58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade’s Best Warriors

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1980″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1500577383351{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”]Courtesy of 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn”]The Maryland Army National Guard’s 58th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade held its Best Warrior and Noncommissioned Officer Competition on Jan. 25, 2014, beginning at Gunpowder Military Reservation in Glen Arm, Md., and ending at the MG (MD) Harry C. Ruhl Readiness Center in Towson, Md. The winners will compete in the state’s Best Warrior Competition in March.

Several Soldiers stepped up to the plate, vying for title as the brigade’s Best Warrior. These Soldiers endured a January which brought along some of the coldest days this winter that our region has experienced. Twenty-one degrees and snowfall could not stop the Soldiers of the 58th BfSB as they started on their 7-mile ruck march.

They started the competition off at Gunpowder, testing their land navigation and map reading skills, demonstrating Combat Lifesaver techniques, making 9-line MEDEVAC requests, and disassembling and reassembling a M-240B machine gun and an M4 carbine.

They ended the competition at Ruhl Readiness Center for the final test – the boards. The competitors appeared before senior noncommissioned officers, testing their individual knowledge. When it was over and the scores tabulated, Sgt. Michael Firth and Spc. Michael Robinson, both from C Company (LRS), 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, emerged as the champions. They will advance to face other brigade-level winners at the state competition.

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