NCOs, Soldiers start competition with boards

By Ms. Carrie E David (SMDC/ARSTRAT)June 9, 2010

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1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. James Harris stands at parade rest while following a series of commands from the Noncommissioned Officer/Soldier of the Year board president, Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph Borja, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Melinda Saltzmann, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command Noncommissioned Officer/Soldier of the Year candidate, awaits the candidates' summons to the board June 7. Saltzmann is the NCO of the Year for the comm... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. Ralph Borja, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command command sergeant major, holds a grenade pin that a candidate in the command's Noncommissioned Officer/Soldier of the Year competition keeps on hi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Command Sgt. Maj. James N. Ross, 1st Space Brigade command sergeant major, provides instruction to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command Noncommissioned Officer/Soldier of the Year candidates and their sponors ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

The best of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command's noncommissioned officers and Soldiers convened in Colorado Springs, Colo., this week to begin competition to earn the title of the command's NCO of the Year and Soldier of the Year.

Boards and tests make up the first day of USASMDC/ARSTRAT's Noncommissioned Officer/Soldier of the Year competition.

Days two through four will consist of an Army Physical Fitness Test and various training exercises to test the NCOs' and Soldiers' skills.

Carrie.E.David@us.army.mil