Command Sgt. Maj. Rebecca Booker, Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, shares tips with Soldiers as they wait their turn for the Best Warrior’s inquisition board in their quest to earn Army Regional Medical Command-Central’s Soldier of the Year or Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year honors. From the nerve-wracking oral board and literacy evaluation to a back-breaking, 12-mile march, the week-long series of events, held April 10-14 at Fort Hood, Texas, were lessons in composure, stamina, endurance and survival for the 22 competitors representing military treatment facilities in T


Command Sgt. Maj. Rebecca Booker, Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas, shares tips with Soldiers as they wait their turn for the Best Warrior’s inquisition board in their quest to earn Army Regional Medical Command-Central’s Soldier of the Year or Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year honors. From the nerve-wracking oral board and literacy evaluation to a back-breaking, 12-mile march, the week-long series of events, held April 10-14 at Fort Hood, Texas, were lessons in composure, stamina, endurance and survival for the 22 competitors representing military treatment facilities in Texas, California, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. From left, Spec. Vinicius Vitaliano, Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas; Spec. Garret Hayes, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, Fort Polk, La.; Sgt. Cedrick Gonzalez, Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Clinic, Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; and Command Sergeant Major Booker. The Fort Hood hospital hosted the 2017 competition.


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