Spc. Phillip Flint, an infantryman with the Maryland Army National Guard’s B Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, engages targets on the combat pistol qualification course while competing in the 2017 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ripley, Minn., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The competition is a mentally and physically challenging three-day event that tests Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical skills to determine the Army Guard’s Soldier and noncommissioned of the year. The winners move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition,

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Spc. Phillip Flint, an infantryman with the Maryland Army National Guard’s B Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, engages targets on the combat pistol qualification course while competing in the 2017 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ripley, Minn., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The competition is a mentally and physically challenging three-day event that tests Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical skills to determine the Army Guard’s Soldier and noncommissioned of the year. The winners move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition, battling it out with Soldiers from throughout the Army to be named the Army’s Soldier and NCO of the year. ( Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)

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