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- 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: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
1st Lt. Kevin Werner and Capt. George Rhynedance from the 4th Infantry Division, rescue a simulated casualty at a downed aircraft on the Ranger First Responder event during day 2 of the Best Ranger Competition at Todd Field, Fort Benning, Ga. During...
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Ranger Teams arrive at Todd Field for day 2 of the 2011 David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition at Benning, Ga."
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Day 2 of the Best Ranger Competition at Todd Field. Each competitor carried 65 pounds of gear inside his MOLLE fieldpack including his ballistic helmet, changes of clothng, food, ropes the Ranger Handbook. "
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
A Best Ranger competitor hooks the climbing rope into his harnes on the Prusik Tower on day 2 of the competition prior to his 70-foot rappel descent as a Ranger Instructor watches."
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
A Best Ranger competitor executes a 70-foot rappel descent from the Prusik Tower at Todd Field on Fort Benning, Ga., during the 28th Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition. "
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
A Ranger spotter watches as a competitor nears the end of his 70-foot rappel descent from the Prusik Tower on day 2 of the Best Ranger Competition at Todd Field, Fort Benning, Ga."
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Family and friends came out to support their Ranger teams armed with custom T-shirts and signs. Team 37's Capt. Zachary Seidel and 1st Lt. Brett Latsha, from the 25th Infantry Division, enjoyed the support of their family, who carried signs and...
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Team 35, Capt. George Rhynedance and 1st Lt. Kevin Werner from the 4th Infantry Division, recieve a breifing from Ranger cadre before the start of their next event. Before each event, cadre issued tasks, conditions and standards required to...
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Four-legged spectators watch the Day 2 round-robin events during Ranger Stakes on Todd Field during the 2011 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
A Best Ranger competitor fires the M4 Rifle on Krilling Range during the 2011 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Capt. Michael Luth, of the 4th Infantry Division and Ranger Team 33, prepares to throw a grenade into a hole on the Grenade Assault Course during Ranger Day Stakes.
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
A Ranger competitor prepares to toss a grenade on the Grenade Assault Course during day 2 of the Best Ranger Competition at Todd Field, Fort Benning, Ga.
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Ranger Teams catch some shut eye while they can during the Best Ranger Competition's Ranger Day Stakes events on Todd Field at Fort Benning, Ga. There is no programmed sleep during the 60-hour competition.
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Capt. Nathan Lokker, of the 2011 Best Ranger Competition's Team 1, evaluates a simulated casualty while Sgt. 1st Class Conrad Kaluzny prepares a Skedko for helicopter casulty evacuation at the Ranger First Responder lane on Todd Field. The team is...
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Photo Gallery: 2011 Best Ranger Competition Day 2
Best Ranger event cadre sit atop the Prusik Tower on Todd Field for Ranger Day Stakes. Only 34 of the original 50 teams executed the Prusik Climb and rappel descent on this 70-foot tower during Day 2 of the competition. "
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