Paratroopers assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment ruckmarch during the brigade’s April Best Squad Competition. The event pitted squad-sized teams of soldiers from the brigade’s Forward Support Companies against each other in friendly competition to determine the month’s top squad. The competition included five stations testing the paratroopers’ knowledge in communication, airborne proficiency, weapons assembly and maintenance spread over a seven-mile ruckmarch route, half of which the soldiers had to wear their M50 Protective Masks.

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