{"id":9432,"date":"2024-05-07T07:04:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2024-05-07T12:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T12:01:08","slug":"2024-region-ii-best-warrior-competition-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2024\/05\/07\/2024-region-ii-best-warrior-competition-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Region II Best Warrior Competition Kicks Off\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By: Capt. Paul Jeong, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video Profiles Featuring Region II Best Warrior Competitors\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lCoDgpIjz6A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BALTIMORE \u2013 The 2024 National Guard Bureau Region II Best Warrior Competition kicked off today with 10 Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., all competing to become Region II\u2019s next best warrior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s four-day competition is hosted by the Maryland Army National Guard from May 7-10, 2024. Soldiers will compete in over 18 challenging events designed to test their warrior skills, physical endurance and mental agility. Events range from marksmanship stress shooting and ruck marches to water survival and obstacle courses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each competitor won their state\u2019s competition before being able to represent their respective states in the regional competition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Region II Best Warrior Competition serves as a crucible, testing the finest Soldiers from across six National Guard organizations,\u201d said Brig. Gen. Andrew Collins, commander of the Maryland Army National Guard. \u201cAs they compete, they not only showcase individual excellence but also embody the strength and resilience that makes our Army a formidable force.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/Bradner_Profile.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"9435\" src=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/Bradner_Profile-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2024\/05\/Bradner_Profile-300x300.jpg 300w, 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Maj. Patrick Metzger, command sergeant major of the Maryland Army National Guard. \u201cThrough relentless challenges, they emerge battle-tested and ready, embodying the tactics and adaptability needed to conquer real-world conflicts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soldier and non-commissioned officer winner of the Region II competition will compete in the National Guard\u2019s Best Warrior Competition to determine the best of the 54 states and territories. The NGB competition will be held in Vermont from August 5-9, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To stay up to date on the competition visit the links below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Downloadable Photo\/Broll: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/feature\/R2BWC24\">https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/feature\/R2BWC24<br><\/a>Flickr (Photo\/Broll): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mdng\/albums\/72177720316690780\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mdng\/albums\/72177720316690780<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 National Guard Bureau Region II Best Warrior Competition kicked off today with 10 Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., all competing to become Region II\u2019s next best warrior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":9445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[836,928,58,1004,930],"class_list":["post-9432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-press-media-advisories","tag-army-national-guard","tag-best-warrior","tag-best-warrior-competition","tag-r2bwc24","tag-region-ii"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9432"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9450,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions\/9450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}