:38.990 --> 03:41.157 with this . Keep finding new things to 03:41.157 --> 03:43.046 go study , to go do schools to go 03:43.046 --> 03:45.669 accomplish and graduate from . I was 03:46.350 --> 03:48.350 not to have my career yet . Kind of 03:48.350 --> 03:48.910 waiting to see where it takes me .