WEBVTT 00:00.479 --> 00:02.535 My name is Sergeant Green . I'm a 12 00:02.535 --> 00:04.757 bravo combat engineer from the 89 , the 00:04.757 --> 00:06.923 Cyber Company and I'm representing the 00:06.923 --> 00:08.868 Tennessee National Guard . Uh Best 00:08.868 --> 00:10.757 Warrior is a competition that the 00:10.757 --> 00:13.035 National Guard holds every single year . 00:13.035 --> 00:15.146 Uh This is my first time competing in 00:15.146 --> 00:17.201 it this week particularly has been a 00:17.201 --> 00:19.368 good competition for me . I think it's 00:19.368 --> 00:19.260 gone . Well , things I could have done 00:19.270 --> 00:21.469 better on as always . But overall , I 00:21.479 --> 00:23.257 think it's been a very well run 00:23.257 --> 00:25.479 competition and overall just an awesome 00:25.479 --> 00:27.809 experience to get to experience being 00:27.819 --> 00:29.950 with guys that are , you know , 00:29.959 --> 00:32.015 interested in what I'm interested in 00:32.015 --> 00:34.180 similar and values and morals and 00:34.189 --> 00:36.650 things like that and also willing to do 00:36.810 --> 00:38.810 the task that we're asked to do and 00:38.810 --> 00:41.032 willing to put forth the effort to make 00:41.032 --> 00:43.520 it this far in the competition best 00:43.529 --> 00:46.049 where competition has been good . Uh My 00:46.060 --> 00:47.727 personal favorite part of the 00:47.727 --> 00:49.727 competition is getting to be around 00:49.727 --> 00:52.080 soldiers who are like minded , getting 00:52.090 --> 00:54.257 to share those experiences with people 00:54.257 --> 00:56.312 who are willing to put in the effort 00:56.312 --> 00:58.312 just as much as you are , is really 00:58.312 --> 01:00.368 uplifting and encouraging to me as a 01:00.368 --> 01:02.479 young soldier and overall it's been a 01:02.479 --> 01:04.368 really great experience that I've 01:04.368 --> 01:07.610 valued , uh , as far as challenges go . 01:07.620 --> 01:09.731 I think the land navigation event was 01:09.731 --> 01:11.953 pretty brutal . Uh The course they have 01:11.953 --> 01:13.620 here is legit . It's not self 01:13.620 --> 01:15.564 correcting pretty decent amount of 01:15.564 --> 01:17.731 distance between the points . But also 01:17.731 --> 01:19.787 elevation has been a big factor . We 01:19.787 --> 01:21.731 were fatigued going out there with 01:21.731 --> 01:24.050 rucksacks , slowed it down and I think 01:24.059 --> 01:26.349 it went well , but it was definitely 01:26.360 --> 01:29.599 the most diverse 01:29.870 --> 01:32.037 challenge that we've had and both that 01:32.037 --> 01:34.037 it was physically challenging , but 01:34.037 --> 01:36.148 also mentally challenging at the same 01:36.148 --> 01:38.148 time . And we had to exercise , not 01:38.148 --> 01:40.259 only our ability to land , navigate , 01:40.259 --> 01:42.370 but to time manage to be able to make 01:42.370 --> 01:44.148 it through the mountains , make 01:44.148 --> 01:46.314 decisions . Am I gonna take the road ? 01:46.314 --> 01:48.481 Am I gonna cut through the woods ? And 01:48.481 --> 01:48.440 so some of those decisions were made 01:48.449 --> 01:50.560 correctly on my behalf , some of them 01:50.560 --> 01:52.616 didn't go so well . But overall , it 01:52.616 --> 01:54.838 was a really good learning experience . 01:54.838 --> 01:57.005 Typically , I've , I do pretty well at 01:57.005 --> 01:59.209 boards . Um , there's a couple , I 01:59.339 --> 02:01.395 think shooting events , maybe that I 02:01.395 --> 02:03.617 thought I did well on , uh , the stress 02:03.617 --> 02:05.617 shoot , uh , not the biathlon , but 02:05.617 --> 02:07.672 then also getting to shoot the M 320 02:07.672 --> 02:09.839 weapon system . I thought those couple 02:09.839 --> 02:12.006 of events went rather well for me . Uh 02:12.006 --> 02:14.117 I don't get to do nearly as much as I 02:14.117 --> 02:16.172 like to , I get to do a little bit . 02:16.172 --> 02:18.172 But most of my experience as far as 02:18.172 --> 02:20.506 marksmanship has come from the military . 02:20.506 --> 02:19.990 So that's one of the many things that 02:20.000 --> 02:22.167 the military has been able to teach me 02:22.167 --> 02:24.111 and a skill that I've been able to 02:24.111 --> 02:25.833 obtain that . I'm grateful for 02:25.833 --> 02:28.056 originally I joined because I wanted to 02:28.056 --> 02:29.944 go to college , I wanted to go to 02:29.944 --> 02:31.889 college . And today why I serve is 02:31.889 --> 02:34.000 because of the obligation that I feel 02:34.000 --> 02:36.222 to my country . But also the obligation 02:36.222 --> 02:38.389 that I feel to my state . I love being 02:38.389 --> 02:40.389 a Tennessee National Guard . It's a 02:40.389 --> 02:40.210 great opportunity for me to feel 02:40.220 --> 02:42.164 fulfillment and also to help other 02:42.164 --> 02:44.800 people . That's where it has made me a 02:44.809 --> 02:46.642 better guard soldier . Firstly , 02:46.642 --> 02:49.080 because of the lessons and experiences , 02:49.089 --> 02:51.200 it's been able to give to me uh being 02:51.200 --> 02:53.367 able to learn more about who I am as a 02:53.367 --> 02:55.478 soldier and also how tasks need to be 02:55.478 --> 02:57.589 performed and being able to take that 02:57.589 --> 02:59.811 knowledge and take it back to my unit . 02:59.811 --> 03:01.867 Not everybody gets a chance to go to 03:01.867 --> 03:04.033 best warrior , but everybody come back 03:04.033 --> 03:03.679 from best Warrior has something they 03:03.690 --> 03:06.520 get to share with everyone . If I was 03:06.529 --> 03:08.585 given a soldier advice who wanted to 03:08.585 --> 03:10.696 compete in best warrior , I would say 03:10.696 --> 03:12.807 to be detail oriented , pay attention 03:12.807 --> 03:15.029 to the points and make sure that you're 03:15.029 --> 03:17.251 doing the very best that you can . Each 03:17.251 --> 03:19.418 event , I would also tell them to take 03:19.418 --> 03:21.529 the event seriously , not just a week 03:21.529 --> 03:23.418 or two weeks before , but several 03:23.418 --> 03:23.410 months before . As soon as you know 03:23.419 --> 03:25.419 that you're going and also going in 03:25.419 --> 03:27.530 with the right mindset . Yes , you're 03:27.530 --> 03:29.641 there to compete , but more so you're 03:29.641 --> 03:31.808 there to learn . So you can bring that 03:31.808 --> 03:31.169 knowledge back to your unit .