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Photo gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 1
April 15, 2011
By Mrs. Supunnee Ulibarri (Benning)
Story Highlights
- The Best Ranger Competition is 60 continuous hours with no programmed sleep.
- The competition takes place over a 60-mile area
- Historically, the average Best Ranger competitor is 28-years old, 5 feet, 10 inches tall and 165 pounds.
- BRC is often compared to the world renown Ironman and Eco-Challenge competitions.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Competitors make final preparations moments before the opening ceremony of the 2011 Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Best Ranger Competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Team 51, Capt. Hunter Southerland and Sgt. Sean Alpine, 3rd Infantry Regiment embark on the canoe portion of the 2011 Best Ranger Competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Team 8, Staff Sgt. Maj. Walter Zajkowski, United States Army Special Operations Command, checks his weapon prior to shooting at Malone 5.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
2011 Best Ranger Competition competitors climb up a rope during the Urban Operations event.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Team 42, Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Santiago and Sgt. 1st Class Mason Riepe, Ranger Training Brigade complete the Urban Operations event of the 2011 Best Ranger Competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
2011 Best Ranger Competition competitors conduct a litter carry during the Urban Operations portion of the competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
2011 Best Ranger Competition competitors complete the canoe portion of the competition and make their way onto Malone 5 for the machine gun shoot event.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Retired Lt. Gen. David E. Grange, Jr. meets with Ranger Training Brigade cadre during the 2011 Best Ranger Competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Best Ranger Competition 2011 competitors prepare to conduct a Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System event.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Team 34, 1Lt. Thomas Goodman and Staff Sgt. Bryan Achee, 4th Infantry Division wait in the holding area prior to the moving target portion of the 2011 Best Ranger Competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
CPT Zachary Seidel, 25th Infantry Division, travels from the 10 mile canoe vent up the Upatoi to the Malone 5 for the Machine Gun Event during the 28th Annual Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Best Ranger Competition.
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Photo Gallery: Best Ranger Competition Day 1
Ranger Training Brigade cadre look on during the opening ceremony of the Lt. Gen. David E. Grange Best Ranger Competition.
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2011 Best Ranger Competition
2011 Best Ranger Competition
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