Kentucky National Guard Sgt. Justin Gottke, an engineer assigned to the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, drags a dummy to safety as part of the stress-fire obstacle course developed for the 2016 Best Warrior competition Nov. 6. There were six strenuous tasks, including hitting targets with assigned weapons, that participants had to complete. Gottke was one of the 15 Kentucky Guardsmen who competed for the title of Kentucky Guard's Soldier, NCO or Senior NCO of the Year at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky. ( Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Clas

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Kentucky National Guard Sgt. Justin Gottke, an engineer assigned to the Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center, drags a dummy to safety as part of the stress-fire obstacle course developed for the 2016 Best Warrior competition Nov. 6. There were six strenuous tasks, including hitting targets with assigned weapons, that participants had to complete. Gottke was one of the 15 Kentucky Guardsmen who competed for the title of Kentucky Guard's Soldier, NCO or Senior NCO of the Year at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky. ( Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Gina Vaile-Nelson/133 MPAD/KYARNG)

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