Sgt. Daniel S. Gilland, Arlington, Tenn., a member the Grenada, Miss. based Detachment 1, Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, negotiates a water obstacle 10 feet below by pulling himself across on a rope during the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team's Best Warrior competition, recently held at Camp McCain, Miss. Over a three-day period, 32 soldiers from throughout the MSARNG were challenged by an Army physical fitness test, land navigation course, combatives (hand-to-hand combat), six-mile road march with 30-pound rucksack, indiv


Sgt. Daniel S. Gilland, Arlington, Tenn., a member the Grenada, Miss. based Detachment 1, Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, Mississippi Army National Guard, negotiates a water obstacle 10 feet below by pulling himself across on a rope during the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team's Best Warrior competition, recently held at Camp McCain, Miss. Over a three-day period, 32 soldiers from throughout the MSARNG were challenged by an Army physical fitness test, land navigation course, combatives (hand-to-hand combat), six-mile road march with 30-pound rucksack, individual weapon qualification, confidence course, written test, and an interview panel composed of brigade command sergeants major. First place and runner-up winners in the Soldier of the Year and Non-Commissioned Officer of the year categories from each major command will compete in the Mississippi Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition to be held Feb. 18-22, 2013, at the Camp McCain Training Site. (Photo by Capt. Andy Thaggard, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard) Competing for Best Warrior 798131


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