After hearing a grader yell "hands up," Sgt. Kory Bender, Alpha Company, 40th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, throws his hands up and steps away from his dishes. During the Culinary Arts Noncommissioned Officer of the Year board at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 8–9, Soldiers needed to have completed plating their meals and have them ready for presentation when that command was given. ( Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Kelvin Ringold) Sergeant cooks up a win at Culinary Arts of Quarter board 150109-A-HT688-316

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