2015 MDARNG Best Warrior Competition

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2132″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1500648215681{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”]Photos by Maj. Rick E. Breitenfeldt, Staff Sgts Michael Davis Jr., and Thaddeus Harrington, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500648172363{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”]The Maryland Army National Guard completed its 2015 Best Warrior Competition at the Lauderick Creek Training Site in the Edgewood area of Md., and at Gunpowder Military Reservation, located in Glen Arm, Md., March 13-16, 2015.

This year, at the request of Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, company grade officers got a chance to compete with the Soldiers and noncommissioned officers, making a third category for the competition. 1st Lt. John D. Villanueva from B Company, 1-175th Infantry Regiment was name Officer of the Year, Staff Sgt. Brandon J. Kennedy, from the 253rd Engineer Company, was named NCO of the Year, and Spc. Christopher M. Hoffman, from C Company, 1-169th Aviation Regiment, was named Soldier of the Year.

Runner-ups were Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kaylan G. Harrington, 70th Regiment Training Institute, Staff Sgt. Andrew C. Cullum, Recruiting and Retention Battalion and Russell LeCates Jr., Maryland National Guard Honor Guard.

The competition consisted of a written test, an Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), an M16/M4 rifle qualification, a day/night land navigation course, a seven-mile road march, Warrior Skills Tasks including a mystery Warrior Skills Task), and a board appearance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]