Two Soldiers from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall's Headquarters Command Battalion won the battalion's Best Warrior Competition last month and have taken the first step toward earning the coveted U.S. Army title "Best Warrior."
Sgt. Aaron J. Bell and Spc. Kyle A. Spies, both chaplain's assistants at the JBM-HH Main Chapel, endured a "grueling" three days of physical training, academic testing, tactical combat casualty care, weapons mastery, field exercises, a six-mile ruck sack march and other military tasks at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., to win the week-long competition.
After completing the event, Bell, a 28-year-old native of Troy, Ohio, won the "Best Noncommissioned Officer" category of the competition, which he described as an "extremely motivating and difficult field exercise that all Soldiers should attempt, at least once in their careers."
Spies received top honors in the "Best Junior Noncommissioned Officer" category. The 25-year-old Wichita, Kan., native said his determination to succeed came from "having NCOs watch and critique me in the skills I have learned and mastered over my Army career and pushing myself to the limit."
Both Soldiers will now compete in additional local and regional-level competitions in May in hopes of advancing to, competing in and winning the Army-wide competition later this year.
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