AMEDDC&S, HRCoE selects Best Medic Team

By estherSeptember 9, 2015

AMEDDC&S, HRCoE selects best medic team
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Left, Sgt. 1st Class Steven Sic and 1st Sgt. Robert Brannock move a casualty for evacuation during the 2015 AMEDDC&S, HRCoE Best Medic Competition held Sept. 2 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. As winners of the competition, Sic and Brann... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
AMEDDC&S, HRCoE selects Best Medic Team
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. 1st Class Antwan Williams, Academy Brigade, US Army Medical Department Center and School, US Army Health Readiness Center of Excellence, the overall top individual scorer for the 2015 AMEDDC&S, HRCoE Best Medic competition held Sept 2 at Camp Bu... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

First Sergeant Robert Brannock and Sergeant First Class Steven Sic, Academy Brigade, US Army Medical Department Center and School, US Army Health Readiness Center of Excellence, were among the nine candidates who competed as a team in the AMEDDC&S, HRCoE 2015 Best Medic Competition held at Camp Bullis on Sept. 2.

As the top performing team, Brannock and Sic will represent the AMEDDC&S, HRCoE, in the upcoming Command Sergeant Major Jack L. Clark, Jr., Best Medic Competition to be held Oct. 27 to 30 at Camp Bullis and earn the title "Army's Best Medics".

During an awards ceremony held Sept. 3 in Blesse Auditorium, Willis Hall, AMEDDC&S, HRCoE, Maj. Gen. Steve Jones, commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Rhoades, AMEDDC&S, HRCoE, presented Brannock and Sic with the Army Commendation Medal.

Sgt. 1st Class Antwan Williams, Academy Brigade, AMEDDC&S, HRCoE, was recognized as the top overall winner or scorer and was presented with the Army Commendation Medal.

Williams said, "The competition was hard, I ended up having 8 team mates which was awesome, I enjoyed the competition and I encourage other Non-Commissioned Officers to compete."

The six other competitors included 1st Sgt. Neil Mulvaney and Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Williams, Noncommissioned Officers Academy, and Staff Sgt. Stephen Johnson, Staff Sgt. Edward Noring, Staff Sgt. Jovan Salazar, and Staff Sgt. Kenneth Simmons, with 32nd Medical Brigade. Jones and Rhoades presented each candidate with a Certificate of Achievement for participation in the competition.

The competition test the competitor's mental and physical challenge that began at 1 .am. with a 12- mile road march and included land navigation, a written exam, weapons qualification on an M16 rifle, the obstacle course, the physical fitness challenge that included as many push-ups as possible in one minute, warrior task and battle drills that included reaction to enemy fire and treating and preparing a casualty for evacuation. The competitors not only battled fatigue but the heat as the competition continued late into the afternoon.

Brannock, 1st Sgt. For Company C, 187th Medical Battalion and his first time competing, said, "The competition was physically and mentally tough, it was well put together and pushed all of us to our limits."

Sic, with Headquarters and Headquarters, Detachment, Academy Brigade, said, "I had the opportunity to compete and I jumped on it. I enjoy doing things like this and makes you feel like when I was a specialist. So anytime I have the opportunity to be one of those line guys again, I would gladly take it."